31 Days of Praise {Day 6} – Created for Praise

January 6, 2011
31 Days of Praise

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. – Luke 19:40 Back when my husband and I were teaching Children’s Church, there was an object lesson we liked to use when teaching the children how to praise God. It involved [...]

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31 Days of Praise {Day 5} Deliverance

January 5, 2011
31 Days of Praise

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. –Psalm 18:2-3 I [...]

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31 Days of Praise {Day 4} – Singing a New Song for 2011

January 4, 2011
31 Days of Praise

I’ll be the first to admit that my thoughts are not always focused on ways I can praise God. What?! You’re not surprised about that? As women, we sometimes tend to every other area  in our lives (husbands, children, work, home, church…the list goes on) before we make time for what’s important to us — [...]

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31 Days of Praise {Day 3} Praising in the Storms

January 3, 2011
31 Days of Praise

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. – Psalm 145:19 As the rain poured heavily on the road in front of me, my windshield wipers beat a steady rhythm as I drove through the pitch black night of downtown Austin during a [...]

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31 Days of Praise {Day 2}: What is Praise?

January 2, 2011
31 Days of Praise

In order to move forward with our 31 Days of Praise series, I’m going to heed some advice from one of my all-time favorite movies, “The Sound of Music”. When Maria is asked, “But how do we sing?” by one of the children, she very simply states, Let’s start at the very beginning, a very [...]

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31 Days of Online Ministry – Praise Edition Welcome

January 1, 2011
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I love a clean slate, which is why I love the New Year so much. It’s an opportunity to do better than I did last year, a fresh start for tackling the projects on my to-do list that I didn’t quite get around to before, to change bad attitudes and habits, and to try new [...]

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