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Walking through Psalms

January 8, 2026

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January 9, 2026

I have not been in my WordPress for a year. I have written a great deal of information in my blogs and started a podcast in July 2025. I am enjoying the process of making a podcast and find people really reaching out to watch and comment on my sessions. I am starting a new session on Psalms 1-150. Over 150 days journey. I want to invite you to join me. This can be reached through YouTube,…

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Christmas Glitter

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Sunday Sermon Notes: July, 21, 2024

Introduction to Ecclesiastes As we begin our adventure through Ecclesiastes, we should set out a little background information about it. First of all…Sunday Sermon Notes: July, 21, 2024

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God is my Rock

Today I chose the attribute that god is our Rock:Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. David, in his near fatalities with death, aptly describes God as the rock of his life over twelve times in the Psalms. Justifiably, David called God his rock because God was his strength,…

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Writing with spiritual guidance

What do you enjoy most about writing? It helps me get to the central thoughts I believe and feel in my heart as truth.

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2 Chronicles 7:14

Pray for people by name. Pray for our country by name so God can heal the brokenness of our world around us.2 Chronicles 7:14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Today I begin a familiar series of prayers for people I know.…

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How to Live in the Real World and practice Real World Grace

Real World Grace is complete. At least the book I wrote is complete. What happens next. So many will probably move on and forget all about God’s grace. Others will see no reason to fight for one person or gain one soul for God over losing millions to the evil one. We have to work each and every day for God’s kingdom. Our true practice of Real World Grace is to wake up each morning thinking what…

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Finale

Applying Real World Grace So many take the verse, in Matthew 26:11 and only remember or quote the first part, “The poor you will always have with you.” So many forget that Jesus went on to tell His disciples, “But you will not always have me.” The whole point of what He was telling His disciples, both then and even today, is that yes, we will always have the poor, but we need to learn as much…

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Become a Real World Grace Servant (Or, giving freely without letting self-get in the way!)

There are four types of prayer that we can pray and only one has to do with the self. The other three have to do with Thanksgiving, Praise, and Intercession. Depending on the type of prayer you are praying, thanksgiving, thanking the Lord for all the good things in your life, or praising Him, acknowledging His the greatness and wonders of His Character, Nature and Attributes; in other words, for…

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The Picture of Grace So, let me put forth a question to you, the reader – what would Real World Grace look like to you? To start out, let’s explore how God showed grace to His people. The first example; the Lord instructed Noah to go ahead and build an enormous ark. He also told Noah to let everyone know that a massive flood would be coming (He gave them time to prepare) and invited them to…

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What Real World Grace Might Look Like:

Grace Simply Defined  Simply defined, grace is God’s unmerited favor. If you did anything to earn it or deserve it, it is not grace. If you believe God owes it to you because you are a pretty good person or you have tried to do the best you can, it is not grace. If you think God gives it to you because He foresaw that you would believe in Him of your own free will, it is not grace. Grace means…

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Exercises In Real World Grace – Baptized In Christ:

The person being baptized must understand that they are helpless to earn God’s favor and they are unable to save themselves. God’s solution for our sins only comes through Jesus Christ. There is simply no other way to be saved (John 14:6; Acts 4:12). They must fully trust in Jesus Christ, period! A person is saved apart from their own works, so it is only by God’s grace that we are saved. Even…

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Mother’s Day Weekend

Happy Mother’s Day to all my family of sisters, nieces, daughter-in-laws and friends who are mothers. I went through a Erik’s in my life that I hated Mother’s Day. I had given my daughter up for adoption and struggling to get pregnant in my marriage. I know what is is like to want something and having to celebrated with so many that were mother’s was difficult. Even when He was dying on the…

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Baptized In Christ: 

    Now I know that I have shared with you some of my testimony in the beginning of this book, but allow me to share a bit more as I lead more into God’s precious gift of grace. I have grown so much and especially since I was baptized as a witness to my Christian testimony even after all the years, I thought I had God in my life, or at least in my mind, but to be totally honest, it had been…

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Saying Goodbye to Food

I have been thinking a great deal about food over the years but realize since my bariatric surgery. I miss my friend food. The relationship isn’t the same. I can take a bite of my comfort food but not stuff it down. Devouring food is not in my new life style. I cannot allow myself to become sick. So over the last few months, I am mourning my lost of food. My life is different as my mind adjust…

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Symptoms of Habitual Sin

Depression. You wake up feeling depressed because you messed up again the night before. You wonder, ‘When will I get over this?’ Negative body image. You look in the mirror and negative thoughts about yourself begin to enter your mind. You think, ‘How could I do this again?’ Bad moods. For the rest of the day, you begin to think you’ll never be good enough. You start to believe that you’ll…

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