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PRAYERS FOR OUR CHILDREN by Kathleen Nielson for Core Christianity The following prayers are excerpts taken from the Prayers of a Parent four-book series by Kathleen Nielson, available where all good books are sold. A Prayer For My Child to Think on Jesus But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. Heb. 2:9 So many things there are to pray…

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Pictorial Essay: Most Expensive Home For Sale In Every State by Stucky for The Burning Platform GNN Note – We don’t the license to display the images of these homes so we can’t publish them without threat of being charged hundreds, if not thousands of dollars PER IMAGE. The home in Florida just sold – imagine that!! – for $137,000,000. Personal favorite, outside of Tennessee, of course, is Pennsylvania – very stately. /END I’m on a roll. I can’t help myself. I’m a loser with no life. I need a…

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Having Polio Was a Privilege, Not a Punishment by VANEETHA RENDALL RISNER for Christianity Today How a passage in John’s gospel transformed my perspective on God and suffering. rowing up, I was angry at God. To me, he was either heartless or distant, if he even existed at all. In any event, I wanted nothing to do with him. My story begins in India, where I contracted polio as an infant before receiving the vaccine. The doctors mistakenly gave me cortisone to lower my high fever, allowing the virus to…

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Why you can’t lose your salvation By Robin Schumacher for Christian Post Once you become a Christian, you cannot ever lose your salvation for one simple reason: God doesn’t just purpose the beginning of your salvation; He also purposes its end. One of the many attributes of God is that He is personal, which doesn’t mean that He has personality but rather He has intent or purpose behind what He does. Combine that with another aspect of God, His sovereignty, and you extend God’s purpose to everything that happens, including yours and…

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Will God still forgive you if you keep committing the same sin? from Compelling Truth Scripture is clear there is no limit to God’s forgiveness. Psalm 103:12 in particular notes, “as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.” When a person repents, God completely removes our sins. In 1 John 1:9 we are also promised, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Our role is to confess our sins.…

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The Mystery of the Book of Life by MIKE SHREVE for Charisma News David claimed that God keeps a record of every tear we shed in His “book” (see Ps. 56:8). Surely, that was a reference to the “Book of Life,” a concept found only in Judaism and Christianity. Since God is omniscient—and He knows all things past, present and future—why would He need a book or a registry of all His people? Could this just be poetic and metaphorical, a symbol God uses to compare a heavenly truth to…

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Meet Baby Olivia | A Never Before Seen Look At Human Life In The Womb From a single-celled human to a baby with a beating heart, brainwaves, fingers, and toes, Olivia shows the remarkable beauty of a unique life within the womb. Baby Olivia was created by Live Action and reviewed by accredited medical professionals to show audiences the spectacular life of a baby growing within the womb. With scientific accuracy, this video depicts the moment human life begins and beyond to show the humanity of preborn children throughout each…

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HARD TIMES LEAD TO HARD QUESTIONS by Joni and Friends  for Core Christianity GNN Note – God does really well with “what” questions. – like the question Paul ask on the Road to Damascus “What do you want me to do?” Another great question to ask God, is “What do you want me to know about X?” / END Hard times are part of the human condition. They come in various forms, degrees, and life stages to both the innocent and the guilty. Some struggles originate from false beliefs, misguided…

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