YEARS AND YEARS AGO when my children were very young, a couple came over to our home for a visit. After a little while, as we were sitting in the kitchen, our lady friend saw a cricket. Before I knew what she’s was going to do – she did it – she stomped on him and killed him! Jiminy Cricket! I was not pleased. My house, my cricket! “Why did you do that?!” I like crickets and she didn’t care…..

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Sometimes I am especially nice…  More than especially nice! Today is one of the times I am! My husband and I have conversations about…… the shower curtain! I am very, very fussy – and not ashamed of this. So, when Duane moved the curtain and one of the hooks came out, leaving the curtain to hang untidily, I fixed it: and folks, I didn’t say a word!   WIVES:  Sometimes it is good just to be loving and sweet without…..

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What if you woke up every day happy to be alive? What if you woke up every day glad, really glad, to go to your job? What if you woke up every day thankful for the God-given wife you chose above all the rest? What if you loved your children and were just as excited to kiss them, feed them, clothe them, and provide a warm, loving home for them just as much as the very first moment you saw…..

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    JESUS PAID IT ALL FOR ALL! CHRISTIANS ARE FREE!   I’ve got the Blood… I’ve got His Love… I’ve got the Grace… I’ve got His Mercy… I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND PRAISE!   JESUS! JESUS! JESUS, YOU PAID IT ALL! JESUS! JESUS! JESUS, AT YOUR FEET I CHOOSE TO FALL!     Philippians 4:4-7 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!  Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not…..

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“Are you listening to me?” This is what I ask Duane if I think (or know) he is not…   Lack of communication never makes a good marriage!     James 1:19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,              

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      Being inconvenienced by not moving around freely in our small kitchen while Duane is cooking, having to wait, making certain I don’t get in his way…   is a small price to pay in my freedom of not cooking!                            

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  In the Bible, in the book of Philippians, in chapter two, verses nine through eleven, we read Jesus’ name is above every name and God, the Father, exalted Jesus Christ and everyone, everyone, everyone will not only bow down to Jesus, but will openly admit Jesus Christ is Lord!     Philippians 2:9-11 For this reason also God highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus…..

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  TO MY BELOVED ISRAEL I pray this daily with you, my brethren:   Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.  These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.  Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as…..

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A BABY’S BEGINNINGS     Maybe some of you wonder why I post this daily on Facebook and www.joyeternalministries.com     Psalm 139:13-16 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes…..

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  JOY STORIES, VOLUME ONE A book of short stories which all give glory to God, answers, insights, and encourages real hope.     THE FREE INCARCERATED MAN Geared for the man who has been in bondage physically and mentally. Written by a woman who ministered in prisons. Anyone can glean great knowledge from this book or help others who believe they are defeated.       FIND THESE MATERIALS AT: WestBow Press, Barnes & Nobles, Amazon, Walmart, christianbook.com and…..

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