Raising children is a breeze! Oh! Except for that free will thing…             Proverbs 17:11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them.   Proverbs 12:5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.            

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MY FAVORITE AND BEST JOY JOT! Blessed are You, LORD, our God, King of the universe, whose strength and glory fills the universe.               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…..

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DON’T BE LOSER who is Lost in Ongoing Suffering and Eternally Ruined       The Judgement of the Dead Revelation 20:11-15 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.  And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to…..

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READ THE FINE PRINT… the Bible! WE WON!             2 Peter 1:20-21 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 2For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.   1 Corinthians 10:12-13 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!  No temptation has overtaken…..

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Do you want a shot of joy… Everlasting joy? Eternal joy? Real joy! Do this: Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.   Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.”                

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  You’ve got to get past your bad past!           Psalm 55:22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.     Philippians 3:12-14 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.  Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold…..

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AS A YOUNG GIRL AND LATER ON, AS A TEENAGER, I WAS TOLD sometimes:   “Ann Marie, you wear your heart on your sleeve…”   The impression I got about this was bad, that it was not good to let anyone know how I was feeling, what I may be thinking according to the smile, grin, scowl, look of timidity or anger seemingly reflecting in my face, my body language… Remember, I did not have godly parents.   I really…..

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