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Every week a dozen young people pass through my home for piano lessons. I help little fingers push black and white keys so that they make beautiful music. At the end of each lesson–if the student has reached the practice goals–I give him or her a small prize. And every week the parents remind their […]
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Several years ago, one of our church members suggested that our congregation try prayer walking. Prayer walking? I had never heard of it. Mary explained that prayer walking was simply walking through a neighborhood and praying for the people who lived there. She suggested that we do it as a ministry to the people who […]
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I love technology. Most of the time. I’m so glad that I can play peek-a-boo with my 20-month-old granddaughter via Skype–even though she lives 8000 miles away. So happy that I can text a funny picture to my son (his favored mode of communication) in the middle of the day and get a “ha-ha” from […]
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When I was eighteen, a friend of mine gave me a bookmark and I was ecstatic. Not only because I love to read and always need a bookmark nearby. Not only because it was beautifully handcrafted. I was over the moon because my friend had cross-stitched my name on the bookmark! With a name like […]
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I settled in my cozy chair, ready to open my Bible and hear from God. Ready to open up to God and tell Him all that was in my heart. But even as I sat in peaceful quiet, my thoughts left the pages of Scripture and ran to my to-do list. As I spoke to […]
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Verse Mapping is a Bible study method that examines the context, cross-references, translations, and word meaning of a particular verse in God’s Word. In my previous posts on Verse Mapping, you learned Step One: Context–discovering the context of your chosen verse. Step Two: Other Translations–looking up your verse in different versions and translations of the […]
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Verse Mapping is a Bible study method that examines the context, cross-references, translations, and word meaning of a particular verse in God’s Word. In my previous posts on Verse Mapping, you learned Step One: Context–discovering the context of your chosen verse. Step Two: Other Translations–looking up your verse in different versions and translations of the […]
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Verse Mapping is a Bible study method that examines the context, cross-references, translations, and word meaning of a particular verse in God’s Word. In my previous posts on Verse Mapping, you learned Step One: Context–discovering the context of your chosen verse and Step Two: Other Translations–looking up your verse in different versions and translations of […]
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Verse Mapping is a Bible study method that examines the context, cross-references, translations, and word meaning of a particular verse in God’s Word. In my previous post, we discussed choosing a verse to study, assembling supplies, and Step One of examining the context of the verse. Verse Mapping Step Two: Other Translations Now you’re ready […]
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You love Scripture. You read it. You listen to it. You meditate on it. Through it the voice of God speaks to your heart. But sometimes you wish you could get more out of it. Enter Verse Mapping. What exactly is Verse Mapping? Verse Mapping is a Bible study method that examines the context, cross-references, […]
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