Extracts of Truth & Encouragement from a Growth Journey with God
Posted on February 8, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
The soft whine entered my ears, waking me from a restful sleep. I heard our puppy, letting me know he needed to go out. I looked down at him, and it almost knocked me back! It was positively visible how much taller he had… Continue Reading “Wow! He’s Grown!”
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Posted on February 6, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
For those of you who know us and are jumping to conclusions in your mind,…No, we’re NOT pregnant!! We’re, actually, going to talk about a name given to a particular baby boy and the name’s meaning. Naming a child is always a big deal.… Continue Reading “It’s a Boy!! What’s His Name?!?”
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Posted on January 18, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
I looked up in the sky as I drove out of the school parking lot one morning this past week. It was beautiful, filled with light blues and variegated pinks. Sugary stretched clouds were pulled across the sky. It was the most perfect cotton… Continue Reading “Wonder–Going Up?”
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Posted on January 16, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
I had no idea what it was. All I saw was brown to my left, felt something powerful hit the driver’s side front of my car, saw a dark shadow right in front of me, and my car came to an immediate stop from… Continue Reading “Wonder–The Additional Offering”
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Posted on January 11, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
I couldn’t hold it in. I was overflowing inside from celebration, pride, excitement, praise…every positive emotion you can imagine! I felt like my heart was going to explode; so, I shared our good news with a group of believers: our daughter had accepted Jesus… Continue Reading “How Do We Respond to Good News?”
Category: LifeTags: Abundance of Honor, Accept, Accept as Truth, Accepted Jesus as Savior, Angel of the LORD, Angry, Athlete, Believers, Blessings of God, Brag about God, Brag about God's Abilities, Brag about God's Achievements, Brag Profusely, Bright Eyes, Celebrating, Change, Change in Someone's Heart, Character, Child of God, Close Ourselves Off, Cold Water, Construct, Convince, Crave More, Craves, Craving, Criticism, Deception, Deep in Someone's Heart, Desires, Desperate Need, Develop One's View about God, Disappointed, Ears, Emotions, Encourage, Encourage One Another, Excited, Excitement, Exerting, Eyes, Faint, Fear, Fulfill Physical Needs, Fulfilling, Give Honor, God was Present, God Working in One's Life, God Working through Them, God's Character, God's Hand of Provision, God's Kingdom, Good News, Hear, Hears, Heart, Idea, Impact, Impacts Others, Influence, Influential, Inspire, Inspired, Interactions, Jealousy, Jesus, Joy, Judge, Judges, Judgment, Lack of Reply, Light, Lives, Look, Luminary, Manoah, Messenger, Mind, Opportunity, Overwhelmed, Physical Body, Pleasant to Someone's Ears, Positive Affect, Positive Emotion, Positively Affect People, Power of God's Spirit, Praise, Pride, Proof, Refreshing, Reply, Report, Respond, Response, Root, Satisfaction, Seep in, Sets a Light Off in a Person's Mind, Share Good News, Sharing, Show, Show Christ, Show Jesus, Silence, Someone Believes, Someone Believes is True, Soul, Source of Good News, Spiritual, Teaching, Testimony, Thought, True, Trustworthy, Truth of God's Word, Wanting, Watch a Person of Influence, Weary Soul, Whole Person, Will, Wonderful, Wrestling Inside
Posted on January 9, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
Can you believe it’s been a month ago since we first broached the topic of one of Jesus’ names being A Wonder?!? If you missed that post, check out “Wonderful Counselor…OR Wonder and Counselor,” posted on December 7, 2020! It’s the foundation of the… Continue Reading ““…My Name…Is Wonderful!””
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Posted on January 4, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
Happy New Year! We ended last year, celebrating the wonder of Jesus–A Wonder–as displayed in the Judges 13 story of the Old Testament. It would do us well to begin a new year–a year many look forward to as being different than the last…a… Continue Reading “Wonder–Where is the Focus of Your Offering?”
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