It’s usually associated with mumbling under our breath, disgruntled words or sounds, and a sense of visible (and, I’d say, audible) displeasure. I’ve been before the LORD the last couple weeks with this topic (check out the last post for more), and He’s pressing… Continue Reading “Grumbling: A Heart Issue”
Category: MeaningTags: Acknowledge God, Attitudes, Behavior, Circumstances, Creator, Declare, Discontent, Disgruntled, Gladness, Go, Grumbling, Heart, Hidden, Joyful, Know, Lights, Motives, Mumbling, Murmur, Mutter, Negative, Patience, Pleasure, Pure, Secret, See the LORD, Serve, Shepherd, Sounds, Thanksgiving, The LORD, Thoughts, Triumph, Visibly Different, Willing, Words, Words of Life, Work, Worship
Posted on October 31, 2022
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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As I was cleaning, I found it. I wrote it three years ago, yet I teared up as I read it, again, feeling like it’s still my anthem! I remember, at the time, the stuff with my health felt weighty, and the Spirit moved… Continue Reading ““I Sing””
Category: LifeTags: Agony, Anthem, Health Issues, Heart, Life, Migraines, Pain, Praise, Purpose, Sing, Soul, Spasmodic Dysphonia, Spirit of God, Story, Struggles, Trust God, Voice, Worship
Multiple songs had the same message: I’m unashamedly serving the King, Who deserves ALL the glory; any glory we get is borrowed, so don’t even worship me or make me an idol; focus your worship on Him! I was checking out a variety of… Continue Reading “What/Whom Do We Value?”
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Has anyone else been tempted to get overwhelmed with their own discipling? There are so many things in these last two posts, and again in this one, that speak to me, as I want to disciple my kiddos well. If you feel overwhelmed at… Continue Reading “Practical Parenting Tips for Discipling Kiddos–Part 3”
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A Bucknell University survey of individuals mostly in their early twenties focused “on how men and women react to relationship situations,…both [men and women] felt that a partner whose love wasn’t equal to their own was worse than unequal sexual attraction…Emotional commitment and sex… Continue Reading “A Sensitive Subject–Is “Love” and Reciprocation the Basis for a Healthy Relationship?”
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Posted on November 6, 2021
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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I’m sure you’ve noticed–There are a LOT of words in the Bible that we don’t use in our typical conversations. I tend to call them “church words.” You know…the ones we act like we know (and we do have an idea, sometimes), because we’ve… Continue Reading “Love: A Sensitive Subject–What Does “Homosexual” Refer to in 1 Corinthians 6:9?”
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There’s a lot of negativity going around these days! Believe me; it’s in my home, too, as much as I hate it! It’s SO easy to focus on the negative of whatever the situation…how somebody else is treating you, what new policy is being… Continue Reading “Digging for Gold”
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