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- Do You Put First Things First?
- Overworking Doesn't Impress God
- The Sin of Burning Out
- Dealing with the Stresses of Life
- Fasting: How Do I Do It?
- Fasting: What Does It Accomplish?
- Fasting: Why Do It? 2
- Fasting: Why Do It? 1
- Fasting: What Is It?
- My thoughts...why do we do what we do? – Mark Schmoyer
- God Speaks Freedom, Satan Speaks Bondage
- God Speaks Truth, Satan Speaks Lies
- God Speaks But Satan Counterfeits
- God Speaks and I Benefit
- God Speaks When We Focus On Him
- God Speaks When We Actively Listen
- God Speaks in Dialogue, Not Monologue
- God Speaks to Those Who Listen
- God Speaks to the Committed
- Gos Speaks When He Gets Our Attention
- God Speaks to Those Who Listen
- God Speaks to the Committed
- God Speaks When He Gets Our Attention
- God Speaks When We Aren't Disconnected
- God Speaks When We Aren't Distracted
- God Speaks to His Children
- God Still Speaks Today
- God Speaks Revelation of Himself
- Jesus Grows Up
- King-Makers Find Their King
- The First Shall Be Last
- Finally!
- The Last Shall Be First
- Congratulations, Joseph, It's a God!
- I'm Yours, Lord
- Dumb Zacharias
- Glory Be!
- God Speaks Enablement in Ministry
- God Speaks Encouragement and Peace
- God Speaks Information and Guidance
- God Speaks Conviction of Sin
- God Speaks Through a Burning Heart
- God Speaks Rich & Enlightening Thoughts
- God Speaks in a Gentle Whisper
- God Speaks Through His Spirit
- God Speaks in Prayer and the Word
- God Speaks in Many Ways
- God Speaks to Us Today
- India Update: Home to the USA
- India Update: One More Day
- India Update: What is God Teaching?
- India Update: From Jerry
- India Update: Praying & Sifting
- India Update: My Daily Life in India 2
- India Update: My Daily Life in India 1
- India Update: Consequences of the Indian World View
- India Update: Respect
- India Update: God's Special Touches
- India Update: Live update from Jerry
- India Update: 'Indian Time'
- India Update: In The Minority
- India Update: Getting Our Attention
- India Update: Marriage, Theirs and Mine
- India Update: Jesus Eyes
- India Update: Indian Praise Songs
- India Update: A Day to Remember
- India Update: Praying for Revival in India
- India Update: Helpful Hints if You Visit India
- India Update: Speaking Hindi
- India Update: Spiritual Warfare in India
- India Update: Going to the Dogs
- India Update: Now for the Good News
- India Update: Knowing Him
- India Update: A Multicolored Heaven
- India Update: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times
- India Update: Don't Drink the Water
- I'm Here (India Update)
- So Far So Good
- The Rope of Prayer
- Hold the Rope!
- Martha: A Modern Slave
- Forgiven Women
- Jesus Watched What I Gave
- He Really Cared
- Transfigured!
- Jesus Knows How You Feel
- Christ versus Satan
- Miracle Worker
- Hiking Through Life 3
- Hiking Through Life 2
- Hiking Through Life 1
- Suffering
- Judging or Discerning
- Feelings of Inferiority
- The Holy Spirit
- God's Perfect and Permissive Will
- Overeating
- Fear
- Church Attendance
- Unwholesome Talk
- Deciding About Doubtful Things
- Flesh - Old Sin Nature
- Physical Fitness
- Lying and Deception
- Conscience
- Fear of Dying
- Confessing Sin
- Knowing God's Will
- Devotions: Praise & Worship
- Prayer & Daily Devotions
- Contentment
- Getting Out of Captivity (Jeremiah 29:14)
- Seek and Find (Jeremiah 29:13)
- Seeking God or His Blessing? (Jeremiah 29:13)
- Listen to the God Who Listens to You (Jeremiah 29:12)
- Is God Really Good - All the Time? (Jeremiah 29:11)
- What is God Planning for You? (Jeremiah 29:11)
- God Answers Eventually, Just Not Quickly (Jer. 29:10)
- Jesus' Greatest Sermon Ever
- How to Handle Peer Pressure
- Lose Your Life to Find It
- Fishing for Men
- Call to Discipleship
- Feeding the 5,000
- Jesus' Greatest Revival
- The Original St. Nick
- Cleansing the Temple
- Grandfathely Insights
- Look Ahead, Not Back
- The Long and the Short of Life
- Once a Parent, Always a Parent
- Life is a Race from Start to Finish
- There is No Greater Joy Than This...
- Jesus Goes Public
- Death Mission Volunteer
- Losing Your Head for Jesus
- Traveling 'Alone'?
- Leadership (Nehemiah)
- God's Behind the Scenes Men
- "If I Die, I Die" (Esther)
- Serving a Sovereign God (Daniel)
- Faithful in the Tough Times (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel)
- Loyal Love (Hosea and Gomer)
- Self-Centered Obedience (Jonah)
- The Servant Who Became the Master (Elisha)
- Whipping Up a Good Pity Party (Elijah)
- Learning to Take Advice (Rehoboam)
- Ascension (Life of Jesus)
- "Peace Be With You" (Life of Jesus)
- The Day Death Died (Life of Jesus)
- "I Just Flogged A God!" (Life of Jesus)
- Brokenness (Life of Jesus)
- The Day They Arrested God (Life of Jesus)
- The Tearful Entry (Life of Jesus)
- The Man Who Cheated Death (Life of Jesus)
- Bartimaes & Zacchaeus (Life of Jesus)
- Increasing Our Fruit Production (Fruit of the Spirit)
- Spirit Control: Don't Leave Home Without It (Fruit of the Spirit)
- Power Under Control (Fruit of the Spirit)
- Can God Count on You? (Fruit of the Spirit)
- What Are You 'Good' For? (Fruit of the Spirit)
- Christlike Kindness (Fruit of the Spirit)
- "Lord, Give Me Patience and Give it to Me Now!" (Fruit of the Spirit)
- I've Got Peace Like a River (Fruit of the Spirit)
- Do You Have the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down in Your Heart? (Fruit of the Spirit)
- But the Greatest of These is Love (Fruit of the Spirit)
- With Fruit It's All or Nothing (Fruit of the Spirit)
- You Can't Be Like Jesus By Trying to Be Like Jesus (Fruit of the Spirit)
- "Recalculating...." (God's GPS for our lives)
- Seeing Into the Future (God's GPS for Our Lives)
- The Holy Spirit: God's GPS for Christians
- If God Gave You Three Wishes (Solomon)
- A Marriage for Late Night TV (David & Bathsheba)
- Beauty and Brains (Abagial)
- A Man After God's Own Heart (David)
- Out of His Comfort Zone (Saul)
- Any Parent Would Be Proud (Samuel)
- The Last Shall Be First (Ruth)
- Tall, Dark and Handsome (Samson)
- Malachi: Repentance (Book of the Week)
- A Vessel Unequal to the Task (Gideon)
- God Wants Availability, Not Ability (Deborah & Jael)
- Zechariah: History (Book of the Week)
- Content to be Number Two (Caleb)
- Watch Out for those 'Easy' Decisions (Joshua)
- Haggai: Priorities (Book of the Week)
- Never Quit (Football)
- Get Tough (football)
- Zephaniah: Day of the Lord (Book of the Week)
- Coming and Going
- Folks from Back Home
- Habakkuk: Patience (Book of the Week)
- An All-Inclusive Life
- Vacatons Build Intimacy
- Nahum: Justice (Book of the Week)
- If I Did Not Have God In My Life - Guest Blogger
- Cheap Travel for 2009
- Lessons from 2008
- Micah: Hope (Book of the Week)
- This is the Life - Or is It?
- WHEN IT DOESN'T 'SEEM' LIKE CHRISTMAS
- Jonah: Obedience (book of the week)
- Christ's Birth or Winter Holiday
- Be Offensive!
- Obadiah: Retribution (Book of the Week)
- You Can't Play the Game Withoout Pads
- Wear Your Helmet
- Amos: Accountability (Book ofthe Week)
- Going Deeper Than Thankfulness
- What's Been Happening to Thanksgiving?
- Joel: Day of the Lord (Book of the Week)
- Play Your Position (Football)
- Get In The Game (Football)
- Hosea: Loyal Love (Book of the Week)
- Knowing When to Let Go (Miriam)
- What's So Bad About Being a People Pleaser? (Aaron)
- Do You Have a Shepherds Heart?
- Daniel: Sovereignty (Book of the Week)
- When It Is Hard to Share Your Faith
- Do Yoou Have the Gift of Teaching? (Spiritual Gifts)
- Ezekiel: God's Glory (Bookofthe Week)
- Are You 'Gifted'?
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words
- Lamentations: Sin Brings Sorrow (Book of the Week)
- Sharing Your Faith
- No Man Is An Island (Who Is Your 'Paul'?)
- Jeremiah: Last Chande (Book fo the Week)
- God Works In Us Before He Works Through Us
- God Rewards Faithfulness, Not Fruitfulness
- Isaiah: God is Salvation (Bookof the Week)
- "Flee The Evil Desires of Youth"
- Christian Maturity: Shooting at the Right Target
- Song of Solomon: Married Love (Book of the Week)
- Developing a Godly Character
- Down Time Should Be Up Time
- Ecclesiastes: Life Without God is Empty (Book of the Week)
- Questioning the Bible
- Studying the Bible by the Timothy Method
- Proverbs: Wisdom (Book of the Week)
- Let God's Word Study You
- Running on an Empty Tank
- Psalms: Worship (Book of the Week)
- The Lost Art of Meditation
- Getting Serious About Prayer
- Job: Suffering (Book of the Week)
- Hanging Out With God
- Self-Centered Sinlessness
- Running When the Energy is Gone
- Esther: Providential Care (Book of the Week)
- The Importance of a Running Mate
- Why Sleep?
- Nehemiah: Renewal (Book of the Week)
- The Heart of the Matter
- Foot Care - Faith Care
- Ezra: Return (Book of the Week)
- Cross Training
- Working Through the Pain
- Chronicles: Faithfulness (Book of the Week)
- Warming Up, Stretching
- Be Aware of Fads and Shortcuts
- II Kings: Judgment (Book of the Week)
- The New Me
- Total Lifestyle Change
- I Kings: Idolatry (Book fo the Week)
- Losing Weight, Keeping It Off
- II SAMUEL: EFFECTS OF SIN (Book of the Week)
- Compete Against Yourself, Not Others
- Set Your Goal
- I Samuel (Look Inside): Book of the Week
- Its Hard to Get Started
- EATING & DRINKING FOR GOD'S GLORY
- RUTH: KINSMAN-REDEEMER (Book of the Week)
- What's So Bad About Being a People Pleaser (Aaron)
- The Danger of Anger (Moses)
- Judges: Defeat & Deliverance (Book of the Week)
- You Meant It For Evil But God meant It For Good (Joseph)
- What goes Around Comes Around (Jacob)
- Joshua: Conquest (Book of the Week)
- Trusting God and Others (Isaac)
- Testing! Testing! (Abraham)
- Deuteronomy: Obedience (Book of the Week)
- The Lord Gives and The Lord Takes Away (Job)
- Persevering for 120 Years
- NUMBERS: WALK BY FAITH (Book of the Week)
- One Little Bite Won't Hurt (Adam and Eve)
- LEVITICUS: HOLY LIVING (Book of the Week)
- Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reason
- The Law of Christ (10 Commandments)
- EXODUS: REDEMPTION (Book of the Week)
- Why Can't I Want Something I Don't Have? (Commandment 10)
- What'sSo Bad About Stretching the Truth? (Commandment 9)
- GENESIS (Beginnings) The Book For This Week
- We 'Steal' in More Ways Than We Realize (Commandment 8)
- Is Lust Really As Bad as Adultery? (Commandment 7)
- Is Hate Reallly As Bad As Murder? (Commandment 6)
- Do You Respect Your Parents? (Commandment 5)
- Must We Really Do Nothing One Day a Week? (Commandment 4)
- Misusing God's Name - We All Do It (Commandment 3)
- Me? Idols? (Commandment 2)
- What You Put Your Trust in Is Your God (Commandment 1)
- Ten Commandments - or Suggestions
- Blogging Through Life
- Passenger Pickup: The End of the Line
- Airplane Food - What Are the Options?
- Above the Clouds the Sun is Always Shining
- Airplane Passengers: We Take What We Get
- Airport Delays - A Way of Life
- No Entrance Without a Boarding Pass
- Airport Screening: It Doesn't Get Any Worse Than This
- Planet Earth as An Airport Terminal
- Your Whole Life in a Suitcase
- Pass it On
- Taking on the Giants
- Running With Patience
- A Different Spirit
- That's Not Fair!
- Suffering for Someone Elses Sin
- Places of Refuge
- Playing It Safe
- 99.99% Pure is Still Impure
- The Battle Never Ends
- Hanging on Waiting for God
- Each Battle is Different
- The Battles Keep Getting harder
- Moving Ahead Means Battle
- God Will Do Anything to Help You
- Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right
- We Fight a Deceitful Foe
- Captured by Greed
- "Unto the Third and Fourth Generation"
- The Danger of 'Little' Things
- A Time to Die.....
- God's Strange Directions
- We're Not In This Alone
- Rahab: Graced Out
- God Has Many Ways of Working
- Lying for a Good Reason
- The Faith of Rahab
- Rahab the Prostitute
- Trusting or Doing - or Both
- Total Commitment Precedes Victory
- Remember Your Victories
- The Battles Keep Getting Harder
- Preparation for the Battle
- Our Options: Courage or Fear
- Why So Many Battles?
- Thinking About the New Year
- Thinking About Christmas: Jasn-You-Weary
- Thinking About Christmas: Joy is Meant to be Shared
- Thinking About Christmas: An Excuse to Connect
- Thinking About Christmas: It Wouldn't Be the Same in August
- Thinking About Christmas: Things Change
- How to help others
- How to handle emotional immaturity
- How to handle your broken relationships
- How to handle your hopelessness
- How to handle your jealousy
- How to handle your sorrow
- How to handle your insecurity
- How to handle your stress
- How to handle your loneliness
- How to handle your unforgiveness
- How to handle your critical attitude
- How to handle your inferiority complex
- How to handle your perfectionism
- How to handle your depression
- How to handle your worry
- How to handle your anxiety
- How to handle your fear
- How to handle your anger
- How to handle your false guilt
- How to Handle True Guilt
- How to Handle Your Self Image
- How to Handle Your Emotions
- False Comparisons
- Ability versus Availability
- Words
- If This Was Your Last Year on Earth
- On Aging
- Change....
- Get Out of the Boat 4
- Get Out of the Boat 3
- Get Out of the Boat 2
- Get Out of the Boat 1
- When Jesus Doesn't Answer 9
- When Jesus Doesn't Answer 8
- When Jesus Doesn't Answer 7
- When Jesus Doesn't Answer 6
- When Jesus Doesn't Answer 5
- When Jesus Doesn't Answer 4
- When Jesus Doesn't Answer 3
- When Jesus Doesn't Answer 2
- When Jesus Doesn't Answer 1
- Lie 11: God's Children are Not Supposed to Hurt
- Lie 10: Many Roads Lead to Heaven
- Lie 9: It's All About Me
- Lie 8: A Loving God Wouldn't Send Anyone to Hell
- Lie 7: Church is OK, But It Really Isn't Essential
- Lie 6 God Loves Me More When I'm Good
- Lie 5: God Can't Be Trusted to Help Me With All My Problems
- Anatomy of a Lie
- Lie 4: As Soon As I Defeat My Worst Sin I'll Be OK
- Lie 3: God Is Disappointed In My Prayer Life Because It's Such a Failure
- Lie 2: I Know Its All By Grace But I Have to Do My Part as Well
- Lie 1: God Couldn't Really Love Me As If I Were the Only One
- Lies Christians Believe
- STANDING ON THE PROMISES
- US CITIZENSHIP
- What Do Others See?
- India's 'Free' Cattle
- Cover-Up Spices
- Hindu Darkness
- Persecution
- Staying Clean in a dirty World
- It's All Relative
- Encouragement
- WHITE MAN IN A DARK WORLD
- The Real Church
- When Jesus Doesn't Answer
- Live For The Moment
- The Idol of Security
- Strong and Weak
- God Provides An Oasis
- A Longing For Home
- We'll See The Picture Later
- Riding Backwards Through Life
- We Don't Have To Travel Alone
- I LEFT MY HEART IN AHMEDNEGAR
- Mosquitos
- CLEAN ALL OF IT UP
- "DRINK WATER!"
- It's Not the Same
- POWER OUTAGE
- GOD'S LIVING TRANSLATION - US
- 4th of July in India
- But Don't Drink the Water!
- The Children
- Promised Presence
- Promised Protection
- We Spread the Word, God Provides The Results
- Promised Guidance and Help
- Shepherd For Us Sheep
- Straight Paths in a Crooked World
- Meeting my Needs - or My Wants
- The Promise of God Listening to Me
- Promised Forgiveness
- Promised Help in Temptation/Testing
- PROMISES AGAINST FEAR
- The Promise of Ultimate Good from ALL Things
- God's Amazing, Undeserved Love for Me
- Visiting the Kids 8
- Visiting the Kids - Jerry Falwell
- Visiting the Kids 7
- Visiting the Kids 6
- Visiting the Kids 5
- Visiting the Kids 4
- Visiting the Kids 3
- Visiting the Kids 2
- Visiting The Kids 1
- Making God Jealous
- Judge or Defender?
- Green + Blue = Serenity
- The Living God
- The Holy One
- Anchored to the Rock
- Our Heavenly Husband
- My Heavenly Father
- The Lord Who is Always Present
- Our Loving God Who Repays Sin
- Justice and Resitution ... Some Day
- The Lord Our Righteousness
- Our Suorce of Peace
- Our Giant-Killing God
- Our 24-7 Shepherd
- Going Home!
- Opportunities to Trust
- The Lord is My Banner
- The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes Away
- The Lord Who Heals
- The Lord wil Provide
- Lord God - Our Creator and Deliverer
- Christ-like Christians
- Our Redeemer and Deliverer
- God of the Future
- Finishing What We Start
- Our All-Sufficient God
- God Loves You So Much He Can't Take His Eyes Off You
- The God Who is Above all Gods
- In the Beginning Elohim
- What A Mighty God We Serve
- Against All Odds
- Why Do We Make It So Hard?
- If I Had One Year To Live (continued)
- If I Had One Year To Live ....
- As Holy as the Holy One
- Why Do I Limit God?
- Lessons From Jonah: Love and Justce
- Lessons From Jonah: Forgiving Others
- Lessons From Jonah: The Message, Not the Messenger
- Lessons From Jonah: Second Chances
- Success In God's Sight
- Lessons From Jonah: Knowing God's Will
- Lessons From Jonah: Facing Our Sinfulness
- The Blessing of a Godly Wife
- The Joy of Raising Daughters for God
- The Privilege of Raising Sons for God
- A Wonderful Surprise
- My Goal for 2007
- The Best Is Yet to Come
- Christmas is Never Over for the Christian
- Christmas: Hear the Story Again for the First Time
- Finding Wisdom, Truth & Righteousness
- Trust His Heart
- Things We Did Right: Love and Respect
- Things We Did Right: Pray
- Things We Did Right: Story Time
- Things We Did Right: Bible Memory
- Confident Assurance
- It's Not Fair!
- It's About Who He Is, Not What He Does
- It Really Works!
- Bonding with God
- Thanksgiving is Over - Or Is It?
- Thank God I'm Getting Older!
- Creative Thanksgiving
- Praise Turns Sour Things To Sweet
- Praising Despite Pain
- Practicing What I Preach
- The Right Man for the Job
- Caught Looking the Wrong Way!
- Hot House Children
- Life's Frustrations Can be God's Blessings
- Walking By GPS
- The Joys and Privileges of Fatherhood
- What Can You Expect From Dust?
- My Future is Now
- Knowing About God - or Knowing God!
- Prayer: So Easy Yet So Hard
- Answered Prayer Concerning Mission Trip
- What's In It For Me?
- Favorite Scripture Foods
- Holy Boldness
- Doing 'Great' Things for God
- Back on the Front Lines
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