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The History of the Thanksgiving Story

Where did the Thanksgiving Day come from? Most people connect it with Turkey Day or football. They have little or no understanding of the origin and the significance of Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day is one of my most favorite holidays of the year. I love the reminder to be thankful, because I believe it is...

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10 Bible Verses for Thanksgiving – Bookmark – Free Printable!

Have you ever thought about thanksgiving as a command? I hadn’t until very recently, as I began reading Bible verses about giving thanks. Suddenly, it occurred to me that this is a command of Scripture. A command that comes with a rich reward! We’re specifically commanded to give thanks in all things. But what I...

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4 Ways to Cultivate Thankfulness in Your Homeschool

I’ve heard this heartbreaking threat many times over in my journey as a homeschooler…mostly coming from my own mouth. I hated saying it.  And I know my kids hated hearing it.  My ominous warning in a raised voice would frustrate my husband. You have said it, too, I am sure. Or thought about it at...

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30 Day Prayer Challenge for Thanksgiving

Learning to live life through a prism of thankfulness and gratefulness is a discipline that helps keep our heart free from trap of entitlement and ungratefulness that leads to bitterness, selfishness, and pride. Paul didn’t say, “For everything give thanks…”, but “In everything give thanks…” In other words, just because you’re facing a trial or, as my...

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10 Bible Verses for Thanksgiving – Free Printable

Over the past several years, it seems Thanksgiving has been swallowed up by Christmas. For retail, the holiday season begins with Halloween, almost skips right past Thanksgiving, and goes right to Christmas. Thanksgiving is given a small section, that is also considered autumn decore. In my home, I purpose to keep Thanksgiving in November, saving...

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Join the Thankful Challenge

Are you stuck in a rut? By rut I mean, a rut of discouragement, frustration, and negativity? It’s not hard, you know. All you need to do is watch the news and you’re already discouraged: discouraged by the racial divide in our nation, frustrated with the political environment that seems to always be only in...

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Resources on the Holy Spirit and Speaking in Tongues

RESOURCES AND POSTS ON THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SPEAKING IN TONGUES

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Join Me For a Special Advent Study

There is almost no busier time of year than Christmas. I have often found it ironic that as we echo the angel’s tiding “peace on earth”, we are tangled up in knots of stress, to-do lists, and calendars overflowing with appointments. We lay in bed at night anxious about getting the “perfect gift” for our...

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4 Ways to Cultivate a Thankful Heart When You Don’t Feel Thankful

Have you ever noticed that we don’t naturally live thankfully? Sure, there are the “glass-half-full” people who tend to be more sanguine, and therefore think more positively. But that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about the fact that we don’t naturally live in a way where we are continually aware of the little...

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Raising This Generation with God in Their Knowledge

Being a Christian is more than listening to Christian music, reading a little devotional, and watching Pureflix. Probably a lot of people thought my parents were overly strict growing up. For sure, many likely thought they were raising us in a bubble. We didn’t have a T.V.. We were homeschooled in the early 80’s when...

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