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Stuck in the Past?

Stuck in the past? I was. For decades! Psychologists, counselors, psychiatrists, self-help groups, recovery groups, support groups, self-help books, medications, and the like didn’t get me unstuck. They helped me stay stuck! I spent the better part of several decades looking in the rear-view mirror! Know what happens when a driver uses his rear-view mirror and never looks at the road ahead? He crashes! I crashed! I was one broken hopeless wreck! I am no longer stuck, friend. The Lord Jesus Chris...

#1 Priority in Raising Children

You may love your children beyond measure. You may raise them with values and morals. You may give them the best education possible. You may spend tons of time with them and make certain you share meals together and go on vacations as a family and do everything you have been taught good parents are supposed to do. You may make great sacrifices in raising them. You may be strict about their schoolwork and yet work hard to make sure they have plenty of fun when their homework is done. You may send...

Hurt By Christians

If you have ever been hurt by Christians, maybe you have experienced what I have. It doesn’t just hurt. It really, really, really hurts. Oh yes it does! Why does it seem to hurt so much more than it does when people who don’t believe in the Lord Jesus Christ hurt us? Most importantly, what should we do when it happens?

I am a 100% Jewish follower of the Lord Jesus Christ and wasn’t raised in church, around the Bible, nor around almost any people who talked about Jesus, the Bible, and following H...

God Sees You

God sees you! He sees me! He sees it all. All we think. All we say. All we do. Do you believe He is pleased with what He sees? There are consequences when He is not. When I first desired to stop doing wrong, it was because I hated the consequences including how I felt. Over time, I started not to simply not want to do wrong. I wanted to do right. But it was mostly out of a sense of obligation.

Now things are entirely different for me. The more time I have spent alone with the Lord and the Bible ...

My Ugly Nose

I was thinking about my ugly nose one day which I ordinarily don’t think about too often in the way of the ugliness of it when the Lord stopped me in my tracks. Big time!

“At least my ugly nose is hidden,” I thought as I considered how the mask I was wearing due to the Covid epidemic hid my nose.

Now my Mom claims I fell out of my baby carriage as a young one and that my Dad who was a doctor felt I would be okay and didn’t need to do anything about it. Not to mention I have had many accidents in...

God’s Church Not Ours

The “church” per the Bible is the worldwide body of Christ’s followers. While God calls His followers to assemble together, He makes clear His great desire is for His children to “worship the Father in spirit and truth (John 4:23)” which is not restricted to a church building or specific congregation of people. Nevertheless, God’s people often do assemble in church buildings, and there is a grave danger in today’s times concerning countless church buildings. And it is this.

Note in the verse bel...

“Consider Your Ways”

“Consider your ways!” Now please note the quotation marks. These are not my words. “Consider your ways!” are the Lord’s words. Please see in the verses below what the Lord tells the people through the prophet Haggai. Twice, the Lord says, “Consider your ways!” Why? Because they are reaping the awful rewards of their disobedience and need to make some serious changes to their “ways”.

In fact, the Lord tells them very clearly what exactly He wants them to do. They have been consumed with themselve...

I Don’t Like This!

You may not like what God gives you to do, where He sends you, what He calls you to say, where He tells you to move, what He wants you to let go, whom He wants you to help, where He wants you to serve Him, whom He tells you to let go, what He tells you to sacrifice, what He wants you to leave behind, to whom He wants you to return, what job He chooses for you, what responsibilities He wants you to take on despite your already really full plate, etc. If you can relate to any or all of this or any...

Good News Daily – Thursday August 6

Dear friend,

Below are today’s THREE MESSAGES.

The titles are:

* I Don’t Like This!

* “Consider Your Ways”

* God’s Church, Not Ours

love & blessings,

lara

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I Don’t Like This!

You may not like what God gives you to do, where He sends you, what He calls you to say, where He tells you to move, what He wants you to let go, whom He wants you to help, where He wants you to serve Him, whom He tells you to let go, what He tells you to sacrifice, what He wants you to leave behind, to whom He wants you t...

Good News Daily – Wed August 5

Dear friend,

Thank you for the honor of sharing with you my Good News Daily including today’s THREE MESSAGES below.

The titles are:

* MY LORD, MY GOD

* I AM SO WEAK FATHER

* JESUS HUNGER

love & blessings,

lara

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My Lord, My God!

Are you familiar with the Bible story in which Thomas, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles, said he would not believe Jesus was raised from the dead unless he could see and touch Jesus? Jesus in His love, mercy, compassion, and patience allowed Thomas to do as he desired in order ...