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Draw Near
You can have everything in the world to be happy about and still feel lonely inside. The one thing you do not have is what you...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 25, 20141 min read
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Prayer of An Anonymous Abbess
"Lord, thou knowest better than myself that I am growing older and will soon be old. Keep me from becoming too talkative, and especially...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 24, 20141 min read
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I Need You, You Need Me
So I am making hot chocolate in the kitchen and my husband and I are talking while he clears up the dishes so I can then cook.. {that's...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 15, 20142 min read
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Narrow is the Way
One of the kick backs for walking on the narrow path is that you will consistently experience biting from both sides of the road, the...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 10, 20141 min read
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Count This Joy
Have you ever struggled and finally said to the Lord, "Lord, why again?" or wonder, "Did I fail this test before?" Have you wondered if...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 10, 20143 min read
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Choose Wisely
What frightens me most about Christianity today is the growing belief amongst us that we can be IN Christ and 'of the world' at the same...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 10, 20141 min read
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Humility
Humility is such a lost virtue in the world today. It is even lost within a portion of the church as a whole. It's almost as if people...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 8, 20141 min read
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Weeping and Rejoicing
Romans 12:15 ~ "Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep." There is only One who can see the whole picture; the...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 7, 20142 min read
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The Devourer's Game
The sins we struggle with today are really no different than the sins Israel struggled with so often in Scripture. The biggest of them...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 7, 20143 min read
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Do It Anyway
The Lord tells us in Scripture that wide is the way to destruction and narrow is the way to the kingdom of heaven. Most go through the...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 5, 20141 min read
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Who Are You?
John the Baptist was a man who knew both who he was and who he wasn't. He knew he was the "one crying out in the dessert, 'prepare ye the...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 5, 20141 min read
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Love Each Other
"And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise." ~ Luke 6:31 This is not just a recommendation on how to treat...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 5, 20141 min read
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Seize the Day
We took this picture on our honeymoon. Our first look at this skyline together as a married couple. It was February 18th, 2001. It is...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 4, 20142 min read
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Stop Trying To Grow Your Church
Stop trying to grow YOUR church and start trying to grow THE church. As a result, YOUR church will grow. See, we have been made for the...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 4, 20143 min read
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Faith Does Not Fret
#Faith #fear #doubt

Julie Branstetter
Sep 4, 20141 min read
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Priorities, Priorities
Priorities matter. Our priorities should be ordered in agreement with scripture, and we should keep them in order. Knowing what our...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 4, 20145 min read
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Where Is Your God?
"And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? If the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 4, 20142 min read
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Fulfill Your Ministry
I recall a time when a friend of ours was having surgery and was very worried about it. It happened just after a Christmas holiday and I...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 4, 20142 min read
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For Every Horn
Zechariah 1:17-21 "Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 4, 20142 min read
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Strivings Over the Law
Ever meet a person whose response to being discipled always ends up with "strivings" "about the law"? It is difficult to help a person...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 3, 20142 min read
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