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Don’t Worry, Be Happy!

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Amy Strange

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at … Continue reading →

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The Garden of Children’s Hearts

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Amy Strange

Parents as Gardeners.–The Lord has entrusted to parents a solemn, sacred work. They are to cultivate carefully the soil of the heart. Thus they may be laborers together with God. He expects them to guard and tend carefully the … Continue reading →

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Among the Thorns

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Amy Strange

 ”He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.” The gospel seed often falls among thorns and … Continue reading →

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In Stony Place

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Amy Strange

“He that receiveth the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while; for when tribulation or persecution ariseth … Continue reading →

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The Sower Went Forth

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Amy Strange

“The sower went forth to sow” (R.V.). In the East the state of affairs was so unsettled, and there was so great danger from violence that the people dwelt chiefly in walled towns, and the husbandmen went forth daily to … Continue reading →

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The Wide, Deep river and the Little Rills

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Amy Strange

“The wide, deep river, that offers a highway for the traffic and travel of nations, is valued as a world-wide benefit; but what of the little rills that help to form this noble stream? Were it not for them, the … Continue reading →

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