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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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Teaching in Parables

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Amy Strange

In Christ’s parable teaching the same principle is seen as in His own mission to the world. That we might become acquainted with His divine character and life, Christ took our nature and dwelt among us. Divinity was revealed in … Continue reading →

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The Fifth Day: Birds, Fishes and Beasts

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Amy Strange

The Fifth Day: Birds, Fishes and Beasts “And God said, let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. . . . And … Continue reading →

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The Fourth Day: God is the sun

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Amy Strange

“For the Lord God is a sun and shield” (Psalm 84:11). As the sun gives light and heat to the earth, so the Lord is the Light of men, and warms them by His grace. All the heat and light … Continue reading →

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The First Day: Let There Be Light!

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Amy Strange

LET THERE BE LIGHT: “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness” (Genesis 1:3,4).Hitherto there had been darkness upon the … Continue reading →

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Living in Harmony

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Amy Strange

The same power that upholds nature is working also in man. The same great laws that guide alike the star and the atom control human life. The laws that govern the heart’s action, regulating the flow of the current of … 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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Taking Time to Smell the Flowers

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Amy Strange

As we look at a beautiful garden, with its opening buds, let us remember that this is an expression of our Father’s love. As we note the varied tints of the flowers and inhale their delicate fragrance, let … Continue reading →

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Are You Drinking from a Broken Cistern?

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Amy Strange

Noble in youth, noble in manhood, the beloved of his God, Solomon entered on a reign that gave high promise of prosperity and honor. Nations marveled at the knowledge and insight of the man to whom God had given wisdom. … Continue reading →

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The Wind Bloweth

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Amy Strange

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit. John 3:8. The Holy Spirit strives with … Continue reading →

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