A beautiful FREE app that is a spin-off product of Ann Voskamp’s book, One Thousand Gifts, is a must-have for those of us who want to manage our trials in a God-exalting way. In this app, you can treasure and track your own list of 1000 gifts showered upon your life by our wonderful Lord…
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Today’s song special to add to your “From Trial to Triumph” play list is an amazing song by Heather Williams, called, simply, Hallalujah. Heather Williams sings this song with such passion that I feel as if she can see into my heart and cries out for me. I must admit that this song is a…
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Six weeks and five days ago (but who is counting!?), my husband greeted me with a statement that rocked my world. As the smoke cleared, as my finger-pointing and accusations fell empty to the floor (no one willing to receive it), I sensed that God was challenging me, “You speak to women’s groups about handling…
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One of the best deals out there for your iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone is by the Desiring God folks. They have put together some of John Piper’s works into a free daily devotional. You can download it for free by clicking this link. Solid Joys provides a page of John Piper’s wisdom each day…
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smor·gas·bord [smawr-guhs-bawrd, -bohrd or, often, shmawr-] noun 1. a buffet meal of various hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, salads, casserole dishes, meats, cheeses, etc. 2.an extensive array or variety: The company has a smorgasbord of employee benefits. Don’t you love a good smorgasbord? Buffets are always so much fun! Although we typically mean FOOD when we…
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Today’s selection to add to your From Trial to Triumph play list is a wonderful “jazzish-bluezy” song sung by Ginny Owens. The words to this beautiful song are powerful: IF YOU WANT ME TO The pathway is broken And The signs are unclear And I don’t know the reason why You brought me here But…
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If I could share only one piece of advice that will transform a trial into a triumph, a victim into a victor, inspire dancing where only mourning has been previously, it would be: “Be willing to forgive. Early. Often. Always.” There is no other single piece of wisdom that will be as transformative as we…
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Yesterday, I reviewed the Streams in the Desert app. You can also read this great devotional classic online at Crosswalk. I thought I would share today’s devotional with you. It is so powerful! Nothing shall be impossible unto you (Matt. 17:20). It is possible, for those who really are willing to reckon on the power…
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An old classic–familiar to many through the ages–comes together with modern technology in this wonderful daily devotional app for your iPod Touch, iPad, or iPhone. L.B. Cowman’s wonderful devotional book, Streams in the Desert, is now an app that you can refer to daily. It is available here at the iTunes store for the iPod…
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I don’t ordinarily plan to have a Sunday song, but this is just too good NOT to share! My thoughts have been taking me captive all afternoon. After a Praise-Fest and a session of renewing my mind using my I Deserve a Donut App, I knew that the Lord was prescribing a bath for me!…
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