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Mary Heart / Martha Home: Quiet Time Essentials (Plus a Free Download)

In this week’s Martha Monday video, Laura shares thoughts on the first of the daily tasks on our ‘Do It!’ List: READ AND WRITE THE WORD. Our monthly ‘Do It!’ List is designed to help you manage home and hearth … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: The Reason We Submit to One Another

“Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” Ephesians 5:21  Here is yet another verse underscoring that our relationship with Jesus makes every other relationship work.  If I love Jesus, I will love the “one anothers” in my life. Because … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Kindness + Compassion = Forgiveness

“Be kind and compassionate to one another,forgiving each other,just as in Christ God forgave you.”Ephesians 4:32  Just because we are believers does not mean we will not hurt each other. In fact, those we are closest to have the greatest … Continue reading

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Mary Heart / Martha Home: Laura’s Favorite Sugar Cookies

In this week’s Martha Monday video, Laura shared her favorite recipe for sugar cookies. After trying many different varieties through the years, these are the best she’s found. Valentine’s Day may have passed, but these cookies are delicious enough to … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Be Devoted

Love must be sincere.Hate what is evil, cling to what is good.Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.Honor one another above yourselves.Romans 12:9-10 Paul talks about brotherly love in this passage. That’s good. We can embrace that. (Might adapt … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Grab a Bucket and Towel!

“Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feetyou also should wash one another’s feet.”John 13:14  Some biblically-minded young suitors in our modern day have incorporated foot washing into their marriage proposals or wedding ceremonies. If you’ve witnessed … Continue reading

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Mary Heart / Martha Home: A BIG Challenge (and a Free Download)

This month Laura has a BIG challenge for us — one she has also taken on personally: to memorize an entire CHAPTER in the Bible! “Hide the Word” is item #2 on the ‘Do It Today’ section of our monthly … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: February’s ‘Write the WORD’ — One Another

Some of us may be too young to remember these popular 1967 lyrics from the Youngbloods:  Come on people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another Right now I have no idea if the … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: We Belong to God

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” I Peter 2:9 God chose … Continue reading

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Mary Heart / Martha Home: Give Tikka Masala a Try!

Are you ready to switch up the dinner routine? In this week’s Martha Monday video, Laura introduces a new (and easy!) favorite dish: Tikka Masala. Follow her tips to try this delicious Indian dish … without going to a restaurant! … Continue reading

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