1st Sunday Devotional – My Neighbor’s Bible

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“Many people who will not read a Bible will read a Christian.” (Author unknown) We had a special holiday service at our little country church this morning. Instead of our regular hymns and sermon, we had special music from our talented pianist, Christmas songs from a guest singer and from our preacher. We did sing “Joy to the World.” That’s …

The Enduring Word of God

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I’ve wanted to share this post with you for a while – ever since January when I got my local newspaper and read a story about a house burning down in our county. Sadly, the family lost everything. But when they went back to sift through the burned remains of their home, amazingly enough they found five Bibles unscathed by …

Loretta’s Bibles

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Sometimes you are blessed to get to know a person who is gifted with those fruits of the Spirit named in Galatians 5: 22-23. Love. Joy. Peace. Longsuffering. Kindness. Goodness. Faithfulness. Gentleness. Self-control.  I have been so blessed and our little country church was so blessed to have Loretta Riley as that Christian person. I didn’t get to know her …