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Mary Heart / Martha Home: Lemon Bumbleberry Breakfast Bake

The recipe for this delicious breakfast treat offers two shortcuts: purchased croissants and frozen berries. The lemon and cream cheese elevate the flavor combo to a bed-and-breakfast level that you will be pleased to serve up to your guests! In … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Boasting in Hope

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Hope Prompts Praise

The moment we begin a relationship with Jesus, we have HOPE. Hope for eternity on that day. But also hope for peace and joy and a life that matters on this day (which is a particularly poignant and appropriate observation … Continue reading

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Mary Heart / Martha Home: HOPE – Come Write with Us in April!

Hope carries a confident assurance for followers of Jesus. It’s what we celebrate in Him this Holy Week of Easter. The resurrection of Jesus gives us hope for today and glorious inheritance for eternity. Our challenge is to continue to … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Through HIM Who Gives Me Strength

“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”Philippians 4:13 When we read “I can do this,” it may bring up an image of Rosie the Riveter — jaw set, muscle flexed, and polka-dot scarf secure. The tough Rosie … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: I Will Sing in Times of Trouble

But I will sing of Your strength;in the morning I will sing of your love;for you are my fortress,my refuge in times of trouble.Psalm 59:16  We all struggle with feeling like doing something versus choosing to do it. Because we … Continue reading

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Mary Heart / Martha Home: Chicken & Wild Rice Soup

When it comes to bringing comfort and warmth to a cold day, there’s nothing quite like a hearty bowl of soup. March can tease us with warm days, then turn suddenly and remind us that it’s not quite spring yet! … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Show Me, Teach Me, Guide Me

“Show me your ways, O LORD,teach me your paths;guide me in your truth and teach me,for you are God my Saviorand my hope is in you all day long.”Psalm 25:4-5 David’s prayer to God hundreds of years ago is the … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: How NOT to Be Shaken

“I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”Psalm 16:8 At first read, How to Not Be Shaken sounds like a title in the self-help section of your local bookstore. … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Times of Trouble? Time to PRAY!

If my people, who are called by my name,will humble themselvesand prayand seek my faceand turn from their wicked ways,then I will hear from heaven,and I will forgive their sinand I will heal their land.II Chronicles 7:14 Have you downloaded … Continue reading

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