By CGI New York | July 14, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
The New Church Lady Blog Recently, I was watching an episode from the Science Nature Page that showed the connection between physical activity and brain health. The video gave a summary of a medical study that found that people who are inactive, especially if they are unable to do load-bearing exercise, including bed-ridden people and […]
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By CGI New York | July 14, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
I am rereading the Bible. It is fascinating how many times I have read Genesis, yet I always notice something “new.” I am realizing that the Word of God is a living thing because of the fact that I can learn something no matter how many times I may have read the same scriptures. I […]
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By CGI New York | July 14, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
The New Church Lady Blog Apparently, we humans have a very dim view of our ability to actually better the world we live in or to rule it in peace and kindness, let alone love. According to Hollywood movies and the books some of those movies are based on the future for mankind is bleak. […]
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By CGI New York | July 14, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
Are you so focused on your failures, missed opportunities, mistakes, trials, etc… that you miss God’s beauty? Do you overlook the blessings that you already have because they don’t match the “pictures of success” in your mind? If yes, then you are looking at the wrong things. You are listening to the deceiver who doesn’t […]
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By CGI New York | July 14, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
The New Church Lady Blog Recently, I has sharing coffee with my younger sister on her porch and chatting about church stuff. She mentioned that she had a hard time with a previous church pastor because he had lived such a perfect life. He’d grown up a believer, never strayed from the faith, married in […]
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By CGI New York | July 14, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
My daughter decided to take the plunge and get baptized. Honestly, she has thought about it for two whole years. She did not want to be hasty, so she took her time before making her decision. Her dad and I are very happy for her, but we also have warned her that now that she […]
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By CGI New York | July 14, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
The New Church Lady Blog I am not one who believes that doctors are out to keep you sick. I believe they are motivated to remove disease where they can and manage symptoms where they cannot. They often advise us on what we can do to get or stay healthy, but too often are faced […]
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By CGI New York | July 14, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you Except to be just, and to love [and to diligently practice] kindness (compassion), And to walk humbly with your God [setting aside any overblown sense of importance or self-righteousness] (Micah 6:8, Amplified). Am I the only one that […]
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By CGI New York | July 14, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
The New Church Lady Blog All the best lies include a modicum of truth. It’s what makes them so believable, so alluring, so tempting to believe. A half-truth, they say, is more effective that a whole lie. Not a day goes by that we don’t hear the accusation of “fake news” from one side of […]
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By CGI New York | July 14, 2018 | Category KNOWLEDGE OF GOD/FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
This is the graduation season. Many teens and even adults are graduating from high school and college. In fact, I got to see one of my closest friend’s son graduate a little over a week ago. It was bittersweet. I have known her son since he was three, so to see him walk the field […]
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