Author: pdbarringer
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My Marriage is Full of Crap; 5 ways to make fertilizer for the future
From the get-go, let me say this: Storms don’t discriminate. They’re equal opportunity givers. Like the word “crap” or not. Every one of us have that/a word we utilize to describe a moment that didn’t suit us. It could encapsulate an entire event or the immediate feeling about the situation. We all have our “word.” You may be…
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Permission Granted: 4 Reasons Why Unity in Your Marriage is Better than Permission
Permission is a funny thing. Permission, defined, is authorization or consent. Sadly enough, this is how a lot of marriages work. The reason why marriages work that way, is there is a misunderstanding of unity and Lordship. One of my favorite scriptures comes out of Acts 17:28., “in him (Jesus) we live and move and…
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Generosity goes beyond the bucket. Recap from yesterday at Kfirst.
We came off a great Sunday at Kfirst and had some requests to post some of the thoughts from yesterday morning as well as the list of opportunities for people to serve with generosity. Like we said yesterday, our generosity most go beyond putting money in the bucket. We can’t just write a check…
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Broken Trust: 8 Ways to rebuild trust back into your marriage.
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds Psalm 147:3 Trust is a necessary element and is the foundation of every healthy relationship. In fact, trust is the security that makes intimacy possible in marriage. Like an organism, it must be nurtured and not ignored. My dad taught me years ago. “Trust is like…
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The Kingdom of Peeps. 4 ways to engage in Easter.
If feel very privileged with the position I have. Weddings, baby dedications, funerals, and the like are all phenomenal opportunities to be a part in precious family moments. I refuse to take them for granted. They are not inconveniences to me. These moments are privileges and every pastor must see them that way. My senior adults are…
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Day 40 – Selah 2-Minute Devo #SELAH40
“Everything that a person can possibly feel, experience, and say is brought into expression before God in the Psalms.” Eugene Peterson Read today’s Psalm, watch the devo, and write in your prayer devotional. Psalm 51 Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain…
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Day 39 – Selah 2-Minute Devo #SELAH40
“Everything that a person can possibly feel, experience, and say is brought into expression before God in the Psalms.” Eugene Peterson Read today’s Psalm, watch the devo, and write in your prayer devotional. Psalm 150 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heaven! 2 Praise him for his mighty works;…
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A “Yesterday Marriage”: 5 ways to help your marriage to not live off of re-runs.
Of all of our differences, Anne and I don’t really walk in agreement with the concept of re-runs. We both love shows and enjoy watching them together. But re-runs are a different story. I can only think of one show series in the past 17 years of marriage in which she’ll entertain the re-runs. But other than that,…
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Day 38 – Selah 2-Minute Devo #SELAH40
“Everything that a person can possibly feel, experience, and say is brought into expression before God in the Psalms.” Eugene Peterson Read today’s Psalm, watch the devo, and write in your prayer devotional. Psalm 32 Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! 2 Yes, what joy for…
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Day 37 – Selah 2-Minute Devo #SELAH40
“Everything that a person can possibly feel, experience, and say is brought into expression before God in the Psalms.” Eugene Peterson Read today’s Psalm, watch the devo, and write in your prayer devotional. Psalm 111 Praise the Lord! I will thank the Lord with all my heart as I meet with his godly people. 2 How amazing…
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