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2 Timothy 3:16-17

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. Just as runners follow a training plan to successfully train for … Continue reading

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Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. This proverb reminds us that if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. There are many voices that call out to us … Continue reading

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Proverbs 10:4

Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. It is one thing to start a project; it is another to finish a project to the end. When we determine to do something, it is vital that we “count … Continue reading

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Romans 12:10

Love each other… and take delight in each other. Love is doing a thoughtful dead for your spouse or children with no expectation of return.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa Web Network This article is subject to Creative Common License. … Continue reading

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1 Corinthians 12:4

There are different kind of gifts, but the same Spirit.  All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines. Even if your children’s gifts and talents are … Continue reading

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1 Corinthians 13:7

If you love someone you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost. If your marriage is less than ideal, do not let it deteriorate a moment longer.  Make today the turning point.  ~ Dr T. Evans Iowa … Continue reading

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1 Thessalonians 5:15

Always aim to show kindness and seek to do good to one another. A husband’s giving of himself to his wife needs to take place every day in small as well as big ways, not just in rare heroic moments.  … Continue reading

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Psalm 91:9, 10

If you make the Most High your dwelling even the Lord, who is my refugee – then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. When a husband or wife tells me, “I’m doing the best … Continue reading

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Hebrews 12:5, 6

My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, or lose hearth when you are punished by him; for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves, and chastises every child whom he accepts. Like a diligent father, God … Continue reading

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Ephesians 5:22

You wives must submit to your husbands’ leadership in the same way you submit to the Lord. As a wife submits to the authority of her husband, God’s blessing is free to flow from the husband to his wife, and … Continue reading

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