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Ephesians 2- Part 2

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Study and learn. Be changed.  Ephesians 2 Made Alive in Christ 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not

Christian Conflict - Colossians 4

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For  several months I have been pulling myself out of my warm, toasty bed at the crazy time of 5:20 a.m. to meet a group of -oh-so-worth-it ladies at 6:00 a.m.   Being so-not a morning person, I hesitated to begin a group at this time, but this was the best time for all of the other moms.  We have journey through several studies and today, we completed our study on Colossians.   This is the end of Colossians 4.   Many of us thought this wasn't necessary to study, but KNOWING God's word is living and breathing and useful for all training, I knew there had to be more than meets the eye.   ...and is there! Final Greetings 7  Tychicus  will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant [ a ]  in the Lord.   8  I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our [ b ]  circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts.   9  He is coming with Onesimus,  our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you.  T

Happy 9th Birthday, John-Michael!

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Here he is today... 9 years old!  He is one of the sweetest, most compassionate people I know.   I am so glad he is my son.   Happy birthday, John-Michael.  My, how you have grown... His first time at Save The Horses Happy moment... out with many, many pretty girls Those blue eyes.... Oh, he loves his daddy Chris, a buddy from school, with John-Michael JM with MVP ..his favorite friend... He loves to give kisses..even now... (but he is 5 in that photo) 4 years old Loves the pretty girls I think his mom is into tooooo much safety.. LOL Snow..Fun day! My sunny boy! (7 y ears old) 7..more stitches... Today... 9 years old! (8 years old...lost his two bottom teeth....  He knocked out his baby top teeth/ front teeth when he was 4.  Ask his dad about it... :)  He was watching him... but I am over it... LOL)... 

Goodbye 2012. Hello, 2013

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My class put on a Christmas play and my son, John-Michael, was a wise man.  I think the children  learned things, had fun, and made memories.   We were sad that Albert, the goat at Save The Horses, ended up dying from Goat Polio.  We was well loved and will certainly be missed.  I tried my hand at pet portraits over Christmas break.  Hopefully, they  will improve the more I do them. It was fun though.  The children eagerly awaited Christmas morning.  John-Michael's favorite gift was a drum set.  Madeline's favorite gift was a karaoke machine.  And ... Noah's favorite gift was a couple of Wii U games.   It certainly has been louder in my house. :)  Dirk, our 10 year old Schoodle had unexpected surgery. We noticed that he have several knots on his chest and back and a red growth in his mouth. He hasn't had his stitches out yet, but the pathology report showed the knots were just cysts and the one in his mouth was an overgrowth of  the nerve cov