Daughters and Sons of a King [Julie Phillips]

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I saw a headline today. It said, “Afghans Sell Daughters to Repay Loans.” Is someone kidding? Unfortunately not.
When you read the article you realize it is not for lack of love that these fathers are selling their daughters…but for the lack of a choice- at least in their own [...]

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Undivided Heart, Final [Julie Phillips]

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And finally, “Doesn’t God see that I am hurting?”
Wow! How many times have we all felt that at one time or another? Doesn’t God see we are hurting?
I talked to Parker. I told him that God does see that he is [...]

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Undivided Heart, Part 3 [Julie Phillips]

Psalm 86:11:
Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
My son ran past me with tears running down his face. The door slammed behind him. I paid the doctor bill, grabbed Raney’s hand and followed Parker out to the car. [...]

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Undivided Heart, Part 2 [Julie Phillips]

I was thinking about the phrase ‘hold loosely’. I tried to find it in the Bible and could not. I realized that we use this phrase in the Christian walk based on Abraham’s experience in Genesis 22. We see that God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son, something Abraham valued, loved, and had waited on [...]

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Undivided Heart, Part 1 [Julie Phillips]

Sunday nights can be rather hectic for us, especially during the school year. The kids are coming down from the weekend, and then we head to church, many times with friends, which causes more excitement and hyperactivity. After getting dinner on our way home, and dropping off the friends, we arrive at our [...]

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Something funny about Raney… [Julie Phillips]

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My two daughters play together like angels and fight like the devil. One day after one of their fights I asked Raney why were they fighting?
She informed me that she and Katherine did not like one another that day.
I asked what she thought God would say to that. [...]

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Romantic Drivel [Julie Phillips]

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Happy Valentines Day to me, Happy Valentines Day to you… Yeah, yeah whatever! Many times Valentines Day is worse than Christmas for the Single person. You are faced with feeling inadequate, unloved, forgotten. Parents well wishes mean nothing because they have to love you…Culture v. Bible, Fiction v. [...]

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Gender Gaps [Julie Phillips]

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My young son was walking up the stairs talking to one of his friends. I could hear their conversation clearly and though I wasn’t eavesdropping, I don’t think Parker would have appreciated knowing that I was listening.
“How do you get to have more phone calls to her [...]

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MORE [Julie Phillips]

Note: Julie is the wife of Todd Phillips, Frontline’s Teaching Pastor. Julie’s blog, Married to the Ministry, is all about her life as the wife of a pastor and mother to three kids.There is a saying in life that ‘too much of anything is never a good thing’. I would tend to agree [...]

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