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  • A Surefire Cure When You Think God Won’t hear.
    Posted on Sunday, April 1st, 2018 | Tagged: Carol McClain, confess, James 5:16, power of prayer, when you think God won't hear you, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain @  carol     _mcclain Sometimes the melancholy and insecurity of my life overpower me. I’ve always been rather over-dramatic and intense. But I discovered a surefire cure when I didn’t think I was worthy enough for God to hear my prayer. I no longer remember what niggled my mind to bring me to despair. …[ read more ]

  • Old Time Easter Clothes: A Modern Metaphor
    Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2018 | Tagged: Carol McClain, dress up, Easter, Eph. 6:, Isaiah 1: 18, metaphor of Easter, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain: @     carol _mcclain Are you old enough to remember the preparations you made for Easter morning services? I think these traditions should come back. Old Time Preparations. We always got new:   Hats:  How I loved picking out the new hat for the year. Being Catholic, we always wore hats in church, so our new …[ read more ]

  • 10 Tongue Facts: Hell or Heaven on Earth
    Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2018 | Tagged: Carol McClain, James 3:6, life and death in the tongue, power in the tongue, Proverbs 18:21, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain: @    carol     _mcclain Tongue facts: It’s three inches long. Every 10-14 days your taste buds (up to 10K of them) die off and are replaced. God designed taste buds to keep us alive. Sour or bitter may indicate poison. Your tongue print is as unique as your finger print–so don’t lick your crime scene. Your …[ read more ]

  • Lessons in Gratitude from Cleaning Out the Fridge
    Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2018 | Tagged: Carol McClain, gratitude, lessons from cleaning out the fridge, plenty 10 ways to be grateful, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain: @   carol   _mcclain   We were going to eat healthy so I bought fresh spinach for smoothies, cooked Brussels sprouts for our veggies, and one night I baked a veggie frittata.  Not wanting to waste leftovers, and being environmentally conscious, I placed leftovers in reusable containers and returned them to the fridge. This …[ read more ]

  • What We Obtain Too Cheap, We Esteem Too Lightly
    Posted on Monday, February 26th, 2018 | Tagged: Carol McClain, entitlements, King David, Nepal, school, What we obtain to cheap we esteem too lightly, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain: @   carol   _mcclain Thomas Paine’s writings have been echoing through my flu-addled brain. Thinking of our American world of entitlement, the quote, “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly,” has especially resonated. As I lay ill in my bed, BBC World videos played on my Neflix account. One especially stirred me. In Nepal, a ten-year-old …[ read more ]

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    • Ten Ways to be Filled with the Holy Spirit

        @carol_mcclain "Don't be drunk with wine, be filled with the Spirit!" 1 Cor.5:18 According to John Piper, how do we get drunk with wine? We drink it. Lots of it. So how do we get drunk with the Holy Spirit? Immerse yourself in God. Drink in lots of Him. Read your Scriptures. Pray. Sing Psalms and hymns and contemporary Christian music. Listen to edifying Christian stations. Avoid our entertainment that celebrates sinful behavior--alcohol, sex, foul language. Hang out with practicing, like-minded Christians. Go to church. Take notes on the sermon. Look around this world and see the glory God… ...[ full story ]

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