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New England Christian Writers’ Retreat 2014   Hebrews 10:24-25 (NLT) Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.  And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.   The…

Image courtesy of Freefoto.com   Luke 5:16 (NLT) But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.   My mood matched the blustery, drizzly 42 degrees as I drove away from my writers’ retreat in the beautiful hills of New Hampshire and it grew darker with each mile (my mood, that is, not the weather). …

Deuteronomy 32:12 (NLT) The Lord alone guided them; they followed no foreign gods.   How would you handle 4 days with no cell service and no internet?   I had planned to spruce up my blog while in the hills of New Hampshire at the New England Christian Writers’ Retreat.  Then BAM!  My goal for…

Psalm 19:14 (NLT) May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.   I’m in New Hampshire at the New England Christian Writer’s Retreat, where I got my blogging start.  The wifi is pitiful, so I’ll be taking a blogging break…

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.  Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Philippians 4:6 (NLT)   I pride myself in not being a worrier.  There’s that awful word pride!  Years ago I was a wreck, suffering sleepless nights, anxious about many things.  I don’t remember if…

  Psalm 91:1-2 (NIV) Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”   The following are the words of Lisa TerKeurst, author of The Best Yes and…