Encouragement & Strategic Living Archives

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Jun'20

A Strawberry a Day

Encouragement & Strategic Living

Rev Lynmarie

Let me tell you about June 2— Strawberry Day.

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May'18

Don’t Just Stew

Encouragement & Strategic Living

Rev Lynmarie

Dreams that take place at a turning point in a person’s life— especially recurring dreams— most likely have long-term implications. That is, they may be more about decades than days or weeks. Did you have impressive dreams as a child or teen? ... God sends us letters through dreams. When we make sense of them, we are prepared for whatever season we are in, even the stewing seasons.

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Feb'17

Your Thoughts-Your Ways

Encouragement & Strategic Living

Rev. Frank

From Frank's Desk... My father-in-law, Lyn’s dad, had a theme song. Everyone knew it, and they honored him with it as the background of a slideshow at his retirement. I Did It My Way sung by Frank Sinatra. The Bible says that what’s good, though, is GOD DOING IT HIS WAY! “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55: 8-9

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Mar'16

On The Easter Parade

Encouragement & Strategic Living

Rev Lynmarie

As usual, God says it better than anyone. Here’s what’s relevant this week. The scriptures are true and mark my words, they will play out. Some we are seeing right away, and some are lessons to be learned… hopefully not the hard way! Proverbs 25: 8 Do not go out hastily to argue your case; Otherwise, what will you do in the end, When your neighbor humiliates you? Proverbs 16: 2, 22, 23, 25 All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord. Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly …

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Feb'16

Living a Double Life

Encouragement & Strategic Living

Jordan

02.24.16 by Jordan S. You always hear people tell you to just trust God. They say, you just have to have faith. I have faith and I totally and completely put my life in God’s hands… or that’s what I told myself 8 short months ago. My name is Jordan. I am 29 years old and I have been a believer since I was young. I’ve always loved God and tried to be the woman of faith He wanted me to be. Sure it’s easy to have faith when the road is smooth, but what about when things seem to …

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Nov'15

Seen War Room?

Encouragement & Strategic Living

Rev Lynmarie

If you haven’t seen the movie —or maybe you haven’t heard of it— I wanted to bring War Room to your attention. The Kendrick Brothers have taken movie production to a whole new level on this one! Every aspect has been stepped up… the script, the actors and actresses, the videography, sound mixing, music, etc. Clearly, War Room has set a new standard for “Christian” Movies. The characters, both realistic and endearing, have no problem bringing tears to your eyes, yet interject delightful unexpected humor...

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May'14

While You Wait

Encouragement & Strategic Living

Rev. Frank

In the last post, Lyn discussed BITTER/SWEET PROMISES, those sweet promises we receive (through Prophetic Dreams, Prophetic Words, or the Scripture) that don’t look like they’re going to come to pass, but eventually and with significant testing and battle… do. Sometimes the Lord promises us something sweet, and a season which could be termed bitter stands between us and the fulfillment. So how do we handle those seasons… those seasons of waiting? Waiting is something most of us hope to avoid because we’re not naturally equipped to actually get into the “waiting” mode. Why? Well, it defies what we’re all …

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Apr'14

Bitter/Sweet Promises

Encouragement & Strategic Living

Rev Lynmarie

Sunday, 4/13/2014 God continues to teach me about “Bitter/Sweet Promises”. By that term, I mean “exceptionally clear and repeated revelation coming through prophetic dreams, prophetic words, or both”. Our daughter’s recent series of dreams fit the definition. We knew that, because there were so many; they included parabolic symbolism; they were impressive; and they prophesied something quite positive. This week, our daughter was honored to receive a special award and be placed in the Top Ten Contestants of the Mrs. Colorado Pageant, yet the dreams had prophesied her winning the crown. How do we make sense of that? When a …

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Dec'12

Right Time Right Place

Encouragement & Strategic Living

Rev Lynmarie

Let’s talk about divine encounters Sometimes the dream is only part of the story. Sometimes being in the right place at the right time and listening to the Spirit leads to a divine encounter that makes all the difference. This was the case with Sabrina. One evening in early fall, she headed for church as usual hoping to get a close-to-the-front seat in order to get a good view of the guest speaker who was coming all the way from New York. A well-known pastor and singer for decades, he had recently been in the spotlight more than ever. Desperately …

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Mar'12