Julie Surface Johnson

A Day in the Life of Rebecca Gaumitz

Julie Admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Considering how to get involved in the pro-life movement? Don’t see what you can do? Here is one way I help out. I may not have the time to hold up signs or give a great amount of money but God has allowed me to give through my business. I own a seasonal consignment sale. Each consignor can decide if

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Notes of Appreciation for Pregnancy Centers – BEaVOICE

Julie Admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:37:00 +0000

During the month of January Betsy Powell of Focus on the Family urged Facebook members to BEaVOICE and send notes of appreciation to pregnancy centers for their selfless ministry of grace to women in unexpected pregnancies.

Consequently, an awesome 23-page document, comprised of hundreds of individual thank-you notes, testifies to the great work of

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The Promise of Crossing the Finish Line

Julie Admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:40:00 +0000

I was telling my grandson Luke about the rigorous training athletes follow to pursue their Olympic dreams. Of course, that then led to a discussion about goal-setting and persistence.

I read once that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to achieve proficiency in almost any challenging task. Ten thousand hours!!! That’s nearly five years

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The Promise of Life

Julie Admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:32:00 +0000

We find promises of life in both the Old and New Testaments. This is good news for the many of us who often feel overworked, overtired, and under-appreciated. Like dead men walking, we wonder when we will EVER feel alive!

“In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.”

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The Promise of Increase

Julie Admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:51:00 +0000

Things feeling pretty tight in this economy? Are you feeding your family a lot of pasta? Has your giving decreased–to charities as well as to the Lord?

Did you know there are several Scripture verses that promise you will “increase” if you are generous with what you do have?

“There is one who scatters, yet

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The Promise of Fanfare in the Heavens

Julie Admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:42:00 +0000

Yesterday we concluded that, at the proper time, our Good Shepherd would come and lead us each safely home to Heaven. And He will!

But there’s also coming a time when He will return to lead a whole bunch of us safely home to Heaven–all at once! Scripture talks of a time when:

“The Lord

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The Promise of Discernment in the End Times

Julie Admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:20:00 +0000

In Bible study this morning we watched a Beth Moore video <http://www.livingproofministry.com> on the seventh chapter of the book of Daniel.

Fascinating, as always, Beth transported us into end-time events. We read of the beast who will have “eyes like the eyes of a man,” and we learned that, in his arrogance, he will rail

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All Life Is Sacred! (by Julie Surface Johnson)

Julie Admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:46:00 +0000

She examined the jewel in our crown–firstborn son of our firstborn daughter–with the trained eye of a pediatric nurse and declared, “Something’s wrong. I’d have him checked for Down syndrome.” I recoiled, like a cobra, in denial. Who was this person who dared upset our perfect world and perfect family with cruel conjecturing?

Certainly it

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The Promise of Deliverance from Evil

Julie Admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:03:00 +0000

On Saturday, we discussed II Peter 1:2-4 and rejoiced in the Father’s great love for us. “He gives us everything we need for life and godliness and delivers us from evil.”

Let’s mine this vein some more. When Jesus was teaching His disciples to pray, He asked the Father to “deliver us from the evil

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The Provision of Great and Precious Promises

Julie Admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:26:00 +0000

This is so neat! The apostle Peter, that great big fisherman with an equally-large heart and mouth, said this to fellow believers (That means us, you and me.):

“Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has given us everything we need for

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