Satisfaction Through Christ https://satisfactionthroughchrist.com/ A Christian blog focused on faith, ministry, adoption, parenting, marriage, and more! Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:30:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 68948363 Remembering Mandy Kelly from Worshipful Living https://satisfactionthroughchrist.com/2017/03/remembering-mandy-kelly-worshipful-living.html https://satisfactionthroughchrist.com/2017/03/remembering-mandy-kelly-worshipful-living.html#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:00:06 +0000 https://satisfactionthroughchrist.com/?p=10589

Tuesday, March 21, started like any other day around our house. I got the kids off to school and came home to do some work.  Around 9:30 a member of our Facebook Mastermind Group (a group of about 10 Christian women bloggers that support one another through blogging and life) posted that she’d seen some […]

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How do you teach theology to a young child?” I was recently asked this question. Today is part two of my “Theology for Kids” series. Part One: The Parent’s Role can be found here.   Deuteronomy 6:6-9 is one of the best scriptural guides for teaching theology to kids: And these words that I command […]

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How do you teach theology to a young child?” I was recently asked this question, and it makes an excellent topic, so today I am beginning a “Theology for Kids” series on my blog. What is Theology “Theology” is a fancy word for the study of God. It comes from two Greek words: theos, which means […]

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Welcome to 2017! If you are like a lot of people I know, you are quite happy to usher in a new year, a new calendar, a new to-do list, and a fresh new start. You are ready to set new goals, dive into new projects, and accomplish things yet untold! I hope one of […]

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My husband and I have been married for almost 10 years. I am a work-at-home-mom to two precious girls that the Lord blessed us with through the gift of adoption. He is a graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Student Pastor at a local Southern Baptist church here in South Metro Atlanta. We […]

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What blessings do we have in Christ? There are certain blessings that all regenerate believers have in the spiritual realm. I’m part of a Facebook group that was just discussing how misused or misunderstood the words “anointed,” “favor,” and “blessings” are today. I think so many times we tend to think of blessings as immediate, […]

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]]> https://satisfactionthroughchrist.com/2016/11/surviving-holidays-infertility.html/feed 1 10311 Prayer: An Open Invitation To Call Home https://satisfactionthroughchrist.com/2016/11/prayer-an-open-invitation-to-call-home.html https://satisfactionthroughchrist.com/2016/11/prayer-an-open-invitation-to-call-home.html#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2016 10:00:23 +0000 https://satisfactionthroughchrist.com/?p=10292   We live during unstable times in an unstable world. And that’s okay because, as Christians, this world is not our home. Not the place we go for comfort, reassurance or answers. Our home is with Jesus who is preparing a place for us in His Father’s house. In My Father’s house are many dwelling […]

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