Monthly Archive: February 2012

Feb 29

A Testimony of Faith

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The body at Missio Dei Fellowship was recently blessed to see Amanda (and her husband, Matt) baptized. She stood up there and shared her testimony of faith to roughly 200 people. Here is another chance to hear her testament of faith in Christ. Amanda’s testimony: Growing up in Lutheran churches and schools has given me …

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Feb 27

Missions to the Elderly

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    My first experience at a nursing home was as a teenager with a church youth group. There’s no easy way to say this… but I was pinched in the butt by an 80 year old man in a wheel chair shouting, “hey, honey buns!,” at me. Needless to say, I never did go back. …

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Feb 25

Seeing & Savoring: The Sufficiency of God

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I had planned to write a New Year’s/goals-type blog at this time, but I came across this blog that I had posted once before on Xanga over four years ago. Many of you were not at Missio Dei then or, if you were, you may not have read it or you may have forgotten it. …

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Feb 14

Happy Valentine’s Day: Engagement Stories

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Denni & Brian Kraus’ engagement story as told by Denni: The story of how we became engaged is really unromantic, though we still laugh about it now, 30 years later.  Brian & I were in the midst of an argument, I don’t even remember what it was about.  He stopped our “conversation” kind of suddenly and …

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Feb 09

Contentment: a Means of Gain

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1 Timothy 6:6, “But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.” This verse has been on my mind a lot lately. Last year, during our first installment of Coffee Talk, I spoke at length about the pursuit of disciplining ourselves for the purpose of godliness via the various spiritual disciplines. …

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Feb 04

Book Review: Lies Young Women Believe

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Lies Young Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and Dannah Gresh (LYWB) is a modification of the book Lies Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss written specifically to young women to address many of the common lies that assault them on a daily basis. It begins by addressing the problem of sin and the origin …

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Feb 03

Rain Drops of Prayer

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Every morning, as soon as I am consciously aware that it is morning and that I need to get up, I dig my face in my pillow and I ask the Lord to give me strength and His grace to whatever, aware or unaware, awaits me.  I hate to admit this, but I feel, at …

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