<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300</id><updated>2012-02-06T20:09:28.697-08:00</updated><category term='Parties'/><category term='Living Well Wednesdays'/><category term='homemaking'/><category term='Marriage'/><category term='Dieting'/><category term='Heavenly Creations'/><category term='Home Deco'/><category term='Voting'/><category term='Family'/><category term='Animals'/><category term='Bubble Snake'/><category term='WLW'/><category term='Church Events'/><category term='Homeschooling'/><category term='Couponing'/><category term='Thanksgiving'/><category term='Devotionals'/><category term='Woman in the Word'/><category term='Marriage Challenge'/><category term='Peace on Earth Challenge 2011'/><category term='Science project'/><category term='Movie'/><category term='Lapbooks'/><category term='Freebies'/><category term='Creating Heavenly Designs'/><category term='Easter 2011'/><category term='Easter 2010'/><category term='Scrapbooking'/><category term='Music video'/><category term='Woman Living Well Video'/><category term='Diet'/><category term='Crafts'/><category term='December Challenge'/><category term='Halloween'/><category term='Feasting in Fellowship Fridays'/><category term='Vacation/Trips'/><category term='video'/><category term='Chritmas'/><category term='New Years'/><category term='Marriage Challenge 2011 {Nov}'/><category term='Modesty'/><category term='Fall Haven Challenge 2011'/><category term='Testimony'/><category term='Holidays'/><category term='Book Review'/><category term='Mama Shopping Wisely'/><category term='Valentines 2011'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='Encouragemnt'/><category term='Dog'/><category term='music'/><category term='Tips'/><category term='Valentines'/><category term='Memorial Day'/><category term='God Loves you series'/><category term='It&apos;s been awhile'/><category term='Free Movies'/><category term='Convictions'/><category term='Friends Blog'/><category term='Free Summer Fun'/><category term='My Blogs'/><category term='Fall Harvest'/><category term='Recipes'/><category term='Christian Singers'/><category term='Home Decor'/><category term='Women in the Word Wednesdays'/><category term='Mothers Day'/><title type='text'>Saved By Grace</title><subtitle type='html'>A place to encourage you to walk closer to the Lord and to be encouraged by Godly woman.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>236</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-855540630329621086</id><published>2012-02-04T21:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-04T21:24:48.759-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creating Heavenly Designs'/><title type='text'>New Creation!!</title><content type='html'>Head on over to my crafting blog....go check it out @&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://creatingheavenlydesigns.blogspot.com/"&gt;Creating Heavenly Designs Click here&lt;/a&gt;.. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I highly recommend this cd!!! ITs AHHHHHMAZING!!!!! Enjoy!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="pin-it-button" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=www.reina4jesus.blogspot.com" layout="horizontal"&gt;Pin It&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-3415107041401966956?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/3415107041401966956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=3415107041401966956&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3415107041401966956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3415107041401966956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/02/kari-jobe-find-you-on-my-knees.html' title='Kari Jobe - Find You On My Knees'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/LGumE9nkP3o/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-8363462894935802717</id><published>2012-02-02T12:33:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T13:55:22.994-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God Loves you series'/><title type='text'>God Loves You Part 5 : Are you Loving God today?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;Well today marks the &lt;s&gt;first&lt;/s&gt; second day of February {meant to post this yesterday}!!! I can’t believe how fast this year is going already. As we all know this is the month of Love….this is a time where we get to express our love towards others even more. And there are so many challenges going on out there that I will be posting soon! I love challenges, they encourage me to drawer closer to my Lord and to my family. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;With that here is my challenge for You: Ask yourself this question today “ Are you loving the Lord?” I pondered this question last night, I had heard it earlier at service or on the radio or saw it some where {I have a horrible memory sometimes}. And it is a great question to ask yourself daily. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;The first commandment He gives us is to “Love the Lord your God with all Your heart, soul, and strength”. Are you loving God today? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic;"&gt;Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span id="mt22-36"&gt;36&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic;"&gt; "Teacher, &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;which is the great commandment in the law&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;?" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="mt22-37"&gt;37&lt;/span&gt; Jesus said to him, "&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" id="d" jquery1328208175433="33" name="d"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup jquery1328208175433="15"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/nkjv/matthew/22.html#fn-descriptionAnchor-d#fn-descriptionAnchor-d" title="Deuteronomy 6:5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span id="mt22-38"&gt;38&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt; This is the first and great commandment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="mt22-39"&gt;39&lt;/span&gt; And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" id="e" jquery1328208175433="34" name="e"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup jquery1328208175433="16"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/nkjv/matthew/22.html#fn-descriptionAnchor-e#fn-descriptionAnchor-e" title="Leviticus 19:18"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="mt22-40"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic;"&gt;Matt 22:35-39&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic;"&gt;Love God Challenge:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;Pursue God today, tell Him how much you love Him. Act of love towards God: worship, prayer, thankfulness, spreading the gospel. Doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you haven’t done so already, carve out that time today, curl up on the coach, bed wherever you are turn off the cell phone, computer, tv…whatever distracts you from Him. And just give Him that special time, curl up on His lap and just bask in His presence be open to what He has for you. Allow your heart to be changed by Him. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;Next Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;: And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” …..to be continued. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;Loving God!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;Saved By Grace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;Grace Acronymn, I saw this the other day and thought it was perfect! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;G&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;od’s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;R&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;iches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;hrist’s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple; font-size: 11pt;"&gt;E&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;xpense&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum9"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"&gt;God Bless you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-8363462894935802717?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/8363462894935802717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=8363462894935802717&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8363462894935802717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8363462894935802717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/02/love-part-5.html' title='God Loves You Part 5 : Are you Loving God today?'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-5937222838324246439</id><published>2012-01-27T09:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T12:47:23.112-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Devotionals'/><title type='text'>Newsboys - God's Not Dead</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S_OTz-lpDjw?fs=1" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this song!! God's not dead He's surely alive, living on the inside roaring like a lion!!! We have nothing to be down about, God is residing in us. He is posted up; put up His tent there. This morning the Lord spoke to me with this verse:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we recieve from Him, because we keep His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whoma He has given us. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;I John 3: 19-23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-5937222838324246439?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/5937222838324246439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=5937222838324246439&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5937222838324246439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5937222838324246439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/01/newsboys-gods-not-dead.html' title='Newsboys - God&apos;s Not Dead'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/S_OTz-lpDjw/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-162322713533722296</id><published>2012-01-25T10:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T12:46:37.619-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><title type='text'>You are Beautiful....</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1vh7-RSPuAA?fs=1" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I dedicate this song to Madison. We love you sweetie!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-162322713533722296?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/162322713533722296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=162322713533722296&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/162322713533722296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/162322713533722296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/01/you-are-beautiful.html' title='You are Beautiful....'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/1vh7-RSPuAA/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-1747890463651028765</id><published>2012-01-25T10:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T10:06:23.840-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music video'/><title type='text'>Who are you going to turn to?</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OlQ-hYEB2ec?fs=1" width="459"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who are you going to turn to in your decision, your inconveinence, or your trial today? I recently had a big decision&amp;nbsp;we needed to make and&amp;nbsp;we choose to turn to Jesus. He is the only one who can give us the true answers we need in our lives. He already knows what lies ahead of us. Why wouldn't you want to turn to Him? The Author and Finisher of us. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to share this song with you, I love it. And it was perfect timing this morning,&amp;nbsp;I was on my way to work I had something on my heart that I recently gone through. And I will share as the Lord leads, and this song just ministered to my heart. It was something my heart was already singing!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Turn to Jesus today with all your cares and your worries. Give it all to Him, let him take the wheel today! Will you let him rule and reign in your life today?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Turn to Jesus!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. to listen to video without background music turn off mp3 player on the top right by putting it on pause. &lt;br /&gt;Blessings,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-1747890463651028765?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/1747890463651028765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=1747890463651028765&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/1747890463651028765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/1747890463651028765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/01/who-are-you-going-to-turn-to.html' title='Who are you going to turn to?'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/OlQ-hYEB2ec/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-4888676767586336529</id><published>2012-01-21T16:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T16:56:44.060-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Steady My Heart: Acoustic Version</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3vkdUJGaBqI?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="459" allowfullscreen=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She wrote a song about me!! LOL.....well not really. But if I would write a song, this would be it! But I can totally relate to this song!! I love her she is sooo amazing!! I can't wait until she comes to our town to sing!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To listen without the background music, put mp3 player on the right on pause. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-4888676767586336529?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/4888676767586336529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=4888676767586336529&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4888676767586336529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4888676767586336529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/01/steady-my-heart-acoustic-version.html' title='Steady My Heart: Acoustic Version'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/3vkdUJGaBqI/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-5050082550039426972</id><published>2012-01-21T08:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T08:38:52.405-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God Loves you series'/><title type='text'>God Loves You - Part 4: Be a Voice - The Dignity of Human Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HRR8p5bmY0c?fs=1" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Sunday, January 22, is  Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Together, let's be a voice for the preborn child! And not only them but also for those people that have been treated unGodly. The homeless, the battered, the bruised, the disowned, the unwanted, the orphans, just to name a few. There are so many in this world who need a touch of God's love! Be that light, in this dark and dying world, show His love to them....allow God to use you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WE can be their voice for them!! You matter to God, and He loves you so much! I can't even begin to explain how much HE loves you. Let's just say that He loves you soo much that He gave His only Son JESUS to die, such a crucial death {that you wouldn't even do yourself or for anyone else for that matter}, on that old rugged cross.......all because HE LOVES you! You see God doesn't look at our status, at what we wear or what we have, that doesn't even matter to Him, none of it does. You matter to God, He wants you He looks and wants your heart!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you feel all alone, feel like nobody loves you? Don't....because I've got some great, amazing, awesome news for you.....God loves you no matter what!!! There are no strings attached, no requirements, no membership fees, no fancy invitations. It's simple...He loves You! All you have to do is accept that, allow Him to have full access to Your heart. If you have never accepted Him in your heart and would like to please leave me a comment so that I can pray with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. I challenge you to go out and save a life, go out andshare God's&amp;nbsp;love with someone that you never have before.....it sometimes just starts with a smile :) We all have something to smile about today because we are LOVED!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gods Beloved,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-5050082550039426972?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/5050082550039426972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=5050082550039426972&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5050082550039426972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5050082550039426972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/01/be-voice-dignity-of-human-life.html' title='God Loves You - Part 4: Be a Voice - The Dignity of Human Life'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/HRR8p5bmY0c/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-4431485588512129902</id><published>2012-01-21T07:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T08:34:29.125-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God Loves you series'/><title type='text'>God Loves You - Part 3: Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1IAhDGYlpqY?fs=1" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This video is exactly what loving Jesus is all about and what He did for you. Why? Because He loves You more than life!!! And that's something than no one else can do for You.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pray that you are blessed by watching this!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-4431485588512129902?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/4431485588512129902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=4431485588512129902&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4431485588512129902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4431485588512129902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-i-hate-religion-but-love-jesus.html' title='God Loves You - Part 3: Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/1IAhDGYlpqY/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-444281636470576607</id><published>2012-01-21T07:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T07:53:36.723-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God Loves you series'/><title type='text'>God Loves You Series - Part 2: John 3:16 For God so loved You!!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5beoRa_HR8o?fs=1" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is such an amazing video,&amp;nbsp;with these precious little children of God, speaking God's truth. And how amazing that they aired this commercial during last Monday's Broncos game. I thought it was perfect to share for the "God Love you" Series the lord has&amp;nbsp;lead&amp;nbsp;me to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" I love You" ~ God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-444281636470576607?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/444281636470576607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=444281636470576607&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/444281636470576607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/444281636470576607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/01/love-series-part-2-john-316-for-god-so.html' title='God Loves You Series - Part 2: John 3:16 For God so loved You!!!!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/5beoRa_HR8o/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-1345936036145558609</id><published>2012-01-15T22:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T07:54:04.011-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God Loves you series'/><title type='text'>God Love's you...Part 1</title><content type='html'>Love...more than a good feeling. The Lord has laid it on my heart to share about His love for you these next couple of weeks. He confirmed in a prayer gathering I had went to recently. Prayer is sooo powerful!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what He showed me to share, I pray that it blesses you as it did me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Outworking of love &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1jo3-16" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;    By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1jo3-17" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;17&lt;/span&gt;    But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1jo3-18" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;    My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;I John 3:16-18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Throughout the bible we are reminded of God's love for us and the proof of God's boundless love is that Christ died for us. Love is not simply made to make us feel good--rather to motivate us to respond in ways that make us emulate the goodness. Love sometimes demands that we act in very practical and even uncomfortable ways. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Love is not optional, we are commanded love one another.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Love is demonstrative , our love for God is shown to the degree we show love to others.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Love is active, an act of the will. We are commanded to do the acts of love. If we shut our eyes to the needs of others, our love for God is called into question.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Love is responsive, we are able to love because we have been and are loved by God. this love causes us to respond lovingly to others. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;The world makes love out to be something that is a feeling. In the scriptures we are shown what true love is--scrafical love, agape love. Jesus showed His true love for us. By dieing on the cross for our sins. He laid down His life for me and for You. He commands us to love, this can sometimes be difficult. But if we show others what He has done for us we can do it in His strength. If we are keeping record of each others shortcomings then are you emulating God's love? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;God doesn't keep record of our short comings, He says that He will forgive us of our sins as far as the east is from the west. This is an example of His love toward us and of what we need to do. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;We love Him  because &lt;span class="Highlight"&gt;He&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Highlight"&gt;first&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Highlight"&gt;loved&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Highlight"&gt;us&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ResultText" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/nkjv/1-john/4-19.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;1 John 4:19 NKJV&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ResultText" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ResultText" style="text-align: left;"&gt;He first loved us, and when we experience His love toward us it draws us to Him and how could you not love Him. It blows my mind to think of How much He loves me and you. If he cares so much for the sparrows, the birds of the air, how much more does He care for us. There have been so many blessings that I have encountered and was blessed to see of how much He loves us. God desires us to follow hard after Him. Show Gods love today! Know that He loves you and that is enough for me to emulate His love to others. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ResultText" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ResultText" style="text-align: left;"&gt;In God's love,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="ResultText" style="text-align: left;"&gt;Adrienne!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-1345936036145558609?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/1345936036145558609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=1345936036145558609&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/1345936036145558609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/1345936036145558609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/01/lovepart-1.html' title='God Love&apos;s you...Part 1'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7838712195908212895</id><published>2012-01-13T08:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T08:39:40.716-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music video'/><title type='text'>Good Morning!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/g1ovNZTpVcU?fs=1" width="459"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yay!! It's Fridaylets do the Praise dance and I'm looking forward to the weekend! As I was getting ready for work this morning this song was playing and got me in the spirit!! Today is a gift from the Lord, let us rejoice in it! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="ps118-24" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Psalm 118:24!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;HAve a blessed day!! Follow hard after Him today! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7838712195908212895?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7838712195908212895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7838712195908212895&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7838712195908212895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7838712195908212895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/01/good-morning.html' title='Good Morning!!!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/g1ovNZTpVcU/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7535205453700645858</id><published>2012-01-09T22:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T22:45:56.625-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Encouragemnt'/><title type='text'>We are the Light of World!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://theblackboxspeaks.org/images/city-on-hill.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden...."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Matthew 5:14 NKJV&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is something that I pray to be daily...to be the light in this dark and dying world. Below&amp;nbsp;is one of my favorite Artists to listen to.... Kari Jobe....she is an amazing singer!!She came out with this song called "We&amp;nbsp;Are". &amp;nbsp;This has been on my heart alot lately, the time is near. We need to share the love of Jesus Christ with those whom don't know him and even those who do. This encouraged me this morning on my way to work, and I've been singing it all day..."we are the light of the world, we are a city on a hill.....we gotta, we gotta let the light shine".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;How will people know who we are if we don't shine our light. We need to show them Jesus....smile, give a hug when unexpected. Share your testimony, I will be sharing my testimony soon!!!&amp;nbsp;Say Hi, offer your help, pray for someone let them know you are praying for them.  Send a note just because......the time is short we don't have that much time to spread the word, the truth. We need to shine for Jesus!!! We need truely seek Him with all that we got. Are we complaining when we should be seeking? Ask God to do a heart check or diagnostic check. Ask Him to give strength to be His light. He loves you, and me and the rest of this world. For God so loved the world, not just the Christians, but the world! A send a special shout out to all the Youth Callers from our church that are serving in Uganda! You are truely being the light, we are praying for you continuously, fervently. You can do all things through Christ Jesus who gives you strength phil 4:13. We recently lost one of our Youth Callers to malaria while serving in Uganda. He truely lived His life for Jesus and is a great encouragement to us all!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To listen to video pause mp3 player on the right!! Be Blessed and Encouraged!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/B07iK9uh9qY?fs=1" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;Be blessed! Shine your light for JESUS today!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7535205453700645858?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7535205453700645858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7535205453700645858&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7535205453700645858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7535205453700645858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/01/we-are-light-of-world_09.html' title='We are the Light of World!!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/B07iK9uh9qY/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-5279082078789964809</id><published>2012-01-05T19:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T20:52:11.854-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dieting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Years'/><title type='text'>Made To Crave</title><content type='html'>As the new year begins and diets, and exercise plans start up again, after all the eating during the Holidays. I began to pray about my struggles I have with food a couple of weeks ago. I am choosing to not make a resolution, but a change, a change in my heart that only God can do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I have to confess I am an emotional eater, and it has also been an idol for me. I eat when I am emotional...when I am happy or sad......I love to eat!! I've had this struggle all my life. I come from a big family, family of 10, four of them being big brothers.&amp;nbsp;I started this bad habit&amp;nbsp;during meal times when I was younger. If you were the last one to get food most times there wasn't any left. So&amp;nbsp;I would make it my goal to be first and get the most I could,&amp;nbsp;because there was no seconds. &amp;nbsp;There were times when we didnt know where our next meals would come, so when we did have food I would make sure that I had enough and then some. I carried that bad habit with me.&amp;nbsp; I serve big portions, and I sometimes have no self-control. So this is my prayer this year to take it to the Lord daily. I can't do it on my own, but I can do all things through His strength{Phil 2:14}. I didn't realize that there was a deeper issue until recently. I want to be delivered from this struggle/ temptaion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A couple of weeks ago I had been praying that God would help me with this struggle, especially during Christmas. Because I love sweets!&amp;nbsp;A couple of days ago I was on my way to work and I had turned on the radio and Focus on the Family was on, and their special guest was &lt;a href="http://lysaterkeurst.com/"&gt;Lysa TerKeurst&lt;/a&gt; the author of Made to Crave. Listen below or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.focusonthefamily.com/popups/media_player.aspx?MediaId={B7F2512B-63E0-4C0C-9144-AD7E6C982618}"&gt;click here to listen to it.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed family="" height="384" jwplayer="" mediaplayer.swf?="" src="&amp;lt;a href=" width="640" www.focusonthefamily.com=""&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;http://www.focusonthefamily.com/family/JWPlayer/mediaplayer.swf" flashvars="allowfullscreen=true&amp;amp;allowscriptaccess=always&amp;amp;autostart=true&amp;amp;shownavigation=true&amp;amp;enablejs=true&amp;amp;volume=50&amp;amp;file=http://fotf.cdnetworks.net/fotf/mp3/fof_daily_broadcast/ffd_2012/1_jan_feb_march/ffd_20120104.mp3&amp;amp;image=http://www.focusonthefamily.com/~/media/images/media-center/logos-fotf/daily-broadcast-640x360.ashx" /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is&amp;nbsp;very encouraging to listen to, and I could relate on so many levels. I will not be able to get rid of my struggles in my own strength. No workout videos, or crazy exercise schedule, or unreal diet plans&amp;nbsp;will help me. It starts in&amp;nbsp;my heart and only God can change that. I encourage you if you are struggling with similar issues or thinking about starting a new diet plan or exercise plan for the new year pray seek the Lord and ask Him to help you and allow him to guide you through it. I have not read this book yet, but plan on doing it Lordwilling. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My ultimate goal is to have peace, peace in my heart about this struggle. If you need prayer or encouragement leave me a comment and i will pray for you. I also encourage to pray about an accountability partner. I have been blessed with one and&amp;nbsp;she is such a blessing and encouragement. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do Not Worry&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.   &lt;span class="versetext" id="mt6-25" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;    "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="mt6-26" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;26&lt;/span&gt;    Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="mt6-27" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;27&lt;/span&gt;    Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="mt6-28" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;28&lt;/span&gt;    So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="mt6-29" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;29&lt;/span&gt;    and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="mt6-30" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;30&lt;/span&gt;    Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="mt6-31" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;31&lt;/span&gt;    Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="mt6-32" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;32&lt;/span&gt;    For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="mt6-33" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;    But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="mt6-34" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;34&lt;/span&gt;    Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/nkjv/matthew/6.html"&gt;Matthew 6:24-34 NKJV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love Lysa's prayer and wanted to make it my prayer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dear Lord, if this devotion is a call to action that I need to make, please help me. I want to see the root of my issue, I really do. I want to learn to crave and depend on only You.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;In Jesus’ Name, Amen&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;God Bless you,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Adrienne &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-5279082078789964809?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/5279082078789964809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=5279082078789964809&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5279082078789964809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5279082078789964809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2012/01/made-to-crave.html' title='Made To Crave'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-6638474131653565341</id><published>2012-01-03T19:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T19:51:12.845-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Years'/><title type='text'>Cheers to 2012!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TZ4zYEBSw1I/Sz4Ukf6XXdI/AAAAAAAALYg/_1o9PSCCNGs/s400/new_years_2010_nasa.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulations; but be of good &lt;span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;CHEER&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, I have overcome the world. " &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;John 16:33 NKJV&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Being of good cheer is the only cheering I will be doing for 2012. As we embark into 2012 we need to be of good cheer because&amp;nbsp;Jesus has overcome the world, we need to find peace in that with this new year.&amp;nbsp;Already this year has&amp;nbsp;started with lose, tribulations, and physical infirmites. I love how&amp;nbsp;Jesus encourages us to be of good cheer. Rejoice always again I say rejoice &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/Philippians%204:4%20NKJV"&gt;{Phillipians 4:4}&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;What I will be taking with me into this new year is the lessons I have learned from last year. What are things that I can do better and to &amp;nbsp;remember all the blessing that the Lord has bestowed on us &lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/nkjv/philippians/4.html"&gt;{Phil 4:8}&lt;/a&gt;, prioritizing my time better.I will not dwell on the shoulda, coulda, wouldas or the bad things. I want to&amp;nbsp;set apart more time to spend with&amp;nbsp;the Lord&amp;nbsp;and to baski in His Glory. Purging all things that are stealing my time&amp;nbsp;away from Him. And&amp;nbsp;prayfully ask&amp;nbsp;the Lord to search my heart.....&lt;/em&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="ps139-23" style="display: inline;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="ps139-24" style="display: inline;"&gt;And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Psalm 139:23-24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Last&amp;nbsp;New Years&amp;nbsp;I had been praying about an alternative to a resolution&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;putting the&amp;nbsp;focus on the Lord and my walk and not my personal goals. I came across a sister in the Lords website Woman Living Well who encouraged me to pray over a theme word and verse for the year. You can check out that&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/2010to-remember.html"&gt; post here&lt;/a&gt;. So this year...I've been praying and the Lord has brought me to the word.........drum roll please...lol&lt;em&gt;.............&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;My word the Lord has giving me for 2012 is: "ABIDE"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;My fruits of the Spirit word for the year: "Self-control" {this is a struggle for myself and am prayfully going to practice and put this into action, more this year. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;My verse the Lord has giving me for 2012 is: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall &lt;span class="Highlight"&gt;abide&lt;/span&gt; under the shadow of the Almighty. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/nkjv/psalms/91-1.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Psalm 91:1 NKJV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is something that I want to do more of, to dwell in His secret place, under the shadow of the Almighty. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;At the end of 2010, I had been praying&amp;nbsp;about&amp;nbsp;an alternative to a resolution, as I mentioned above. &amp;nbsp;I was doing a December Peace Challenge over at Woman Living Well &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/2010/12/my-theme-word-for-2011/"&gt;go check it out here&lt;/a&gt;. She encouraged us to pray about a theme word and I had already been praying about something similar so it was a confirmation and guide for me. And this year I am doing the same thing but also adding a fruit of the Spirit word that I can prayerfully work on this year, through the Lords strength of course. A close friend of mine and a Pastor had mentioned this and I prayed about it and I have been lead to do it. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I encourage you to pray about it and see if this something the Lord may have you do this year. An alternative to making the usual resolutions of "losing weight", how bout losing fleshly weight instead of physical weight. Be renewed by the Lord this year. His mercies and grace are new every morning. It doesn't just have to be every begining of the year, it's a daily renewing. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you feel lead share what your theme word for the year is. Leave a comment. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;God Bless you,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adrienne&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Linking up to:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a ?="" category="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" women-living-well-wednesdays="" womenlivingwell.org=""&gt;http://womenlivingwell.org/category/women-living-well-wednesdays/&lt;/a&gt;" target="_blank"&amp;gt;&lt;img src="&amp;lt;a href='http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq297/courtneylivingwell/LivingWell.png" /&gt;http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq297/courtneylivingwell/LivingWell.png"&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img 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type='text'></title><content type='html'>Test, test.....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7082945893260315351?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7082945893260315351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7082945893260315351&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7082945893260315351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7082945893260315351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/12/test-test.html' 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/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://static2.bigstockphoto.com/thumbs/3/9/2/large2/293166.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house&lt;br /&gt;None of God’s creatures were stirring, not even a mouse;&lt;br /&gt;The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,&lt;br /&gt;In truth, it was Christ’s birth that had put them there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;God’s children were nestled all snug in their beds,&lt;br /&gt;Unlike the baby Jesus, with no place to lay His sweet head;&lt;br /&gt;Mother Mary and Joseph, and some shepherds perhaps&lt;br /&gt;Watched over our Savior as He peacefully napped.&lt;br /&gt;When up in the sky there arose such a clatter,&lt;br /&gt;That three wise men grabbed the best gifts they could gather.&lt;br /&gt;Away to the Messiah they flew like a flash,&lt;br /&gt;To see our Redeemer in the flesh at long last.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;The star in the sky gave off such a glow&lt;br /&gt;Shining with the luster of mid-day to objects below,&lt;br /&gt;When, what to their wondering eyes should appear,&lt;br /&gt;But the stillness of the star showing they must be near.&lt;br /&gt;It’s unclear how long they traveled, but it was quite a bit,&lt;br /&gt;Still they knew by the star’s pause that this must be it.&lt;br /&gt;Three gifts they brought to little Jesus when they came,&lt;br /&gt;And they rejoiced as the angels had as they praised His name;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;“Glory to God in the highest heaven,&lt;br /&gt;and on earth peace among those whom He favors!&lt;br /&gt;To the top of the mountains!&lt;br /&gt;To the bottom of the sea!&lt;br /&gt;Our Savior is born to save both you and me!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;As God’s children sleep, safe in their beds,&lt;br /&gt;Both Father and Son watch over their heads,&lt;br /&gt;Loving them enough to number each countless hair,&lt;br /&gt;We’ve no way to earn their love, but every way to share.&lt;br /&gt;Giving gifts as the wise men did is a fun tradition,&lt;br /&gt;As long as the point of Christmas never goes missing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Deck the halls and trim the tree,&lt;br /&gt;Hang the stockings and dance with glee.&lt;br /&gt;Share the joy of CHRISTmas which no wrapped gift could match,&lt;br /&gt;Tell of the Babe wrapped in cloth who brought us freedom at last;&lt;br /&gt;A bundle of joy lying in the manger,&lt;br /&gt;Sent to save us from unspeakable danger.&lt;br /&gt;His life for ours, what an amazing gift!&lt;br /&gt;He was born so that man might no longer perish!&lt;br /&gt;His life was as pure as the day He was born,&lt;br /&gt;As He taught us the greatest lessons we’ll learn;&lt;br /&gt;Be devoted to one another in brotherly love,&lt;br /&gt;Don’t try to be pleasing to man, but to God above;&lt;br /&gt;Build on the Rock and not the sand,&lt;br /&gt;Keep an open heart and an outstretched hand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;So many people are in need this Christmas,&lt;br /&gt;Let God use you to fulfill their wishes;&lt;br /&gt;Give as you’ve been given to,&lt;br /&gt;You provide for others and He’ll provide for you;&lt;br /&gt;So speak of His Word, and get straight to His work,&lt;br /&gt;Always giving Him the glory since it all came from Him first.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Remember, it’s God’s children in this world that are the light,&lt;br /&gt;Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Merry CHRISTmas!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Imported from Bethleham - Video</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;If Jesus were to be born in our time what would He encounter??? This is a pretty interesting video. To listen turn off mp3 player on the right side by pressing the pause button. God Bless you and may the Lord prepare your heart for such a time as this. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/32598800?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/32598800"&gt;Imported from Bethlehem Trailer&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/kensington"&gt;Kensington&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-723438724114280555?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/723438724114280555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=723438724114280555&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/723438724114280555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/723438724114280555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/12/imported-from-bethleham-video.html' title='Imported from Bethleham - Video'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-5345959652690498036</id><published>2011-12-15T09:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-15T09:56:04.045-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>The Christmas Story - Video</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kWq60oyrHVQ" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a precious video and powerful . &amp;nbsp;Put MP3 player ,on the right, on pause to listen tothis video. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;CHRISTmas Blessings&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-5345959652690498036?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/5345959652690498036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=5345959652690498036&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5345959652690498036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5345959652690498036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-story-video.html' title='The Christmas Story - Video'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/kWq60oyrHVQ/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-8544958495271470238</id><published>2011-12-14T21:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T22:10:11.326-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>JESUS is the ReaSON for the SeaSON!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;JESUS is the true meaning of the SeaSON &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"&gt;And she will bring forth a SON, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins."&amp;nbsp;So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the LORD through the phrophet saying "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;Matt 1:21-23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is the true and only&amp;nbsp;reaSON why we celebrate CHRISTmas. Recently I posted a blog about CHRSITmas traditions, it's great and all but I failed to put the true meaning of the&amp;nbsp;Season. &amp;nbsp;It's not about having the best looking trees, the best decked out homes, the perfect CHRISTmas pictures, throwing the best gatherings, giving, spending time with family and friends, wrapping the perfect gifts or getting the perfect gifts. It's &lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;ALL&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt; because and about Him that we&amp;nbsp;celebrate, remember and live out. He&amp;nbsp;came so that we &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; live, it's a choice we have to make. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And He came in the most humbliest of ways. In a dirty lowly&amp;nbsp;manger, in a feeding troth, I am sure that it didn't smell pretty&amp;nbsp;either! Have you ever been to a ranch or a farm? I used to live on a&amp;nbsp;mini one and whoaa the smell of the animals&amp;nbsp;and let alone there poop!! The next time you are around animals or a farm take in the smell and remember that's how he came into this world? It definetly wasn't pleasent and neither was His death. I wonder what Mary thought of the place she had to give birth. These days you can plan your birth and the facilites to have them is amazing with all the technologies, and they spoil you while you are there with steak dinners. But Mary didn't have any of that. Just her and Joseph giving birth to most precious gift ever. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I recently went to a ladies tea at my church and it was grand, I have to say. But in that I was reminded it wasn't about the fancy occasion it's all about Him. And all the struggles His mom went through to get him here and then to be born in such a humble way. And then everything He did for us. I am in aweee of all of Him and what He has done for me and for you. His unending love for us, sinners. He came in the humbliest of ways because he loved me and you. A wretched being that I am, I do not deserve this love...we don't. But that is just how good God is. He loves you sooo much, sooo much and then soooo much more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If things are not&amp;nbsp;going your way this CHRISTmas remember all that He did for you. We are soo blessed, so very very blessed. If you can breath your blessed, if you can get up out of your bed and walk you are blessed. If you can open your eyes your are blessed. If you live in a warm home your blessed today, for there are many that haven't been warm in years. If you can decide what to eat for dinner tonight you are blessed. If you can't decide what to wear your blessed. If you crawl into a nice warm bed your are blessed. We are sooo blessed we sometimes don't even realize it or we can take for granted. If you have Jesus in your heart then you are blessed beyond measure because you will live in eternity with Him and that is the best blessing of them all. I can't wait until that moment comes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a few tips you can use this CHRISTmas to decorate your heart with:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Decorate your heart with His love&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sing songs of Praise to Him&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thank Him for&amp;nbsp;sending Jesus&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thank God for loving You&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thank Him for all that He has done for you&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Remember what is true and lovely, count your blessings name them one by one&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Think about all the things He has blessed you with&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thank Him for giving us the most precious perfect gift.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Show Gods love to others, even if it's just a smile :) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you this CHRISTmas, take that time to spend with our Heavenly Father and truely thank Him for the perfect gift He has given us His Son&amp;nbsp;Jesus CHRIST!!!! That truely is the best gift we will ever recieve. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessed Beyond Measure,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-8544958495271470238?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/8544958495271470238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=8544958495271470238&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8544958495271470238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8544958495271470238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/12/jesus-is-reason-for-season.html' title='JESUS is the ReaSON for the SeaSON!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-2235177800188276582</id><published>2011-12-10T09:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T09:50:43.635-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>CHRISTmas Traditions</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;Well &lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CHRIST&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;mas &lt;/span&gt;is only 15 days away {Squeal! Squeal!}!&amp;nbsp;And this is a very special time of year for me and my family, along with Easter, where we celebrate Jesus' birth....even more and dig a little deeper. There are many &lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CHRIST&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;mas traditions out there. I had a few&amp;nbsp;friends ask me so I thought I'd share.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;Begining of December we do our Advent Devotions, I've posted about them in my previous post before this one. And for me the traditions are based&amp;nbsp;on spending time with the Lord digging a little deeper as a family and doing special&amp;nbsp;things/gatherings for family time. There are so many opportunities this month to share the gospel and the love of Jesus with others, people seem a little more open and receptive. These are also great teachable&amp;nbsp;moments to share with your children. Below are just some things we've done throughout the years, we don't get to do everything but just a general idea, if your looking for some. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Family Devotions:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;Advent Devotions and candle lighting&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CHRIST&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;mas story books for bedtime&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;Family Fun Events:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CHRIST&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;mas Play Programs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;Minivan Express with Family and Friends: going around to neighborhoods with &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;mas lights, this is also a teachable moment with shining the light of Jesus {we did this last night after a &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;mas Program and it was soo much fun!!!}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;mas Concerts or Symphony {Every year a beautiful singer from our sister church does a beautiful &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;mas concert every year...I can't wait for this one tonight!!}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;mas Movie Nights: w/hot cocoa and popcorn {I recommend The Heart of &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;mas-this was a aweome movie, &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;mas shoes, The Nativity Story, The First Noel}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;Winterfest Fairs: they usually have these at your local city halls {a time of fun with family}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;Live Nativity {it's a re-enactment of the special night of Jesus Birth}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;mas Fellowships/Gatherings {a special time to celebrate with family and friends to fellowship with one another}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;Cookie Exchange, invite friends over to bake cookies for your neighbors and go caroling when dropping them off, and share God's love. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;mas Eve &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sat Morning Big Breakfast {this is our weekly tradition and do it when we are home}, since CHRISTmas is eve is on Sat this year. It is usually Eggs, homemade hashbrowns, turkey bacon and Christmas music in background.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;masService&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;mas Eve Gathering and a potluck, we usually let our girls open one gift this night when we get home&amp;nbsp;{usually pj's and &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;mas socks so they can wear for the next morning}. We'll stay up really late and watch a &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;mas Movie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;Watch the Nativity Story Movie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;CHRISTmas Day:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CHRIST&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;mas Breakfast: I will bake Cinnamon Rolls {&lt;a href="http://www.itakejoy.com/today-i-am-smiling-in-my-heart/"&gt;Sally Clarkson&amp;nbsp;has a very sweet recipe click here&lt;/a&gt;}, or French Toast {&lt;a href="http://www.familylife.com/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=dnJHKLNnFoG&amp;amp;b=3781339&amp;amp;ct=8888017"&gt;Rainey French Toast click here&lt;/a&gt;, I made these last year so yummy} or something sweet, gewy and yummy delishious....and Hot cocoa. It just has to be sweet and something we wouldn't normally let them eat just&amp;nbsp;by itself. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;We listen to some of our Favorite &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CHRIST&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;mas Music and let the girls open gifts. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CHRIST&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;mas morning Service {we try to attend this service, maybe if we show up in our PJ's lol}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;Home for Quiet Time with the family and remembering why Jesus came...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;Special &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CHRIST&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;mas Dinner:&amp;nbsp; I will deck out the table and bring out the fancy plates and listen to &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;CHRIST&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;mas music while we eat Ham and all the Fixings...I will be posting the Menu and some recipes that I've used soon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;That's just a glimpse of some of what we do. Every year we'll add some or take some out. Sometimes we aren't able to do everything and it's not my goal,&amp;nbsp; just being together as a family and being able to resonate upon Jesus, bask in His glory, that's what matters. And you know it's just nice to take that extra special time to remember what Jesus came into this world to do. Everyone is different and you may or may not do any. It's just a way to go a little deeper and remember.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;JESUS&amp;nbsp;CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is the &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; of &lt;span style="color: #274e13;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"&gt;CHRISTmas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;{Christ more, mas is more in Spanish :)}!! Take that time to give Him thanks and remember why He came.&amp;nbsp;What do you do for CHRISTmas traditions?&amp;nbsp;I would love to hear, leave me a comment. No rude or inappropriate comments allowed. Thank you! &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;God Bless you! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="border: 0px currentColor;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-2235177800188276582?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/2235177800188276582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=2235177800188276582&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2235177800188276582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2235177800188276582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-traditions.html' title='CHRISTmas Traditions'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7058931725214371267</id><published>2011-12-03T09:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-03T09:40:29.396-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>The Heart of Christmas, the RooMag Website and Advent</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hi ya'll...I pray that ya'll are having a blessed month so far. Hold on&amp;nbsp;tight...to Jesus that is....I know this month you can get carried away in the busyness of it all. But take that time to spend with the Lord, bask in His presence allow Him to minister to your heart. The True meaning of Christmas is Jesus and what He came to do....save us! &amp;lt;3 There will be lots of movies, and traditions going and I wanted to highlight a movie, haven't seen it yet but, the trailor is really touching. Watch the trailor below, it will be airing tomorrow night on GMC {Gospel Music Channel, so check your local listing}. Candace Cameron Bure will be featured in it. This will be a great night for a family night! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFeNVO2vK0U&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WFeNVO2vK0U" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1 id="site-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roomag.com/" rel="home" title="Roo Mag"&gt;&lt;img alt="Roo Mag" src="http://www.roomag.com/wp-content/themes/Roo/images/logo-11.png" title="Roo Mag" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;Also Candace Cameron Bure has also opened up a new website called &lt;a href="http://www.roomag.com/"&gt;ROO Mag&lt;/a&gt;, go check out her website. It is filled with alot of encouragement from gals all over the blog world {whom are Christians}, it has ideas for recipes, home decor, encouragement for you and much more. some of my favorite blog sisters are featured on their as well. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advent&lt;br /&gt;I know many have already started and in the swing of things. Every one is different and don't feel like your left behind or not on schedule. I wanted to share some great ideas on the Advent. In our home we do an advent wreath and starting this Sunday we will begin the advent readings. I love this time to spend with my family. It's a time to just stop, and bask in His presence and remember His love for us. I had posted last year our Advent&amp;nbsp;Devotional and the scriptures to go along with &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/advent-wreath.html"&gt;check it out here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advent Ideas:&lt;br /&gt;Advent Oranament -&lt;a href="http://www.roomag.com/advent-ornaments/"&gt; RooMag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advent Devotionals - &lt;a href="http://www.thevillagechurch.net/mediafiles/advent-guide.pdf"&gt;John Piper Advent Devo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/11/free-advent-devotionals/"&gt;Woman Living Well Advent Links&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Reasons-for-the-Season.pdf"&gt;Reasons for the Season Advent Devotional&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7058931725214371267?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7058931725214371267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7058931725214371267&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7058931725214371267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7058931725214371267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/12/heart-of-christmas-roomag-website-and.html' title='The Heart of Christmas, the RooMag Website and Advent'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/WFeNVO2vK0U/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-3199820059318310454</id><published>2011-11-22T21:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-22T21:12:18.261-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Untangling Christmas!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XSEqzmHQWR4" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;This is such a great idea....I have something similar. I have a master planner book for the whole year and I have used a planner similar&amp;nbsp;to this one when I worked a couple years ago. I had been wanting something similar but faith based of course. And as always Courtney always pulls through. I know God has placed this woman in my life for a reason!! I have never met the woman, but am praying I get the chance to one day, but she is just an encouragement to me. Check out her video on her planner so you can get an idea. Now is the time to start it all starts in a couple of days!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-3199820059318310454?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/3199820059318310454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=3199820059318310454&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3199820059318310454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3199820059318310454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/untangling-christmas.html' title='Untangling Christmas!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/XSEqzmHQWR4/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-6812792529219628977</id><published>2011-11-15T19:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T19:41:59.298-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge 2011 {Nov}'/><title type='text'>Marriage Challenge: Day 8 - Marriage Books</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/courtney300-21.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Day 8: Marriage Books&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;There are alot of great Godly books out there regarding marriage. Woman Living Well has posted top 10, go check out the list. But of course, the number best selling book for marriage is Bible!! It has all you need to know about marriage and so much more. It has been a tremendous help in time of need for me...many of times. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sad that there is only 2 more days left. But I have been very blessed by the encouragement of this challenge. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless You! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-6812792529219628977?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/6812792529219628977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=6812792529219628977&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6812792529219628977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6812792529219628977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/marriage-challenge-day-8-marriage-books.html' title='Marriage Challenge: Day 8 - Marriage Books'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-8496423856164534741</id><published>2011-11-15T19:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T19:34:52.626-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge 2011 {Nov}'/><title type='text'>Marriage Challenge: Day 7 - Cleaning for your husband or God?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/courtney300-21.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Day 7: Cleaning for your Husband or for God?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;This is one I haven't done much of since the roles in our home has changed, for this season. But it still applies to me, even if your circumstances are different as mine are you still can ask this question. The housewife in me still will come home and clean. But I loved this question she asks us "who are we cleaning the house for our husbands or God? I can also apply "who am I working for my family or God? It's a choice that we have to make daily, today are you going to serve the Lord or yourself? This one I have to remind myself daily at work. Another challenge today would be: Do all your cleaning without complaining or nagging, this easy for me to do {complain and nag-hence a challenge}. Prayerfully ask the Lord to help guard your tongue, when you see yourself starting to or even think of a complaint give it to Him and remember you are doing it for Him. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Here is another great video that &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/"&gt;Woman Living Wel&lt;/a&gt;l has put out..."View" style. They have alot of great tips and encouragement in this video. Go to her site for the full post. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Iq-PrimJw1Y" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-8496423856164534741?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/8496423856164534741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=8496423856164534741&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8496423856164534741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8496423856164534741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/marriage-challenge-day-7-cleaning-for.html' title='Marriage Challenge: Day 7 - Cleaning for your husband or God?'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/Iq-PrimJw1Y/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-1349009859754014681</id><published>2011-11-15T19:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T19:37:20.816-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge 2011 {Nov}'/><title type='text'>Marriage Challenge: Day 6 - Advice to a New Bride and Seasoned Bride</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/courtney300-21.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry..I'm a little behind...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day 6: Advice to a New Bride and also Seasoned Bride.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/"&gt;Courtney at Woman Living Well&lt;/a&gt; has a great video on Advice to a New Bride. But it was also encouraging and a great reminder to me. It was a great reminder to remember who my husband is, and what role he has in our marriage. And mine as well, sometimes we need reminders, it's easy to get caught up in life and forget those precious things. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can be honest to say that being married is not easy, it is self-scraficing, giving your all, it will change you forever. But all for the good, if you both follow Jesus. There is no possible way to make it without Him. My first marriage to my husband was a great example of that. But we have been joyfully re-married for the past 8 years. Show mercy, grace and love to him at all times. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go to &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/"&gt;Woman Living Well&lt;/a&gt; for the full post and a really cute video on a wedding she recently went to. If we renew our vows I would love to do this in our wedding...so fun!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ycdDXpeYMq4?feature=player_embedded" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-1349009859754014681?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/1349009859754014681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=1349009859754014681&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/1349009859754014681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/1349009859754014681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/marriage-challenge-day-6-advice-to-new.html' title='Marriage Challenge: Day 6 - Advice to a New Bride and Seasoned Bride'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ycdDXpeYMq4/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-561799526851823875</id><published>2011-11-10T23:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-10T23:45:27.747-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge'/><title type='text'>Marraige Challenge: Day 5 – Are You a Porcupine Wife?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/courtney300-21.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Marriage&amp;nbsp;Challenge: Day 5 – Are You a Porcupine Wife?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;“A porcupine has a lot of good points, but nobody wants to be around it.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I loved this topic, it was so convicting and very encouraging. I have to be honest, I have been a porcupine wife to my hubby. I am soo sorry babe, I love you!! I want to be a fluffy bunny wife! Not hurtly, gentle, soft and quiet. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Matthew 5:9 says “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I was encouraged by what Courtney pointed out to help to not be a porcupine wife:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;The key: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Pray. Ask God to help you have restraint and to keep you from hurting your husband.&lt;br /&gt;2. Study God’s word and let him renew your mind. Go through Proverbs chapters 10-31 and mark every verse that refers to the tongue and your speech – you’ll be amazed at all of the wisdom there! It truly IS life changing!&lt;br /&gt;3. Memorize. Pick one of the verses from your Proverbs study and memorize it! Then in times when you are tempted to “poke” your husband – pause – and recite God’s word…let it change you from the inside out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is part 5 in a series of 10!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go to &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/"&gt;Woman Living Well&lt;/a&gt; to check out the full post &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-561799526851823875?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/561799526851823875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=561799526851823875&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/561799526851823875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/561799526851823875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/marraige-challenge-day-5-are-you.html' title='Marraige Challenge: Day 5 – Are You a Porcupine Wife?'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-257090071179198703</id><published>2011-11-09T21:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T21:16:00.427-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge 2011 {Nov}'/><title type='text'>Day 4 – Do You Feel Alone In Your Marriage?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/courtney300-21.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marriage Challenge: Day 4 – Do You Feel Alone In Your Marriage?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one that is difficult. I can say that I have been the one that has been on the otherside more so than him making me feel alone. It is soo important to communicate with your husband. I know that it is even extremely harder when your husband is a non-believer. I can say to pray, pray, pray and find someone at church to get counsel from. Pray for that person, you want the right counsel. At our church we are staffed with counselors, and what a blessing they are. You can get Godly counsel from others at church, but be cautious you don't want their opinions you want God's. Just make sure they are giving you sound Godly counsel. And that is with anyone. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God knows what you are going through, He sees all. know that you are loved by Him, and He is there right there with You. Continue to seek His face through all your situations, trials and circumstances. He will never leave you nor forsake. Allow God to use you through these circumstances. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a very encouraging video that WLW posted. I pray that you are encouraged and blessed by it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1H-1rDHe-pM" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go check out &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/11/day-4-do-you-feel-alone-in-your-marriage/"&gt;Woman Living Well&lt;/a&gt; for full post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can encourage you to not give up on your husband., as bad as things seem take it to the Lord let Him lead, guide and direct your marriage. He is the only one that can help your marriage.&amp;nbsp; I love what she says about taking it to 1 or 2 people, not 50.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Everyone doesnt need to know your business, and if your taking it to more than 1-2 people are you trusting in God or seeking after mans counsel? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-257090071179198703?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/257090071179198703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=257090071179198703&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/257090071179198703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/257090071179198703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-4-do-you-feel-alone-in-your.html' title='Day 4 – Do You Feel Alone In Your Marriage?'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/1H-1rDHe-pM/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-8094741572447457579</id><published>2011-11-09T19:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T19:34:17.886-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge 2011 {Nov}'/><title type='text'>Day 3 - Be Your Husbands Crown</title><content type='html'>&amp;nbsp;Marriage Challenge: Day 3 - Be Your Husbands Crown&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 12:4 says, “A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love the quote she put from Elizabeth George&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“God’s beautiful woman is pleased to be her husband’s crown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shunning the spotlight, she gladly gives her life behind the scenes so that her husband may be noticed and honored. She is glad when he is the center of attention, when he excels, when he is recognized, when he rises to the top.Indeed, she delights in living in his shadow.His promotion is her greatest reward. She desires that her husband be highly respected and esteemed, so she contentedly offers the supreme sacrifice of herself for him.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;—Elizabeth George, Beautiful in God’s Eyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the desire of my heart. Lord I humble come before You God would you give&amp;nbsp;me&amp;nbsp;the strength and love to be the crown's of my Husband. To love, honor and cherish him. Lord I do need your help. In Jesus name amen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go to Woman Living Well for the full post. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-8094741572447457579?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/8094741572447457579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=8094741572447457579&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8094741572447457579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8094741572447457579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-3-be-your-husbands-crown.html' title='Day 3 - Be Your Husbands Crown'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7894223708137396996</id><published>2011-11-09T19:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T19:23:44.141-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Devotionals'/><title type='text'>Drive Thru Prayers by Nancy Leigh DeMoss</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;I just love this lady, she is so annointed by the Holy Spirit. This was very encouraging when I received this from my mama! Thanks Mama...love you! I can honestly confess that this has been my prayer life. I have been making it appoint to pray more during the day. But this is soo true, we can become so malnurished. Pray that you are encouraged and blessed by this!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drive Thru Prayers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancy Leigh DeMoss: For nearly twelve years I traveled full-time, year-round. During that time, I became a fast food junkie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Welcome to Starbees. Would you like to try our special today?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancy: But when I turned thirty, my body started to feel the effects of years of junk food. It was begging for a more nutritious, balanced diet. I needed to make some drastic changes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m sad to say there have been times when I’ve fallen into the habit of spiritual fast food. Grabbing a quick verse here, saying a brief prayer there, meeting with God on the run. The problem is, devotions like that always leave us spiritually malnourished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Psalm 81:16 tells us what happens when we listen to Him. It says: “You would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you need to slow down and let God satisfy your hungry heart?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Seeking Him, I'm Nancy Leigh DeMoss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7894223708137396996?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7894223708137396996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7894223708137396996&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7894223708137396996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7894223708137396996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/drive-thru-prayers-by-nancy-leigh.html' title='Drive Thru Prayers by Nancy Leigh DeMoss'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7489023227778438403</id><published>2011-11-07T22:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T22:30:20.848-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge 2011 {Nov}'/><title type='text'>Day 2 – Submitting To Your Unbelieving Husband – The View {Video}</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/11/day-2-submitting-to-your-unbelieving-husband-the-view/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/courtney300-21.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;Day 2: Submitting to Your unbelieving Husband. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;This is&amp;nbsp;a challenge and I encourage you, strongly, to lift up your unbelieving husband in prayer. Surrender him to the Lord, and be that I Peter 3 wife&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1pe3-1" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that &lt;u&gt;even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives,&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1pe3-2" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. I Peter 3:1-2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are the only Jesus they will see. Shine your light so bright to him. Love on him like no&amp;nbsp;other. I love how this verse says&amp;nbsp;they, &lt;u&gt;without a word&amp;nbsp;, &lt;/u&gt;maybe won by the conduct of their wives. So without a word ladies, no nagging, no shoving God down his throat. All by actions, love is an action. Love him and see him as Jesus does. If you have a harden heart, or bitterness towards him pray and ask God to change your heart towards him and that He would give you His eyes to see your husband the way He does. I know it's hard, trust me and I have a believing husband. I need to be showing this same respect towards my husband. Being submissive doesn't come easy, it is a challenge for me, as I am sure it is for you. Our husbands need and want our respect it's what God commands us to do. It's the only command He gives us to do in marriage to be submissive to them.&amp;nbsp;If you read on in I Peter&amp;nbsp;3 Sarah even called her husband Lord, now I know these days might sound a little silly. But at least treat Him like one,&amp;nbsp;he is the Priest, Prophet and King of your home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I Peter 3:&lt;span class="versetext" id="1pe3-6" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1pe3-5" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5-6&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands&lt;/span&gt;as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;This is really easy for me to type. Pray for me I need help putting this in action, hence why I am doing this challenge. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Here's a cute/encouraging video &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/11/day-2-submitting-to-your-unbelieving-husband-the-view/"&gt;Woman Living Well Put together&lt;/a&gt; "view" style. It is very encouraging, I pray that you are blessed by it. Also please check out WLW to check out the full post. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/86f9H4rQNnU" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Courtney asked on her post....I will ask the same "What is your view on this topic". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have an unbelieving husband, please leave me a comment with his name and I will begin to pray for the both of you and lift you up. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7489023227778438403?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/11/day-2-submitting-to-your-unbelieving-husband-the-view/' title='Day 2 – Submitting To Your Unbelieving Husband – The View {Video}'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7489023227778438403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7489023227778438403&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7489023227778438403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7489023227778438403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-2-submitting-to-your-unbelieving.html' title='Day 2 – Submitting To Your Unbelieving Husband – The View {Video}'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/86f9H4rQNnU/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7659211467516476580</id><published>2011-11-07T06:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T06:47:43.940-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge 2011 {Nov}'/><title type='text'>Marriage Challenge: Day 1 {Nov 2011}</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/11/day-1-my-marriage-looks-nothing-like-your-marriage/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/courtney300-21.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I am so excited to share Day 1 of &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/11/day-1-my-marriage-looks-nothing-like-your-marriage/"&gt;Woman Living Well's Marriage Challenge&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;This is part one in a series of 10:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Biblical principles that we apply to our marriages should be the same but how this is carried out in our homes will look different. Your husband is not my husband but my God is your God, so our principles should match!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We must all respect our husbands. (Ephesians 5:33)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We must all submit to our husbands. (Ephesians 5:22, 24)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We must all be a helpmate to our husbands. (Genesis 2:18)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Find out your husband’s likes and dislikes (ask him if you don’t know – most likely if you think back over the past fights you’ve had, you already know what he wants). Respect his opinions on small stuff. Submit to his leadership in your home and seek to please him. Overtime you will find your home is a more peaceful place for your children, a haven to your husband, and joy in your heart as you know you are in the center of God’s will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go check out her site for more on her post. God Bless you on your Day 1 Challenge!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7659211467516476580?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7659211467516476580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7659211467516476580&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7659211467516476580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7659211467516476580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/marriage-challenge-day-1-nov-2011.html' title='Marriage Challenge: Day 1 {Nov 2011}'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-1509976565422917028</id><published>2011-11-03T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T21:13:37.303-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge 2011 {Nov}'/><title type='text'>Marriage Challenge!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/courtney300-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Squeal, Squeal!! Yay!! Woooohoo!!!I love these challenges....I am at a place in my life that my life is a challenge and these help me to be accountable. Please prayerfully join me next week in &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/11/new-marriage-series-begins-next-week/"&gt;Woman Living Wells Marriage Challenge&lt;/a&gt;! I am excited because this is an area that I can honestly say I struggle in. Let me know you are joining so that we can be accountable to one another. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love what she says......&lt;em&gt;Sometimes we are tempted to think the grass is greener in other marriages. We imagine that someone has something better than what we have and we want it. We can’t see the dirt from our side angle. And possibly it’s super green in the front yard where people see but in the back yard it’s filled with dead spots that are hidden from acquaintances.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is soo true, I used to fantasize about having that perfect marriage....but truthfully there is no such thing as a perfect marriage. The only perfect marriage there is, is the one in Jesus Christ. Without Him we are nothing, our marriage is nothing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ecclesiastes 4:12 NIV&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;This poem is one I use for gifts and I love it....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Marriage Takes Three&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Marriage takes three to be complete; It's not enough for two to meet.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;They must be united in love &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Love's Creator, God above.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Then their love will be firm and strong, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Able to last when things go wrong.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Because they've felt God's love and know &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;He's always there, He'll never go;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And they have both loved Him in kind&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;With all their heart and soul and mind.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And in that love, they've found the way&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;To love each other every day.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A marriage that follow's God's plan&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Takes more than a woman and a man;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;It needs a oneness that can be&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Only from Christ; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;So marriage takes three.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;By Beth Stuckwisch&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;God Bless you and can't wait to share next week on the Marriage Challenge!! WHoot! WHott!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-1509976565422917028?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/1509976565422917028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=1509976565422917028&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/1509976565422917028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/1509976565422917028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/marriage-challenge.html' title='Marriage Challenge!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-8171364321667764114</id><published>2011-11-03T20:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T20:39:20.067-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><title type='text'>Free Thanksgiving E book by Comfy in the Kitchen</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I am squealing with Delight, I love this sis's cooking blog. It has blessed me many of times over. She has made an AMAZING e-book for free. Go over to &lt;a href="http://comfyinthekitchen.com/"&gt;Janelle at Comfy in the Kitchen&lt;/a&gt; to download it or click on the link before. And it's perfect timing, I've scanned through the book and bookmarked some yummy recipes for Thanksgiving with friends. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comfyinthekitchen.com/ebook.pdf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ComfyThanksgiving-Cook-book.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on the photo above, it will take you to her homepage of the ebook or you can go to her website– along the right hand side bar you will find the same photo with a link below it that says “Comfy in the Kitchen on Thanksgiving“. Click that link and it will open the ebook for free!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/"&gt;Courtney at Woman Living Well&lt;/a&gt; for the sharing this very important info! :) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-8171364321667764114?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/8171364321667764114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=8171364321667764114&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8171364321667764114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8171364321667764114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/free-thanksgiving-e-book-by-comfy-in.html' title='Free Thanksgiving E book by Comfy in the Kitchen'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7171547078262045235</id><published>2011-11-03T20:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T20:30:17.213-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall Haven Challenge 2011'/><title type='text'>Making Your Home a Haven -  Fall Challenge {Week 3}</title><content type='html'>ok...I guess I forgot to post this....Better late than never right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is Week #3 of Making Your Home a Haven - Fall Challenge. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here’s week #3′s Challenge: List a few of the spots in your home that make you visually stressed. Now go buy something for that spot – like a basket to put it all in! Work on cleaning up clutter. Throw things away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While you’re at it – clean up some clutter in your spiritual life. What gets in the way of your peace spiritually?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this challenge because my craft closet makes me stressed just opening the door. It's time I do something about it, soon. That will be a challenge this week. And I also need to clean up some clutter in my spiritual life. My flesh gets in the way of my peace, I need to remember to crucify it daily. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7171547078262045235?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7171547078262045235/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7171547078262045235&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7171547078262045235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7171547078262045235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/11/making-your-home-haven-fall-challenge.html' title='Making Your Home a Haven -  Fall Challenge {Week 3}'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-3701198674779859662</id><published>2011-10-28T23:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T23:57:51.427-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall Harvest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Devotionals'/><title type='text'>Pumpkin Carving Devotion</title><content type='html'>Re-Post from&amp;nbsp;a couple of years ago. I will be sharing this with my children and some close friends to remember what He has done for us. This is a great way to spread the gospel and remind your children who we are&amp;nbsp;and to use as an outreach for neighborhood kids as well. God&amp;nbsp;created pumpkins for good,&amp;nbsp;non-believers have used them for things that are not pleasing to the Lord.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I am going to use them as spreading His word and as an encouragement and reminder of what He did for us, died on the cross for our sins. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_drmsSXC_g-k/SuaMCfzrwkI/AAAAAAAAAps/0vJFkqrwtDI/s1600-h/pumpkin_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397155177976021570" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_drmsSXC_g-k/SuaMCfzrwkI/AAAAAAAAAps/0vJFkqrwtDI/s400/pumpkin_01.jpg" style="float: left; height: 299px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{re-post}&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I wanted to share this pumpkin devotion that I do with my family every year.It's an alternative to just only carving a pumpkin. I love this idea and the kids love it too. It teaches the gospel. It's a great tool to share with the unsaved, maybe your neighbors, kids friends from school and your unsaved family members. So here it goes....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;START CARVING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then start talking about how..........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We become a new creation when Jesus comes into our heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#1 Read Matthew 23:25-28&lt;br /&gt;#2 Revelations 3:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask: How is the stuff we pull out of the pumpkin like sin in our hearts?&lt;br /&gt;(both yucky, they're inside us, sticky and smelly)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask: How is the way we cleaned out our pumpkin like the way Jesus cleans us out when we confess our sins?&lt;br /&gt;(All the yucky stuff is taken away)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;COMPLETE FACE or carve out a cross&amp;nbsp;then Read #3 2 Cor 5:17 and #4 Ephesians 2:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SWITCH PUMPKINS (I pre-carved a pumpkin to save time)You don't have to do this part. Only do this if you are doing with a group of students&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask: How have we made this pumpkin a "new creation"?&lt;br /&gt;(was a pumpkin, now a jack-o-lantern)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask: How do we become a new creation when Jesus comes into our hearts?&lt;br /&gt;(We learn to love Him more, our light shines &amp;amp; we become God's children)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read: #5 -- 2 Corinthians 4:7-10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Jesus comes into our hearts, we become new creations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read:#6 Matthew 5:14-16 then LIGHT CANDLE and put in pumpkin. I would try those fake tea light candles or use a small candle to fit in the hole. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TURN OFF LIGHTS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Discuss how God wants our light to shine before others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;READ #7 2 Corinthians 4:6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask: How is the way the candle light comes through the pumpkin like the way God wants our light to shine?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sing: This little light of mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This little light of mine,&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to let it shine.&lt;br /&gt;This little light of mine,&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to let it shine.&lt;br /&gt;This little light of mine,&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to let it shine,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ev'ry day, ev'ry day,&lt;br /&gt;Ev'ry day, ev'ry day,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gonna let my little light shine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Monday, He gave me the gift of love;&lt;br /&gt;On Tuesday, peace came from above.&lt;br /&gt;On Wednesday told me to have more faith;&lt;br /&gt;On Thursday, gave me a little more grace.&lt;br /&gt;On Friday, told me to watch and pray&lt;br /&gt;On Saturday, told me just what to say,&lt;br /&gt;On Sunday, gave the power divine&lt;br /&gt;Just to let my little light shine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This little light of mine,&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to let it shine.&lt;br /&gt;This little light of mine,&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to let it shine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This little light of mine,&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to let it shine,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ev'ry day, ev'ry day,&lt;br /&gt;Ev'ry day, ev'ry day,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gonna let my little light shine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now some say you got to run and hide.&lt;br /&gt;But we say there's no place to hide.&lt;br /&gt;And some say let others decide,&lt;br /&gt;But we say let the people decide.&lt;br /&gt;Some say the time's not right,&lt;br /&gt;But we say the time's just right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there's a dark corner in our land,&lt;br /&gt;You got to let your little light shine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This little light of mine,&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to let it shine.&lt;br /&gt;This little light of mine,&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to let it shine.&lt;br /&gt;This little light of mine,&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to let it shine,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ev'ry day, ev'ry day,&lt;br /&gt;Ev'ry day, ev'ry day,&lt;br /&gt;Gonna let my little light shine. &lt;br /&gt;{End of Song}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask: What happens when we hide our light so others can't see it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's see what happens..... {cover the carving&amp;nbsp;of the pumpkin}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, let's look at another pumpkin. If we live good Christian lives,&lt;br /&gt;God's light will always shine through us no matter what. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have&amp;nbsp;a blessed time&amp;nbsp;with this!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. if you are feeling convicted to not do this, don't. My convictions and your convictions are 2 totally different things. Pray of course to see if this is where the Lord should lead you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-3701198674779859662?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/3701198674779859662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=3701198674779859662&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3701198674779859662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3701198674779859662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2010/10/wanted-to-share-this-pumpkin-devotion.html' title='Pumpkin Carving Devotion'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_drmsSXC_g-k/SuaMCfzrwkI/AAAAAAAAAps/0vJFkqrwtDI/s72-c/pumpkin_01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-575419778599828003</id><published>2011-10-28T23:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T23:50:50.963-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall Harvest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holidays'/><title type='text'>What Does the Bible Say about Halloween {Re-post}</title><content type='html'>I posted this back in 2008, and thought I'd re-post. I have had some people ask me and I can tell I don't believe in Halloween, but am not convicted about allowing my children to dress up {in something that is not scary&amp;nbsp;and is not pointed towards Halloween}&amp;nbsp;if they choose too. We have told them exactly what Halloween is about and what it means. So they are well aware of it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I read this article and thought it was a good one, so I had to share.&lt;br /&gt;What Does the Bible Say About Halloween?&lt;br /&gt;By &lt;a href="http://christianity.about.com/mbiopage.htm" zt="18/1YF/Zf"&gt;Mary Fairchild&lt;/a&gt;, About.com&lt;br /&gt;This article will tackle the controversial question, "Should Christians observe Halloween?" With no direct references to Halloween in the Bible, resolving the debate can be a challenge. How should Christians approach Halloween and is there a biblical way to observe this secular holiday?&lt;br /&gt;The dilemma over Halloween may fall under the category of a &lt;a href="http://christianity.about.com/od/faqhelpdesk/f/romans14issues.htm"&gt;Romans 14 issue&lt;/a&gt;, or a "disputable matter." These are matters that lack clear and specific direction from the Bible. Ultimately, Christians must decide for themselves and follow their own convictions regarding the observance of Halloween. Together we will explore what the Bible has to say about Halloween, providing food for thought as you decide for yourself on the issue.&lt;br /&gt;Current StatusChristian perspectives on the observance of Halloween are strongly divided. Some believers feel complete freedom to observe the holiday, others run and hide from it, many boycott or ignore it, a number celebrate it through more positive and imaginative observances or &lt;a href="http://christianity.about.com/od/holidaytips/ss/halloweenaltern.htm"&gt;Christian alternatives to Halloween&lt;/a&gt;, and still others choose to take advantage of Halloween's evangelistic opportunities.&lt;br /&gt;HistoryHalloween has pagan roots stemming from the ancient Celtic festival, Samhain. This harvest festival of the Druids ushered in the New Year, beginning on the evening of October 31, with the lighting of bonfires and the offering of sacrifices. As the Druids danced around the fires, they celebrated the ending of the summer season and the beginning of the season of darkness. It was also believed that at this time of year the invisible "gates" between the natural world and the spirit world would open, allowing free movement between the two worlds.&lt;br /&gt;In the 18th century, Pope Gregory III moved All Saints Day to November 1, officially making October 31 "All Hallows Eve," as a way of claiming the celebration for Christians. However, some of the pagan beliefs and practices associated with the celebration have persisted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What Does the Bible Say?Ephesians 5:7-12&lt;br /&gt;Don't participate in the things these people do. For though your hearts were once full of darkness, now you are full of light from the Lord, and your behavior should show it! For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.&lt;br /&gt;Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, rebuke and expose them. It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. &lt;a href="http://%20christianity.about.com/od/faqhelpdesk/p/newlivingtransl.htm"&gt;(NLT) &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many Christians believe that participating in Halloween is a form of involvement in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness. However, many consider the modern-day Halloween activities of most to be harmless fun.&lt;br /&gt;Are some Christians trying to remove themselves from the world? Ignoring Halloween or celebrating it with only believers is not exactly an evangelical approach. Aren't we supposed to "become all things to all men so that by all possible means" we might save some? (1 Cor. 9:22)&lt;br /&gt;Deut. 18:10-12&lt;br /&gt;For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering. And do not let your people practice fortune-telling or sorcery, or allow them to interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft, or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead. Anyone who does these things is an object of horror and disgust to the Lord. &lt;a href="http://%20christianity.about.com/od/faqhelpdesk/p/newlivingtransl.htm"&gt;(NLT) &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, these verses are pretty clear on what a Christian should not do. But how many Christians are sacrificing their sons and daughters as a burnt offering on Halloween? How many are calling forth the spirits of the dead? The verse does not say that "trick or treating" disgusts the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;However, what if you have come to the Christian faith from a background in the occult? What if, before you became a Christian, you did practice some of these deeds associated with witchcraft and sorcery? Perhaps refraining from Halloween and its activities is the safest and most appropriate response for you as an individual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rethinking:&lt;/strong&gt; the IssueThere are many other Bible verses similar to these two, but nothing that specifically warns against observing Halloween. Rather than providing an answer, the purpose of this article is to cause you to ask yourself questions and think about your convictions on this issue.&lt;br /&gt;As Christians, why are we here in this world? Are we here to live in a safe and protected environment, guarded against the evils in the world, or are we called to reach out into a world filled with dangers and be the light of Christ? Halloween brings people of the world to our door step. Halloween brings our neighbors out into the streets. I can think of various creative ways to seize this opportunity for developing new relationships and sharing my faith.&lt;br /&gt;Is it possible that our negativity toward Halloween only alienates the people we seek to reach? Can we be in the world, but not of the world?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Resolution:&lt;/strong&gt; Knowing I will probably get strong feedback from various sides of this controversial subject, I invite you to post your view. I close with a recommendation to give serious thought about the appropriateness of judging another Christian for observing or not observing Halloween. We do not know why another person participates in the holiday or why they do not. We cannot accurately judge the motivations and intentions of another's heart.&lt;br /&gt;I believe the most appropriate Christian response to Halloween is to study the matter for yourself and follow the convictions of your own heart. Let others do the same without condemnation from you. Perhaps the answer to the Halloween dilemma is - there is no right or wrong answer! I believe one's unique convictions about Halloween must be individually sought, independently found, and personally followed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought this was a great help for me, as I personally haven't been convicted yet. And for those of you who may have questions about it or not totally sure on what to do. Pray and ask the Lord to reveal to you what &lt;em&gt;He&lt;/em&gt; wants you to do, not what others are doing or may want you to do. I also think that watching the Halloween: Trick or Treat video by Chuck Smith is really good and can answer alot of your questions and concerns. I hope that I have not affended anyone, if I did so sorry those weren't my intentions. I just liked what this article had to say and answered alot of my questions, as I hope it will you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In His Love,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-575419778599828003?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/575419778599828003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=575419778599828003&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/575419778599828003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/575419778599828003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-does-bible-say-about-halloween.html' title='What Does the Bible Say about Halloween {Re-post}'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7324692439166960580</id><published>2011-10-24T23:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T23:15:09.150-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall Haven Challenge 2011'/><title type='text'>Fall Challenge: Making Your Home a Haven~ Week 4</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a ;="" href="http://womenlivingwell.org/category/homemaking/making-your-home-a-haven-challenge/" target="http://womenlivingwell.org/category/homemaking/making-your-home-a-haven-challenge/"&gt;&lt;img alt="wlw" src="http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/StaceyNicoleMusic/for%20other%20blogs/31-Day-Fall-Challenge-Making-Your-HOme-a-Haven1-300x300.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;"Creating Family Nights – Making Your Home a Haven~Week 4"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;This week’s Challenge is:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep your candle going, the music playing, and add some tender moments with your family. Have a pillow party in the family room and get out every blanket and pillow in the house and be cozy with the kids or your hubby! Even if you live alone you can do this. Enjoy a cozy evening of hot cider and caramel corn. Moms, pull out a board game, a classic movie, hot cocoa and pop some popcorn. Give a 5 minute back rub to every single person in your house…and for a double challenge- try to give one every day to each family member!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During your tender moment with the family, ask them how they feel about this challenge. Are they enjoying it? Is it helpful? Is there anything they would change. Give your family listening ears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this, Tuesday we try to do something as a family, whatever it is we are together. And I just bought apple cider so I think we are in need for some special family time together! Yay! this is a great idea. My kids love playing a Mexican Bingo game. So funny to watch us try to guess the picture. I love these challenges. Go to &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/10/creating-family-nights-making-your-home-a-havenweek-4/"&gt;Woman Living Well&lt;/a&gt; for her full post. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you!&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7324692439166960580?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7324692439166960580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7324692439166960580&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7324692439166960580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7324692439166960580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-challenge-making-your-home-haven_24.html' title='Fall Challenge: Making Your Home a Haven~ Week 4'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/l591/StaceyNicoleMusic/for%20other%20blogs/th_31-Day-Fall-Challenge-Making-Your-HOme-a-Haven1-300x300.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-3379360333381311462</id><published>2011-10-20T22:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T22:15:27.427-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipes'/><title type='text'>It's a Pumpkin Party......All Things Pumpkin!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know about you but I love pumpkin, pumkin spice, pumpkin rolls, pumpkin pies, pumpkin latte's. It's just so fit for the season. Here is a recipe from a sweet sis &lt;a href="http://comfyinthekitchen.com/"&gt;http://comfyinthekitchen.com/&lt;/a&gt;. But go to her website to check out the full recipe with step by step directions and pictures. This looks yummy and is low-fat. Yay for my tummy and my hips will be happy too! LOL....I'm training for a race this weekend, or season and I want to be a good steward over my body {which is very difficult, but with God all things are possible} so low fat is good. And I love sweets, but they are not good for me so I trying to be diligent to not give in. So this is right up my ally. I will try to post a few healthy sweet treats for the Fall/ Harvest Season!! &lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TOyLh1ir0xI/AAAAAAAADps/Yn1FdjGDb9U/s1600/pumpkin%2Btrifle%2B10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542958654810739474" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TOyLh1ir0xI/AAAAAAAADps/Yn1FdjGDb9U/s400/pumpkin%2Btrifle%2B10.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Low Fat Pumpkin Trifle..Yummmmm! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Pumpkin Trifle (18 servings) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Cake:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1 box Spice Cake&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1 ¼ cups water&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1 egg&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;*Mix all ingredients and bake in an 8×8 pan at 350 for 35 mins or until set. Cool on stove or wire rack.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Pudding Filling:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;4 cups skim milk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;4 packages (1 oz each) instant butterscotch pudding mix&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1 can (15 oz) pumpkin mix- you can use EASY, but eliminate the spices below&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1 ½ tsp Pumpkin Spice (or 1 tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp of each: ginger, nutmeg and allspice)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;* In a large bowl mix milk with pudding mix. Let sit until it thickens (appx 5 mins). Add pumpkin and spices and mix well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1 carton (12 oz) light whipped topping&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Layering Process:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;In a Trifle bowl (or any large bowl) layer:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1. A fourth of the cake crumbled with your hands&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;2. Half of the pumpkin mixture&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;3. A fourth of the cake crumbled&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;4. Half the whipped cream&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;5. Repeat the layers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;6. Garnish with whipped topping and cake crumbs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;7. Refrigerate until ready to serve.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;These little mini pumpkin pies are so delicious and are low in calories IF you follow the recipes exactly as instructed. These little things are only 36 calories each. Can you say, Oh yeah!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;﻿﻿ &lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KcNCjLcUloA/TpiKtEC2bjI/AAAAAAAAATA/-ShJ4E5Ixho/s1600/misc+10-14-11+015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" closure_uid_ugf9hq="3" height="150px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KcNCjLcUloA/TpiKtEC2bjI/AAAAAAAAATA/-ShJ4E5Ixho/s200/misc+10-14-11+015.JPG" width="200px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Mini pumpkin pies!! Will be trying these babies out soon! &lt;br /&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://www.kimberlysnotebook.com/2011/10/mini-pumpkin-pies.html"&gt;Kimberlys Notebook &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for full recipe and step by step directions with pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;﻿﻿Mini Pumpkin Pies &lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Ingredients Needed:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;1/2 cup Pumpkin&lt;/div&gt;﻿﻿ ﻿﻿﻿1/2 cup Egg Whites ﻿﻿ &lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;1 tsp Pumpkin Spice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;1 Cup Sweetener of Choice &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;1 Cup Cottage Cheese&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;12 Won Ton Wrappers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Spray pan with cooking spray and preheat oven to 350 and bake for 12-15 minutes. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkytools.com/click_linky.aspx?entryid=3146912" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200px" src="http://linkyimg.arvixededicated.com/thumbnails/20111014/f3155cd3-cb83-4543-b761-72e475dde6ae_thumb_BR_48.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px;" title="Linked to: socialsavvymom.com/?p=239" width="200px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;2 Ingredient Mini Pumkin Muffins&lt;br /&gt;From &lt;a href="http://socialsavvymom.com/2011/10/13/2-ingredient-pumpkin-mini-muffins/"&gt;Social Savy Mom&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;go check her site out for recipe and pictures.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ingredients&lt;br /&gt;•1 (18.25 ounce) package spice cake mix&lt;br /&gt;•1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Directions&lt;br /&gt;1.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease mini cupcake baking tray.&lt;br /&gt;2.In a large bowl, mix together the spice cake mix and canned pumpkin until well blended. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of batter into each greased mini-muffin cup.&lt;br /&gt;3.Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean or they spring back. Cool and serve, or in Tupperware container&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Pumpkin Cake Recipe" class="size-full wp-image-2633 aligncenter" height="320px" src="http://addapinch.com/cooking/files/2011/09/Pumpkin-Cake-Recipe-c-7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Pumpkin-Cake-Recipe-c-7" width="211px" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Pumpkin Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting&lt;br /&gt;Go to&lt;a href="http://addapinch.com/cooking/2011/09/24/pumpkin-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting/"&gt; Add a Pinch&lt;/a&gt; for the full recipe. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;These are few yummy recipes I found while blog hopping. Go check out the sites and see what you like!! I love all of them and will be making each one for gatherings and fellowships!! Can't wait! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Thanks for stopping by!!&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-3379360333381311462?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/3379360333381311462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=3379360333381311462&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3379360333381311462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3379360333381311462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/10/its-pumpkin-partyall-things-pumpkin.html' title='It&apos;s a Pumpkin Party......All Things Pumpkin!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TOyLh1ir0xI/AAAAAAAADps/Yn1FdjGDb9U/s72-c/pumpkin%2Btrifle%2B10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-5741171899789547610</id><published>2011-10-20T20:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T20:59:49.529-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Woman in the Word'/><title type='text'>Woman in the Word Wednesday {it's really Thursday for me}</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-446" height="188px" src="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Women-In-the-Word.jpg" title="Women In the Word" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Seek Him!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;Today is Woman in the Word Wednesday, shhh...it's Thursday but it's ok. :) God is sooo good isn't He?! We have absolutely nothing to worry about...nothing. He's got us in His hands, right where He wants us. Our circumstances might seem difficult or impossible or painful, but that is where He has you. Trust and know that He is in control and is doing a work in you. We just need to abide in Him, connect ourselves to Him. Sometimes that can be difficult as busy mamas, working mamas, and through trials etc....It is the upmost importance to spend that time with Him on a daily, hourly, minute, or second basis. There have been soo many times where I was in a "rush" and didn't spend that quality time with Him. My day was not in the spirit and was not lead by the Spirit. It was lead by me, I missed out on blessings that day. But God still loves me anyway through that. He shows me when I haven't given Him that time to spend with Him. He scraficed His Son Jesus Christ for us so that we can live in eternity with Him. Why can't we just scrafice our time {first fruits} of our day to Him? It is the least we can do for Him,&amp;nbsp;give Him our time, and that's&amp;nbsp;all He asks for is our time. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;He has been&amp;nbsp;pruning out things that didn't belong or taking my time from Him.&amp;nbsp;At first it was hard, but I had to let go and Let God, surrender those things to Him! And He has not let me down, my flesh on the other hand has, many of times, people have let me down. Praise God that He will never let us down. His ways are Higher than our ways. But to be right where He wants&amp;nbsp;me is the best place to be. Sometimes things or people might influence us or keep us away from worshipping and fellowshipping with Him. That's why it is soo important to stay connected to the vine, abide in Him. During my I John Bible Study {from Good Morning Girls} a few verses have really jumped out to me this week and I 've been really chewing on them this week.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1jo2-24" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #b45f06;"&gt;I John 2:24-29&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #b45f06;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;24&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1jo2-25" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;25&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;u&gt;And this is the promise that He has promised us--eternal life.&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1jo2-26" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;26&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1jo2-27" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;27&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;u&gt;But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will &lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href="" name="c"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="footnote" jquery1319167464421="14" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/nkjv/1-john/passage.aspx?q=1-john+2:18-29#fn-descriptionAnchor-c" id="c" jquery1319167464421="30" title="NU-Text reads you abide."&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;u&gt;abide in Him.&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1jo2-28" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;28&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;u&gt;And now, little children, abide in Him, that when &lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href="" name="d"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="footnote" jquery1319167464421="15" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/nkjv/1-john/passage.aspx?q=1-john+2:18-29#fn-descriptionAnchor-d" id="d" jquery1319167464421="31" title="NU-Text reads if."&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;u&gt;He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming&lt;/u&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1jo2-29" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;29&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;He has promised us eternal life, but we have to abide in Him. When we abide He annoints us and we stay connected. His opinions matter, not anyone elses. His counsel matters, not anyone elses. Don't get me wrong counsel is a blessing&amp;nbsp;{when&amp;nbsp;lead by Him}&amp;nbsp;when received by truth and in love. Test what you receive in counsel by the scriptures. Also when abiding in Him you will know when someone is trying to deceive you or press their own convictions, influences&amp;nbsp;or opinions on you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"&gt;But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"&gt;Matthew 6:33 NKJV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By seeking Him first He will give you the counsel you do need, weither it be a person, or scripture or whatever He uses to reach&amp;nbsp;you. &amp;nbsp;But you first&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;must &lt;/u&gt;seek Him FIRST, don't go going around getting everyone's opinions or counsel first, go to God first. You will be giving Him your first fruits in that. He will bless you for that. Trying to get others opinions, acceptance, or counsel can get get a little frustrating, confusing, or they might fail you. He will lead you and guide you&amp;nbsp;in the right direction or lead you to that person that has something from HIM specifically for you. This takes patience but God answers in His timing and in His ways not ours.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seeking Him,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-5741171899789547610?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/5741171899789547610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=5741171899789547610&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5741171899789547610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5741171899789547610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/10/woman-in-word-wednesday-its-really.html' title='Woman in the Word Wednesday {it&apos;s really Thursday for me}'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-313604105684391007</id><published>2011-10-15T07:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-15T07:55:55.650-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Devotionals'/><title type='text'>Stress Management: Peace that passses understanding</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Stress is something the I face almost daily. I know I am not alone is this area, but I wanted to let you know there is a peace that surpasses &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;all &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;understanding. I found this when doing my devotions and was lead to share. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Through prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving, you can realize a "peace...which surpasses all understanding" and know that this peace "will guard your hearts and minds" {Phil 4:6-7}. Your natural human desire for acceptance, status, and possessions can creat tension within. If you perceive tht your needs or desires are not going to be met, you may experience anxiety and stress. How can you "be anxious for nothing" in the face of such situations?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Managing stress for a Christian begins with understanding yourself and knowing what Scripture teaches about the nature of God. To understand yourself means to know your basic nature, the potential of your strengths, and the limits of your weaknesses. This is no small task, for self-deception can prevent clear descernment. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="jer17-9" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;"The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jeremiah 17:9-10&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Pride and independance can block self -awareness. God Himself must give the self-awareness needed {jere 17:10}. Only&amp;nbsp; He can show clearly where change is needed and bring about that change in basic human nature. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; &lt;span class="versetext" id="ps139-24" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;24&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;An understanding of the nature of God comes from His self - revelation in scriptures and in Christ {John 1:14, 18}. Knowing and accepting the unchanging nature of God produces stability and peace. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="mal3-6" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;"For I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob. Malachai 3:6&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="heb13-8" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Heb 13:6&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Understaning the quality of His character inspires trust {I John 1:5}. Much of stress dissipates when you acknowledge your dependence upon God and submit to his leadership, recognizing that you are locked into time and space as finite creatures, while He is infinite, eternal, and omnipresent. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;If we don't stop and take the time to listen to Him it's prideful adn because we are telling God things will fall apart because I'm not there. But if we do stop we tell God we trust Him because He is in control ~ Cameron&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;To learn Humility is to learn contentment in all circumstances. Humility is not in what we own or achieve, but in maintaining a teachable attitude, a willingness to bend to the will of the Father. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jan Silvious&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;God Bless,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-313604105684391007?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/313604105684391007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=313604105684391007&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/313604105684391007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/313604105684391007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/10/stress-management-peace-that-passses.html' title='Stress Management: Peace that passses understanding'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-170855733455888326</id><published>2011-10-14T00:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-14T00:17:32.388-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music video'/><title type='text'>This world has nothing for me!</title><content type='html'>&amp;nbsp;This is one of my favorite songs....and it ministered to my heart this evening!! I wanted to share with you. May you have&amp;nbsp; Joyful Friday....TGIF!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord I love you and this world has nothing for me.....I will follow You!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/D5cakRuF6AM" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This gals did an awesome version of it!! Be blessed and encouraged....Jesus Loves you. To listen put little mp3 player on pause. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-170855733455888326?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/170855733455888326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=170855733455888326&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/170855733455888326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/170855733455888326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/10/this-world-has-nothing-for-me.html' title='This world has nothing for me!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/D5cakRuF6AM/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-5583871019078144803</id><published>2011-10-10T21:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T21:10:02.657-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall Haven Challenge 2011'/><title type='text'>Making Your Home a Haven -  Fall Challenge {Week 2}</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Week 2 of Making Your Home a Haven - Fall Challenge&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/31-Day-Fall-Challenge-Making-Your-HOme-a-Haven1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2063" height="300px" src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/31-Day-Fall-Challenge-Making-Your-HOme-a-Haven1-300x300.jpg" title="31 Day Fall Challenge - Making Your HOme a Haven" width="300px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;This week’s challenge is two-fold also:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Play soft music everyday in your home. Choose music that the family enjoys.Then, focus on using peaceful words and maintaining peaceful relationships. Role model gentleness with your words this week and while you’re add it have a little fun. Since the music is going, grab your husband or children and dance! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go to &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/10/sing-dance-smile-swoon-have-fun-in-your-home/"&gt;Woman Living Well&lt;/a&gt; Blog to view the full post. She has alot of great suggestions for music. Also some exhortations as well. I love the encouragement, I soo need this right now as I am falling short of my temper daily. So this accountability is a great way to help me. I heard a quote today by Pastor David McGee on the radio and he said "Christianity is not about what we don't do, it's about following Jesus Christ". The message was a great one {hopefully I can find it and post it}. Following Jesus Christ is doing those things that He did. The first command He gives us is to Love Him, and then to Love others. By doing these things we are following Him. Some of the suggestions that Courtney gave on her blog where doing those things. Easier typing it than doing. All things are possible through CHrist Jesus!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some of the suggestions:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. When you feel tempted to raise your voice, use a child’s name in a snarl, furrow your brow into a scowl or speak rapidly in anger…purposely lower your voice to just above a whisper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proverbs 15:1 says “A gentle answer turns away wrath but a harsh word stirs up anger.”&lt;br /&gt;Focus on gentle words, facial expressions, and touches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Purpose to not let someone else’s anger make you angry.&lt;br /&gt;Many times as a wife and mom, I find myself responding to other’s emotions. Someone in the family is grumpy and two minutes later I’m grumpy too. Someone in the family is speaking harshly and two minutes later I’m speaking harshly too. Purpose to stay in control of your emotions and not let the other members of your family dictate your mood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Yelling at a bud won’t make it bloom.Your home will not blossom into a haven if you are not controlling your temper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Continue to light your candle and pray for peace in your home.&lt;br /&gt;Persevere in prayer for your family. James 5:16b says, “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are some that I will be praying and on and putting into action. I do want peace in my home and in my life. The bible calls us to have Peace with all.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;1 Thessalonians 5:13 NKJV: and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a desire&amp;nbsp;of my heart to have peace&amp;nbsp;in my heart,&amp;nbsp;in my&amp;nbsp;home, and with others. This has been something that has been a struggle {in certain areas}. So this is a great challenge for me, to keep the peace and not let satan try to steal my joy and peace. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless....peace be with you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-5583871019078144803?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/5583871019078144803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=5583871019078144803&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5583871019078144803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5583871019078144803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/10/making-your-home-haven-fall-challenge.html' title='Making Your Home a Haven -  Fall Challenge {Week 2}'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-3418331224663581337</id><published>2011-10-05T13:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T13:58:16.709-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Woman in the Word'/><title type='text'>Woman in the Word Wednesday</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-2118 alignleft" height="159" src="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Women-In-the-Word3.jpg" title="Women In the Word" width="254" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I love Woman in the Word Wednesdays﻿, it's away to reflect on what I've been learning this past week. Digging Deeper into I John 2 this week has been so encouraging and a great heart checker for me. Keep me thinking am I a sayer or a doer? It has been so challenging lately to really&amp;nbsp;get in the word. God knows my hearts and desires and I've really had to prioritze better, rearrange my schedule. I am a planner, and it frazzles me when I don't get that quality time in. This has been such an encouragement and accountability tool for me to get in it and stay in it for awhile. Thank you to Good Morning Girls for all these challenges you put out. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;God Bless you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-3418331224663581337?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/3418331224663581337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=3418331224663581337&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3418331224663581337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3418331224663581337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/10/woman-in-word-wednesday.html' title='Woman in the Word Wednesday'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-2742717922447643442</id><published>2011-10-03T22:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T22:58:43.899-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipes'/><title type='text'>Fall Recipe: Pumpkin Scones</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516180880021743234" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fNvcI4DoMDw/TI1pSM5_ZoI/AAAAAAAADQY/RMvAbVnTh3U/s400/pumpkin+scones1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I just found this amazing recipe that I have to share with you. Go check out&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://thepearsonfamilee.blogspot.com/2011/09/pumpkin-pie-scones.html"&gt;Simply....this. that...and the other&amp;nbsp; blo&lt;/a&gt;g for the full recipe, aren't they gorgeous. Yummy I love scones and tea, and they are healthy!! Even better! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-2742717922447643442?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/2742717922447643442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=2742717922447643442&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2742717922447643442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2742717922447643442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-recipe-pumpkin-scones.html' title='Fall Recipe: Pumpkin Scones'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fNvcI4DoMDw/TI1pSM5_ZoI/AAAAAAAADQY/RMvAbVnTh3U/s72-c/pumpkin+scones1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-5751560587084275026</id><published>2011-10-03T20:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T20:25:01.380-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall Haven Challenge 2011'/><title type='text'>Fall Challenge: Making Your Home a Haven - Week 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1986" height="300px" src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/31-Day-Fall-Challenge-Making-Your-HOme-a-Haven-300x300.jpg" title="31 Day Fall Challenge - Making Your HOme a Haven" width="300px" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Today is the first day for the Fall Challenge: Making Your Home a Haven - Week 1. I am soo excited {squeal, squeal, can you tell!!} &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Here is the first Challenge: &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Go buy an extra large candle or one that you already have already {if your a couponer like I am you can find some good deals on candles} and light a candle everyday in your home. I will be starting mine in the morning! But you can start yours at dinner time. Do what makes sense for your family. I will be placing mine in the kitchen – the main hub of my home. Each time the candle catches your eye, say a prayer for peace in your home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love what &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/10/distant-or-engaged-making-your-home-a-havenweek-1/"&gt;Courtney from Woman Living Well&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;asks on her blog:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;What makes a home a haven? Is it having a home that looks like it popped out of Better Homes and Gardens with unbelievable decorating? Is it a home that has massive amounts of toys, food to feast on, video games stacked high and every movie imaginable to view? Is it a certain number of square feet, a separate bedroom for each child, or the neighborhood you live in?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;No. It is not the things we have or the things we do not have that make our homes a haven. It’s you – my dear reader – you are the key to making the home a haven.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go to her website to check out the rest of her post, it's so encouraging. She talks about being distant or engaged and how comares a home of a distant mother {home #1} and the home of an engaged mother {home #2). I can honestly confess that I am home #1. My hearts desire is home #2, is was such a God moment when I read this today because this has soo been on my heart lately. So this is perfect and a confirmation for me. Thank you Jesus! I really have just been so encouraged by the Woman living Well blog. In this new season of my life, I had to adjust my schedule, my time, my priorites. And this season I am not able to attend our Womans Bible Study. But I knew that the Lord would bless me and He so has by this blog. It's for me, a Woman's Study on line. And this works out for this working mama! I had found her blog about 1.5 years ago and had at that time prayed for something to get me through my summer and her blog was such a blessing. I have continued to follow it and am so encouraged by it and am ministered by it. So if you feel lead check out her site. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you on your challenge this week. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-5751560587084275026?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/5751560587084275026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=5751560587084275026&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5751560587084275026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5751560587084275026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-challenge-making-your-home-haven.html' title='Fall Challenge: Making Your Home a Haven - Week 1'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-840207852671743906</id><published>2011-09-27T23:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T23:09:15.439-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Women in the Word Wednesdays'/><title type='text'>Woman in the Word Wednesday</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-2118 alignleft" height="159px" src="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Women-In-the-Word3.jpg" title="Women In the Word" width="254px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's Wednesday Woman in the Word. This season I am prayerfully&amp;nbsp;doing the on-line bible study over at Good Morning Girls. It has been such a blessing for me so far, great accountability and I am learning so much by digger deeper into each verse. This week we are in I John 1:5-10 and it's been sheding some new light on these scriptures for me. The Lord has spoken to my heart about not just proclaiming I am a Christian but really living it out in my daily life, weither at work, home, church, the grocery store just about anywhere. Am I truely living for the Lord or for status, for my selfish reasons. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are times that it is hard, but I am constantly putting my focus back on the Lord .He will see you through it all. Through everything, He will give you His power to live out your life through Him. It is truely amazing when you finally surrender and allow Him to work and move through you!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-840207852671743906?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/840207852671743906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=840207852671743906&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/840207852671743906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/840207852671743906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/09/woman-in-word-wednesday.html' title='Woman in the Word Wednesday'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-8250825291349446884</id><published>2011-09-27T22:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T22:39:12.455-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tips'/><title type='text'>Tipful Tuesday!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HkKaSMyUqqA/ToKyzmc-sQI/AAAAAAAAAzk/WLlyjq3mYz8/s1600/IMAG0533%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320px" kca="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HkKaSMyUqqA/ToKyzmc-sQI/AAAAAAAAAzk/WLlyjq3mYz8/s320/IMAG0533%255B1%255D.jpg" width="179px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I am Lordwilling going to try to post a Tip every Tuesday or everyother Tuesday or whenever I find one {hehe}. But I actually found one today that was pretty interesting and I needed. it. Recently I was blessed with a vase of Beautiful fall flowers. And I had them at my desk at work, when I came back from the weekend they were starting to die, the water was low. What was I to do? I remember hearing somewhere, you add warm water and sugar. But further searching I found that you also use that and you use vinegar or bleach {yeah, I thought crazy too} and some lemon or orange zest. Hmmmm....why those things? Well below will explain the reasoning to it. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;So the tip for today is: "How to keep cut flowers fresh"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Feeding and handling cut flowers the way florists do can make your flowers last up to seven days longer than usual. Plant food consists of sugar, biocides and acidifiers. Biocides are chemicals that kill bacteria, yeasts and fungi. Good biocides to use are bleach and vinegar. Acidifiers are acids that help the water move up the stem of the flower. Lemon juice and orange zests are two common acidifiers. While you can buy plant food, you can easily make your own mixture, too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I thought "wow, so scientific, pretty organic too" lol. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Instructions:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Things You'll Need:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sharp, unserrated knife&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vase&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 pint or 1 quart warm water&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 tbsp. sugar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 tsp. bleach or vinegar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;1 tsp. lemon juice or orange zest&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;Add 1 tbsp. of granulated sugar, 1 tsp. of bleach or vinegar and 1 tsp. of lemon juice or orange zest to a quart of warm water and stir until it's dissolved. If you will only need a pint of water for your vase, use half of each ingredient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Overcrowding causes some flowers to die quickly. Cut 1-2 inches from the end of each flower's stem at a steep angle using the sharp knife. Place each cut flower in a container of warm water immediately. Waiting until you have cut all the flowers you need before putting them in water will shorten the life of the flowers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;3 Keep cut flowers out of direct sunlight. Ease each flower into the vase. Dropping your flowers into the vase can bruise the stems, making it difficult or impossible for the flowers to receive water and food.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-8250825291349446884?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/8250825291349446884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=8250825291349446884&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8250825291349446884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8250825291349446884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/09/tipful-tuesday.html' title='Tipful Tuesday!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HkKaSMyUqqA/ToKyzmc-sQI/AAAAAAAAAzk/WLlyjq3mYz8/s72-c/IMAG0533%255B1%255D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-2110294317595295697</id><published>2011-09-27T21:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T21:26:41.795-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall Haven Challenge 2011'/><title type='text'>Making Your Home a Haven -  Fall Challenge</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/category/homemaking/making-your-home-a-haven-challenge/"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1922" height="240px" src="http://womenlivingwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/31-Day-Fall-Challenge-Making-Your-HOme-a-Haven1-300x300.jpg" title="31 Day Fall Challenge - Making Your HOme a Haven" width="262px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sooo squealing with delight, right now,&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell.org/"&gt;Woman Living Well&lt;/a&gt; is doing the "Making Your Home a Haven-Fall Challenge" again. Last year I participated in it and it was such a blessing and encouragement through my favorite time of year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This challenge will begin next Monday, October 3rd and run through the month of October. Check out the video below, she talks about what it is about. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="360" width="640"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/unTkSBfzAd4&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;version=3"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/unTkSBfzAd4&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She also posted this on her website as well, so you can go check it out. I just love her! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year is going to be quite the challenge for me as I am working full-time now. Which is why I was really excited to take part in this again. Not only to just participate, but to really just enjoy this season of life that I am in. To walk closer to the Lord, setting the atmosphere to be calm, peaceful&amp;nbsp;and inviting. I'm also praying about creative ways we can have a TV free, stress free, project free&amp;nbsp;night. Just to be able to set aside that time as a family and sit before the Lord and really digg deeper together through His word and through this whole season. That part is the part that is exciting me the most digging deeper into the word with my family. I have not had the time yet to decorate, the Lord knows my desires and heart on that. But He leads I will post some pictures so you can get an idea and maybe encourage you to light a candle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I recently came back from a Womans Retreat through&amp;nbsp;the church I attend. This year was the absolute best, I had such a peace, and was just soo refreshed this time around. There was soo many nuggets that Lordwillign I will be able to share them with you.&amp;nbsp;This years theme was&amp;nbsp;"The&amp;nbsp;Abundant Life"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;"....I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." John 10:10&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;What I learned was that the Abundant&amp;nbsp;Life is not having your dream home, or dream job or perfect marriage or family. It's about having that close strong relationship with the Lord. For some time I always dreamed about having that dream home and&amp;nbsp;we would say&amp;nbsp;"one day", one day we will have it. But this really opened my eyes to what the Lord wants my Life to be&amp;nbsp;about. Just Him, everything else will follow. And knowing that He loves me "Just Because", no any other reason but just because. I had a hard time&amp;nbsp;grasping that, I don't deserve that unconditional agape love. I don't deserve, but with what I was and who I am know He loves me anyway just because of me. That was just so amazing to me. I knew that before but to really sit&amp;nbsp;and linger and have the time to do that I just was in aweee. So thank Lord for all that&amp;nbsp;You are doing in&amp;nbsp;and through my life, thankful for all the amazing people you have stratigically placed in my life from my Wonderful, AMAZING Husband, Beautiful&amp;nbsp; Precious daughters, and the sweetest, amazing friends and sisters in the Lord. Who could ask for anything more. I am truely blessed. Thank you Jesus in Your Name AMEN!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Pray about this challenge and see if this is something the Lord would have you do and if He does share with me leave me a comment. I love your comments. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;God Bless you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;If your clueless or need some inspiration {mine is not spectacular} below&amp;nbsp;are some pics from last year. This year might be a little bit different, but pretty much the same. 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I am so excited to join this again. I am so excited to be back to school, and back to work soon. A new chapter in my life is about to begin and that is excited, although sometimes I have to admit is a little sad {bittersweet}. But God has me right where He wants me and that is the best place to be. He has done some amazing things this past summer. I started training for a 5k, my first race, and that has been challenging and fun!! Please check out my blog, I have a few posts on marriage. You can also check out my about me page and see where I have come from. 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So I've been getting some people tell me that they can not leave comments on my blog. Didn't really know why, then I tried to leave comments on others blogs and got the same thing. So I googled how to fix that, go to your settings and click comments then click comment form placement then click on on pop up window. And whallla it's fixed. I hope this helps. So feel free to leave a comment it works now. So sorry for the inconveinance. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-6527553013711144130?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/6527553013711144130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=6527553013711144130&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6527553013711144130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6527553013711144130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/08/comments-please.html' title='Comments Please!!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-6921652722370733002</id><published>2011-08-10T22:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-10T22:47:33.269-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creating Heavenly Designs'/><title type='text'>Updated Craft Website!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hi!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I recently updated my Craft Blog, some of you have been waiting for the flower picks. Well they are up and running and I also updated/changed my blog name for that blog. Go here to &lt;a href="http://creatingheavenlydesigns.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://creatingheavenlydesigns.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;. This will be under construction for a bit, so bare with me. I may change things around a bit, but the pictures of the flowers are finally up...yay!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;So go check it out. God Bless you!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-6921652722370733002?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/6921652722370733002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=6921652722370733002&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6921652722370733002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6921652722370733002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/08/updated-craft-website.html' title='Updated Craft Website!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-4791275729411465881</id><published>2011-07-18T19:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T19:30:46.241-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='It&apos;s been awhile'/><title type='text'>It's been awhile!!!</title><content type='html'>Hi!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It sure has been awhile......I'm having quite a busy summer this year, totally not what I had anticipated. My visions of summer......are sitting on the front porch sipping on a cup of sweet charlie palmer tea and watching my kids swinging on the tree swing and my husband fish in the pond. Let me first wake up from my dream...LOL!! That's my dream summer vacation,&amp;nbsp;I won't be able to get a house like that here. But&amp;nbsp;I will settle for spending some quality time with my family, which is hard to come by these days. Alot has&amp;nbsp;happened since I last posted: I started a couponing blog {hence is why I've neglected this&amp;nbsp;one so sorry-have not been lead to post until now}, a friend of our family passed away, and my husband just had is 3rd surgery on his hip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But with all the busyness and sometimes crazyness, I find peace. A peace that seems so impossible to&amp;nbsp;have. But with God&amp;nbsp;all, not some, but all things are possible, even that peace that I long for daily, with Him. &amp;nbsp;He sustains me, gives me rest, is there when I absolutely need Him the most, is a shoulder to cry on, is my best friend in the whole wide world. I'm blessed for the busyness it' keeping me close to Him, more dependant on Him for everything. I'm exactly where God wants me, busyness and all, and it's the best place to be. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. His Grace found me.............&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-4791275729411465881?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/4791275729411465881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=4791275729411465881&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4791275729411465881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4791275729411465881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/07/its-been-awhile.html' title='It&apos;s been awhile!!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7408680702538368261</id><published>2011-05-26T13:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-26T15:34:14.059-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Deal Alert!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just posted some deal alerts at &lt;a href="http://mamashoppingwisely.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mama Shopping Wisely&lt;/a&gt;! Head on over there. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7408680702538368261?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7408680702538368261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7408680702538368261&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7408680702538368261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7408680702538368261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/05/deal-alert.html' title='Deal Alert!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-6524309213047485394</id><published>2011-05-19T08:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-19T08:05:25.121-07:00</updated><title type='text'>$1 Flip Flops at Old Navy!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;$1 Flip Flops!!! Go check out &lt;a href="http://www.mamashoppingwisely.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mama Saving Wisely&lt;/a&gt; for details. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-6524309213047485394?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/6524309213047485394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=6524309213047485394&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6524309213047485394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6524309213047485394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/05/1-flip-flops-at-old-navy.html' title='$1 Flip Flops at Old Navy!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-3232689990345064976</id><published>2011-05-17T20:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T20:17:01.785-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-2118  aligncenter" height="106px" src="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Women-In-the-Word3-300x176.jpg" title="Women In the Word" width="140px" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well it's Woman in the Word Wednesday!! I am so blessed to have the quiet time with the Lord in the mornings and the accountability helps that much more. Sometimes it's just one verse or two that He speaks to me and it just uplifts my spirit throughout the day. I notice I am alot calmer, not so stressed. He is teaching me soo much and I am learning from those that share with me too. God is sooo good, He loves you soo much!! Even if it just for 5 mins that you have to spare to be with Him, take that time and do it. You will be glad that you did. His mercies are new every morning and He renews us day by day!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-3232689990345064976?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/3232689990345064976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=3232689990345064976&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3232689990345064976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3232689990345064976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/05/well-its-woman-in-word-wednesday-i-am.html' title=''/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-691962770856008582</id><published>2011-05-10T20:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-10T20:38:06.561-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mama Shopping Wisely</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Just updated &lt;a href="http://mamashoppingwisely.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mama Shopping Wisely&lt;/a&gt;, with some great deals!! Go check&amp;nbsp;it out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-691962770856008582?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/691962770856008582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=691962770856008582&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/691962770856008582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/691962770856008582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/05/mama-shopping-wisely.html' title='Mama Shopping Wisely'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-838821766716326729</id><published>2011-04-19T01:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:39:00.314-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter 2011'/><title type='text'>We are soo blessed to be His!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2DnYV_n3qNI" title="YouTube video player" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;One day He will come for us, and what a Glorious Day that will be. Please put mp3 on pause at top right to watch video. This is a little graphic {due to dipiction of Jesus Death}. . God Bless you!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CVeB7ACVgO0" title="YouTube video player" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget whose child you are....let your light shine for JESUS!!! I pray that you are blessed by these songs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jesus loves You so much that He took your place!! &lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/U7vR2Bx4nLU" title="YouTube video player" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Lord thank you for the blessings, the ones that I forget how big I'm blessed- during my little messes. &lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-838821766716326729?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/838821766716326729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=838821766716326729&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/838821766716326729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/838821766716326729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/04/we-are-soo-blessed-to-be-his.html' title='We are soo blessed to be His!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/2DnYV_n3qNI/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7809675752558821335</id><published>2011-04-16T00:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:39:26.490-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Couponing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mama Shopping Wisely'/><title type='text'>Mama Shopping Wisely {New Blog}</title><content type='html'>With much prayer and excitement I have been lead to open up a new Blog: &lt;a href="http://mamashoppingwisely.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mama Shopping Wisely&lt;/a&gt;. A place where I can encourage you, help you, and bless you with ways to save money. Stop by and check out, leave me a comment, if you feel lead. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mamashoppingwisely.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mamashoppingwisely.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you! &lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7809675752558821335?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7809675752558821335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7809675752558821335&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7809675752558821335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7809675752558821335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/04/mama-shopping-wisely-new-blog.html' title='Mama Shopping Wisely {New Blog}'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-2767279655404554133</id><published>2011-04-15T22:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:39:40.876-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tips'/><title type='text'>Tips</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Check out my Tips page, I just updated it with some great tips. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;God Bless you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-2767279655404554133?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/2767279655404554133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=2767279655404554133&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2767279655404554133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2767279655404554133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/04/tips.html' title='Tips'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-5281195123484406867</id><published>2011-04-15T01:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:54:25.992-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter 2011'/><title type='text'>"Glorious Day" - Casting Crowns</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GTBnCCreO5M" title="YouTube video player" width="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my fav song right now. I pray this blesses and encourages you. Be sure to put mp3 on pause at top right. Blessing, and enjoy! Jesus Love you!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-5281195123484406867?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/5281195123484406867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=5281195123484406867&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5281195123484406867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5281195123484406867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/04/glorious-day-casting-crowns.html' title='&quot;Glorious Day&quot; - Casting Crowns'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/GTBnCCreO5M/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-2371459236146002227</id><published>2011-04-15T01:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:40:34.746-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holidays'/><title type='text'>Preparing Your Heart For Easter!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;﻿&lt;a data-bk="10.1" data-bns="API.YAlgo" href="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJkewf.6dNljgAteSJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBwbXFjam9sBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNzcgR2dGlkA0kxMzRfODQ-/SIG=1jv9borsa/EXP=1302883231/**http%3a//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253F_adv_prop%253Dimage%2526va%253Dcrosses%2526fr%253Dslv8-msgr%26w=1024%26h=768%26imgurl=4.bp.blogspot.com%252F_lEKCMvmXk6c%252FTI-2B28f0xI%252FAAAAAAAAAlE%252FEh7EOW221Io%252Fs1600%252Fcross.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Fmiraclesforyoutoo.blogspot.com%252F2010%252F09%252Ffeast-of-exaltation-of-cross.html%26size=77KB%26name=at%2bmy%2bhome%2bwe%2bha...%26p=crosses%26oid=c18b786b0fac3320cbf6788eea98ae1d%26fr2=%26no=3%26tt=1320000%26sigr=12fb6s0mq%26sigi=12ipq6b9v%26sigb=12kj1alkf%26.crumb=J3eB6MwGi3P"&gt;&lt;img alt="Go to fullsize image" height="120px" src="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=763094762529&amp;amp;id=5ff552e00030dae457d850db95ae99ad" title="http://miraclesforyoutoo.blogspot.com/2010/09/feast-of-exaltation-of-cross.html" width="160px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has a been awhile, but I am glad that I am able to post something.&amp;nbsp; I pray that you are blessed and encouraged by it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;This is one of the most favorite times of the year for me and my family, along with Christmas. To remember &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;what our Lord and savior did for us, He gave His life for us so that we should not perish but have everlasting life {John 3:16}. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"&gt;﻿For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;This is also a great time to reach out to the unsaved in our lives. Invite them to church, they are usually more open to going on Easter and Christmas. Be in prayer about who the Lord would have you invite to church. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;A few things we &lt;em&gt;try &lt;/em&gt;to do every year is give up something until Easter, {ie..tv, computer, social media, hobby, something that maybe takes away your focus from God}. Yes, it can be hard, but you can do all things through Christ Jesus who gives you strength -Phil 4:13. It is a way to prepare our hearts in rememberance of&amp;nbsp;Jesus Death and Resurrection&amp;nbsp;for us. Jesus gave His life for us, it is the least my family can do during this time. Sometimes we extend the lent until after Easter, but be in prayer about that and see if that is what He has for&amp;nbsp;you and your family. During this time we are remembering the lowest points of sin and the highest peaks of what God has done for us through Jesus. We have a way, the only way, to the Father through Jesus. That's worth celebrating!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a data-bk="24.1" data-bns="API.YAlgo" href="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJkexK.6dN6T4Av8CJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBxaHRsNXRmBHBvcwMxMARzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANJMTM0Xzg0/SIG=1gor2ifd9/EXP=1302883274/**http%3a//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view%3fback=http%253A%252F%252Fimages.search.yahoo.com%252Fsearch%252Fimages%253Fp%253Dthe%252Bempty%252Btomb%2526ei%253Dutf-8%2526fr%253Dslv8-msgr%26w=535%26h=407%26imgurl=treasuresofjerusalem.com%252FEmptyTomb.jpg%26rurl=http%253A%252F%252Ftreasuresofjerusalem.com%252Ftomb.html%26size=30KB%26name=The%2bEmpty%2bTomb%26p=the%2bempty%2btomb%26oid=76d0ef23e5212d227c93ccad9f0ed022%26fr2=%26no=10%26tt=22700%26sigr=119d6t97c%26sigi=1161hopiq%26sigb=12je6mvbo%26.crumb=J3eB6MwGi3P"&gt;&lt;img alt="Go to fullsize image" height="242px" src="http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=645466561003&amp;amp;id=eebdf85032e86e35f312bc077d52817a" title="http://treasuresofjerusalem.com/tomb.html" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;During Holy Week, the week before Easter Sunday, we will read every day {if we can} the events that&amp;nbsp;took place&amp;nbsp;during Holy week. We were blessed a couple years back, by some precious friends, with a book called "He is Alive". It's a great book that recounts the last days of Jesus on earth and the first days after His resurrection. It has such beautiful captivating illustrations, it's so-real. In reading the scriptures and reading the book it&amp;nbsp;helps&amp;nbsp;my children&amp;nbsp;to develop a deeper understanding of the truth that Jesus is Alive!! And He is alive in us and because of that, we can live victoriously!!! And spread His love to others. Amen!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is what our reading for Holy Week looks like, we also gather the items{optional} so that it's more hands on:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;HOLY WEEK&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday: Palm Sunday - Matthew 21. A palm branch. &lt;br /&gt;Monday: Cleansing the temple - Mark 11. A whip. &lt;br /&gt;Tuesday: Jesus anointed - John 12. A small beaded box. &lt;br /&gt;Wednesday: Judas plots - Matthew 26. A bag with silver coins. &lt;br /&gt;Thursday: The Last Supper - Luke 22. A loaf of bread and a cup. &lt;br /&gt;Friday: Crucifixion - Luke 23. A cross. &lt;br /&gt;Saturday: Mystery Saturday - I Peter 3:18-22. No ornament. &lt;br /&gt;Sunday: HE IS RISEN! - Mark 16. A clay tomb - empty. &lt;br /&gt;Monday: The marriage supper of the Lamb - Revelation 19. A placemat with golf silverware. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would have loved to have started the 42 days before, but I was not lead to do so. I do have the scriptures for the 42 days, if you would like for me to send them to you just leave me a comment and your email address. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During Holy Week we also attend our church services starting with Palm Sunday, Midweek Svc, Good Friday Service and Easter Sunday. Our Pastor does amazing&amp;nbsp;services that prepare our hearts throughout the whole week leading up to Easter. I strongly encourage you to attend any services your church offers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few recipes we have used throughout the years to also celebrate. One is Resurrection Rolls, it has a great meaning behind it, not only the making of it but&amp;nbsp;that it symbolizes what He did.&amp;nbsp;See below also I found this &lt;a href="http://youtu.be/louAYkJPETQ"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt; {click on video &amp;lt;---}that explains how to make these too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 can refrigerated crescent roll dough&lt;br /&gt;8 large marshmallows&lt;br /&gt;Melted butter&lt;br /&gt;Cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;Sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Directions:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give each child one triangle shaped section of crescent roll. This represents the tomb.&lt;br /&gt;Each child takes one marshmallow which represents the body of Christ. &lt;br /&gt;Dip the marshmallow in the butter and roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture. This represents the oils and spices the body was anointed with upon burial. &lt;br /&gt;Lay the marshmallow on the dough and carefully wrap it around the marshmallow. &lt;br /&gt;Make sure all seams are pinched together well. (Otherwise the marshmallow will "ooze" out of the seams) &lt;br /&gt;Bake according to package directions. &lt;br /&gt;Cool. &lt;br /&gt;Break open the tomb and the body of Christ is no longer there!!&lt;br /&gt;Celebrate God's love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a fun way to share the resurrection with your children. We will eat these Easter Morning before church. Yummy!! &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-favorite-easter-breakfast.html"&gt;Woman Living Well&lt;/a&gt; has shared this recipe on her sight as well with pics, so you can get an idea of what to do. I'm a visual person and need visuals. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another Recipe that I will be trying this year, that I didn't get to last year, is the Easter Story Resurrection Cookies. It has a lesson that goes along with it with scriptures, these you make the night before. Go to &lt;a href="http://www.easyfunschool.com/article2099.html"&gt;Easy Fun School&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to check out the full story and recipe. Let me know how you like it. I love your comments by the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/images/blog/eastereggs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="height: 171px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 202px;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="133px" src="http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/images/blog/eastereggs.jpg" width="200px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Another way to reach out is have a Resurrection Egg Hunt at your house or a park and invite family, friends, neighbors {Prayerfully of course}. It's the alternative to the Secular Egg Hunting, there is meaning behind it. You can make your own resurrection eggs or by one at your local store, I've seen them at craft stores too. Check out &lt;a href="http://www.easyfunschool.com/article2110.html?fb_xd_fragment#?=&amp;amp;cb=f286a2a2da0b862&amp;amp;relation=parent.parent&amp;amp;transport=fragment&amp;amp;type=resize&amp;amp;height=26&amp;amp;ackData[id]=1&amp;amp;width=450"&gt;Easy Fun School&lt;/a&gt; to make your own and watch this video she also explains it really well at &lt;a href="http://youtu.be/9YZZKe73_-8"&gt;Cullens ABC's&lt;/a&gt;. I'm a DIYer so this&amp;nbsp;is always fun for me and the kids every year to get them ready. I've been using this for a couple of years now, great for your Sunday School Class too {of course get permission first}.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I pray this will bless you. These are just some of our family traditions that we do every year that help to draw us closer and get a better understanding of what Jesus did for us. Feel free to use these, if you feel lead to do so.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;May the Lord bless you and keep and make His face to shine upon you and give you peace. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;God Bless You, and I pray that you and your family have a blessed Easter. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;It's not about the Easter Bunny, it's about JESUS.......He is Risen.......He is Risen indeed!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-2371459236146002227?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/2371459236146002227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=2371459236146002227&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2371459236146002227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2371459236146002227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/04/preparing-your-heart-for-easter.html' title='Preparing Your Heart For Easter!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-9191088358632823644</id><published>2011-03-21T23:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:40:53.574-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Couponing'/><title type='text'>Couponing!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;It's been along while since I really have searched for some great deals. I have only been couponing every 2 weeks and only seeking those deals when I&amp;nbsp;am doing my grocery list. Tonight I went to a bible study and they shared on couponing. And it re-kindled a flame in me for couponing again, but this time I am going to be a lot more wiser on the things I buy. So with that tonight I was on my coupon list site at &lt;a href="http://grocerysmarts.com/nevada/lists/splashg89cjm.php"&gt;Grocery Smarts&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and I found a really awesome deal that I had to share with you that expires tomorrow, Tuesday, 03/22/11,for those of you in the Las Vegas/Southern Nevada Area. So here's the deal at Smiths &lt;a href="http://www.grocerysmarts.com/nevada/lists/indexg89cjm.php?s89mi2"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and see below&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pasta&amp;nbsp; .99 but if you buy 10 you pay .49 cents each, which is not bad. You would pay $5 for 10. But why pay $5 when you can get them all for free.&amp;nbsp;On the link above you can print at least 4 coupons for 8 boxs. The manufactures website has the coupons for $1 off of 2 boxes {link above}. Which will make them free, here's the catch though you need 1 more coupon to be able to get 10 for free or you pay about $0.90 for 10, which isn't bad either. So use another computer to print those off. Call your neighbor, mom, sister and maybe ask them to print the one for you.. Send them the link above, it takes you directly to the link for the coupons. Isn't that great!? Saving money &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; being wise with our money. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Proverbs 6:6-8&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Go to the ant, sluggard; consider her ways and be wise; who having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provides her food in the summer and gathers her food in the harvest. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Proverbs 24:3-4&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge the rooms shall be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Proverbs 31:14-21&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="pr31-14" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;14&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="pr31-15" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;15&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="pr31-16" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;16&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="pr31-17" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;17&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="pr31-18" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;18&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="pr31-19" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;19&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="pr31-20" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;20&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.&lt;a href="about:blank" name="16"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="crossref" jquery1300775276375="31" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/proverbs/31.html#cr-descriptionAnchor-16" id="16" jquery1300775276375="64" title="Dt 15:11; Eph 4:28; Heb 13:16"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="pr31-21" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;21&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are to be wise with our money and not all the time can we save. But we can try too.&amp;nbsp;I just wanted to share that awesome deal with you. Don't forget it expires tomorrow. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you all!&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-9191088358632823644?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/9191088358632823644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=9191088358632823644&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/9191088358632823644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/9191088358632823644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/03/couponing.html' title='Couponing!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-4022776127906403276</id><published>2011-03-14T21:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T20:56:46.907-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Testimony'/><title type='text'>Be Reconciled</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Bible says in &lt;em&gt;I&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/1-corinthians/passage.aspx?q=1%20corinthians+7:8-11"&gt; Corinthians 7:10-11&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="3"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="crossref" jquery1300161943187="14" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/1-corinthians/passage.aspx?q=1%20corinthians+7:8-11#cr-descriptionAnchor-3" id="3" jquery1300161943187="30" title="Mal 2:14-16; Mt 5:32; 19:3-9; Mk 10:11; S Lk 16:18"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="1co7-11" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; But if she does, she must remain unmarried &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;or else be reconciled to her husband&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="4"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="crossref" jquery1300161943187="15" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/1-corinthians/passage.aspx?q=1%20corinthians+7:8-11#cr-descriptionAnchor-4" id="4" jquery1300161943187="31" title="ver 39; Ro 7:2,3"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;em&gt; And a husband must not divorce his wife.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;It was 8.5 years ago that the Lord gave that verse to me, when I was baffled at His command to me. The Lord had told me to ask my Husband back for a second chance. I told the Lord He was crazy, I even asked Him "Do you remember Lord, what we went through?" Are you sure Lord!! I fought the Lord on this for about a week. And it was then that I was reading in I Corinthians that I came across this scripture. I gasped AAAAWWWWWppppp! Lord, you are asking me to do this. And I remember Him clearly saying "TRUST ME". So I began to walk by faith, and not by sight. It was then that I realized that God was really calling me back to my husband. We had been divorced for about 3 years, I was a baby Christian about 2.5 years old at the time. I had never heard the Lord speak to me, but only once before and that was the day I got baptized I was lost trying to get to the house to get baptized and I couldn't remember if it was left or right and He said left and I went left and I got there just fine. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;God knew what He was doing, and this verse had confirmed it for me. I am soooo very very thankful that God gave me that command and that I obeyed. My marriage has been way better than the first and lasted way longer. I hope and pray that I can encourage just one marriage to not go through what we went through, it will all be worth it. All the pain, all the sorrow to encourage you to not do it. God hates divorce, I have scripture to prove it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;"I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, "and I hate a man's covering himself with violence as well as with his garment," says the LORD Almighty. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/malachi/2-16.html"&gt;Malachi 2:16 NIV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is clear that God Hates divorce and he doesnt want us to seperate. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. &lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Therefore what God has joined together, &lt;u&gt;let not man separate&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;" &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Matthew 19:6&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you are struggling in your marriage,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;God knows exactly what you are going through and will see you through it. Have faith of a&amp;nbsp;mustard seed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;if you have faith as small as a mustard seed,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Matthew 17:20 NIV&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;God is soo good, He knows exactly what you need when you need it and will only give you what you can handle. If it seems impossible remember all things are possible with Him. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="mr10-27" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;span class="versenum"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;27&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Jesus looked at them and said, &lt;span class="WordsOfChrist"&gt;"With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup class="crossref" jquery1300163739812="13" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblestudytools.com/mark/10-27.html#cr-descriptionAnchor-1" id="1" jquery1300163739812="27" title="S Mt 19:26"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Mark 10:27&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Mark 10:27 was my verse for our re-marriage. And it is so true, we are a living testimony to that.&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;What I thought was impossible, God made possible. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BYIanBBCD8o/R-B8Qr2KfFI/AAAAAAAAAAU/_fsz9IpI4KE/s1600/me+n+michael3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="167" q6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BYIanBBCD8o/R-B8Qr2KfFI/AAAAAAAAAAU/_fsz9IpI4KE/s320/me+n+michael3.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;On &amp;nbsp;April 13, we will be celebrating our 8 years of re-marriage. He has truely restored what the Locusts have eaten. 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During this last week the Lord has been laying it on my heart to encourage you in your marriage, seperation or divorce&amp;nbsp;and share some of my testimony. God has been doing a work in my marriage, it has taken 7 years for me to finally, truely submit. And let me tell you it has not been easy. I'm still a work in progress and I know I am not alone in this. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bible says in Ephesians 5:21-24 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.22 &lt;strong&gt;For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord.&lt;/strong&gt; 23 For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. 24 &lt;strong&gt;As the church submits to Christ, so you wives&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;should submit to your&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;husbands in everything."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a command God is giving us. He is not asking us, He is telling us to submit. Here is the definition to &lt;a href="http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/submit?cx=partner-pub-0939450753529744%3Av0qd01-tdlq&amp;amp;cof=FORID%3A9&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=submit&amp;amp;sa=Search#922"&gt;submit&lt;/a&gt; {in case you forgot or don't know what it means}:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Submit-To yield, resign or surrender to the power, will or authority of another; with the reciprocal pronoun.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;We have to submit to our husbands &lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;as to the Lord﻿. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;When we are submitting &lt;em&gt;unto&lt;/em&gt; our Husbands, we&amp;nbsp;are submitting &lt;em&gt;to&lt;/em&gt; God. Verse 24 was a kicker for me, &lt;em&gt;As the church submits to Christ, so you wives&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;should &lt;strong&gt;submit to your husbands in everything&lt;/strong&gt;." "&lt;/em&gt;In everything God?", I asked, "In everything!" Not some things, most things, or only when you feel like it.....in everything. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my About me Page, I have a brief testimony of my marriage to my Husband. I will expounding here and there and sharing things. This April me and My&amp;nbsp;Hubby will be celebrating our &lt;em&gt;re-marriage{and no re was not a typo}&lt;/em&gt; of 8 years. God has truly restored what the locusts have eaten. If you are struggling in your marriage or you maybe feeling that&amp;nbsp;your marriage is&amp;nbsp;about to end. Stop, drop on your knees right now and pray!!! There is nothing too big or too complicated that God can not handle. God hates divorce..the bible says &lt;br /&gt;﻿&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“For I hate divorce!” says the Lord, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty, ” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.” Malachi 2:16 {NIV}&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My Husband and I first got married back in March of 1997. By Oct of 1999 we were divorced. We were divorced for about 3 1/2 years. We have 1 daughter from that marriage. And we were both living lifes of sin. It was in March of 2000 {Easter Weekend} that I accepted the Lord Jesus into my heart. It would take God 3 years to do a work in me like no other. In April 2003 God restored our marriage. But can I tell you this and encourage you with this scripture?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Jesus looked at them intently and said, “&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. &lt;u&gt;Everything is possible with God&lt;/u&gt;.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mark 10:27 (New Living Translation&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I thought there was no way that we would ever ever get back together. I remember telling a friend that over lunch, and 1 week later God told me to ask my husband back for a second chance. I remember telling the Lord, Lord that is just impossible "Do you remember what we went through?". God so lovingly replied "Yes, TRUST ME"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;I would like to encourage you if you are saying to yourself right now that "this marriage isn't going to work, there is no way possible, or I don't think realize all things we have been through."﻿ Well honey can I tell you something, I may not know all that has happened in your marriage....but God knows. He knows everything, the hurts, the pains, the sorrows, the sleepless nights, he knows all that. He bottles every tear that has fallen from your eyes. He loves you, and wants you to know that He is right here with you. He knows what rejection feels like, He knows how it feels when you love someone and they don't love you back, or when someone has called you some hurtful names. He knows those pains, those feelings. He knows what it feels like to get verbally and physically beat. &lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;He knows your Pain. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;He is here to tell you to give it all to Him. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;1 Peter 5:7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;There is not one marriage that is perfect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;﻿There is only one perfect marriage and that is going be Jesus and His bride "The Church". Keeping loving on your husband, pray for him-he needs it. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;With this I leave you with a Challenge:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wives, before communicating with your husband, will you ask yourself this question? “Is what I am about to say going to result in my husband feeling respected or disrespected?” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found this challenge on the &lt;a href="http://emersonandsarah.blogspot.com/"&gt;Love and Respect Website&lt;/a&gt;. I happened to come across this as I was pondering my post. It&amp;nbsp;is a great challenge, would you walk along side me in this challenge. If you are struggling in your marriage and need prayer please leave me a comment and I will pray for you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Linked to: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.time-warp-wife.blogspot.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mBDOgI2CpKc/TSgYwKLdB4I/AAAAAAAAA68/Da4RHbwfjew/s1600/Titus_2sdays_button.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/search/label/Women%20Living%20Well%20Wednesdays"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq297/courtneylivingwell/LivingWell.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-2861837312963111154?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/2861837312963111154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=2861837312963111154&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2861837312963111154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2861837312963111154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/02/marriage-challenge.html' title='Marriage Challenge!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mBDOgI2CpKc/TSgYwKLdB4I/AAAAAAAAA68/Da4RHbwfjew/s72-c/Titus_2sdays_button.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7631431834532195506</id><published>2011-02-14T08:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:41:17.873-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentines 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holidays'/><title type='text'>Happy Valentines Day!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Everyday is a day to share and show God's &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Today I want to express it just a little more, show it a little more and share God's &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; with at least one more person. God &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;loves&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; us sooo much that He gave His only begotten Son for us, why? Because He &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;LOVES&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; you!! Below are some &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lovely&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;ways to spread God's &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“A new command I give you: &lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Love&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;one another. As I have &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;loved&lt;/span&gt; you, so you must &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt; one another.By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt; one another.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;John 13:34-35 {NIV}&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Be devoted to one another in &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt;. Honor one another above yourselves&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Romans 12:10&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;[ Love Fulfills the Law ] Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt; one another, for whoever &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;loves&lt;/span&gt; others has fulfilled the law.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Romans 13:8&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;[ Life by the Spirit ] You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh ; rather, serve one another humbly in&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt; love&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Galatians 5:13&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;love&lt;/span&gt; one another deeply, from the heart.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;1 Peter 1:22&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;[ Final Greetings ] Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. 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For God so lo&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;V&lt;/span&gt;ed the world, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; That He g&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;ve &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; His on&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;L&lt;/span&gt;y &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Begott&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;E&lt;/span&gt;n &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 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Should &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;N&lt;/span&gt;ot perish, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; But have &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;E&lt;/span&gt;verlasting life.' &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;John 3:16&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;“&lt;em&gt;The LORD bless you and keep you;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The LORD make His face shine upon you,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And be gracious to you;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The LORD lift up His countenance upon you,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And give you peace.”’ &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Numbers 6:24-30 (NKJV)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;May God bless your day with His overflowing joy, peace, mercy, &lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Love&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and grace! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Love you,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7631431834532195506?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7631431834532195506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7631431834532195506&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7631431834532195506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7631431834532195506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-valentines-day.html' title='Happy Valentines Day!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-288866290419179246</id><published>2011-02-08T23:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:22:01.913-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Women in the Word Wednesdays'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-569" dfsrc="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Women-In-the-Word2-300x176.jpg" height="176" src="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Women-In-the-Word2-300x176.jpg" title="Women In the Word" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;What has God been showing me this week?&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;I am doing 2 bible studies {Revelation through the name of Jesus Christ, and James Bible Study-online}﻿, and I am learning so much from both of them. Right now in the Revelation through the name of Jesus Christ I am larning about the 'The True Vine'. It is an amazing bible study, out of all the bible studies I've done this is the most effective, life changing&amp;nbsp;one by far, for me. The True Vine {Jesus}is showing exactly how I am to stay connected to the vine. By abiding in Him. Not only am I seeing Jesus in His fullness and for who He really is, but my relationship with Him is soo much 'closer' than ever before. At the begining of the year I chose "Closer" as my theme word for the year. And can I tell you that it is happening. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;The James Study is amazing too, I am learning how to draw closer to Him in my devotions. I struggled in the past with my devotions and not knowing if I was doing them right or not sure as to what I was supposed to be getting out of them. And I love the way they have it laid out for you, you really get to disect the word of God. And really apply it to my life. It's a way of helping me be accountable as well. If you are not doing a bible study I highly recommend the Revelation one and the James Bible study. Or if your church is hosting a Womans Bible study I encourage you to attend {prayerfully of course}. And if they are not &lt;a href="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/"&gt;Good Morning Girls&lt;/a&gt; is doing the &lt;a href="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/category/james-book-club/"&gt;James Bible study&lt;/a&gt; and everything is available right at your fingertips {just click away and print it out-simple as that}. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;Abiding in Him,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Linked to: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.time-warp-wife.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mBDOgI2CpKc/TSgYwKLdB4I/AAAAAAAAA68/Da4RHbwfjew/s1600/Titus_2sdays_button.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-569" dfsrc="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Women-In-the-Word2-300x176.jpg" height="117" src="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Women-In-the-Word2-300x176.jpg" title="Women In the Word" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;g&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-288866290419179246?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/288866290419179246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=288866290419179246&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/288866290419179246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/288866290419179246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-has-god-been-showing-me-this-week.html' title=''/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mBDOgI2CpKc/TSgYwKLdB4I/AAAAAAAAA68/Da4RHbwfjew/s72-c/Titus_2sdays_button.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-2804806240822835098</id><published>2011-02-08T22:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:21:41.715-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge'/><title type='text'>Be My Valentine Marriage Challenge-Week 4</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562638159103196962" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TTJ17v9g_yI/AAAAAAAAEIw/6myI5B0yHq4/s400/Be%2BMy%2BValentine%2BMarriage%2BChallenge1.jpg" style="display: block; height: 176px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 219px;" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/"&gt;Women Living Well&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;has&amp;nbsp;Week#4 &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/search/label/Marriage%20Challenge%202"&gt;Be my Valentine Marriage Challenge&lt;/a&gt;. Go check out her full post on this. As valentines is fast approaching start planning your special day. I love to have a nice meal with the whole family and then spend some time at night pursuing my man. So with that, here is the next challenge!!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Week 4 February 9th&lt;/u&gt; - Women love romance, chocolate and flowers on Valentines Day. Do you know what your husband wants? Ask him! Let me make a suggestion as to what a majority of men want even if they aren't willing to say it: a great tasting, looking, smelling home cooked meal and home cooked dessert, you pursuing him for a night of passion (remember you are married - HAVE fun! God created passion for us married folk! lol!) or a letter expressing all the things you admire about him. One of these things he would surely enjoy. Which of the three does your husband need from you right now? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;I know it can be a challenge sometimes to plan a night with just the two of you. So&amp;nbsp;maybe plan a special dinner for whole family&amp;nbsp;with a&amp;nbsp;homecooked meal {if it's possbile, I know we can get busy too]. Head on over to &lt;a href="http://comfynkitchen.blogspot.com/"&gt;Comfy in the kitchen&lt;/a&gt;, for some yummy, easy recipes and desserts. Let the kids know they will be going to bed early that night. Leave him a special note to meet you later. Be creative they love that stuff. Pursue your hubby, he wants you to. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;A sweet friend of mine shared this &lt;a href="http://late-wrapper.pdf/?gda=XuOuR08AAADBkUzsrQ27meLNAJ_SCf13fog2YmEYVL0Tx73qZwwG71Ux1A4qczgKPp3T5zRlFpglXDN4ZyM1BFsAopuANGRmnHMhSp_qzSgvndaTPyHVdA&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;awesome candy wrapper&lt;/a&gt; with me and I&amp;nbsp;thought this challenge would be great&amp;nbsp;to share it with you. &lt;a href="http://jeannewinters.blogspot.com/2010/06/fathers-day-gift-udaman-chocolate-bar.html"&gt;Jeanne Winters&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;made these cute little wrappers. Go to her website to check out the full post on it. Way cute!! She has a lot of great ideas I will be using as well.&amp;nbsp;My hero has a favorite candy bar I will be using for this. Finally a cute manly wrapper. he!he!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Have fun ladies with your Heros. Pray over the day, ask the Lord to go before you and direct your night and put a hedge of protection over that night as well. I will be praying for you as well. You can do it! {Phil 4:13}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;God Bless you all!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Linked to: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/search/label/Women%20Living%20Well%20Wednesdays" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq297/courtneylivingwell/LivingWell.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.time-warp-wife.blogspot.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mBDOgI2CpKc/TSgYwKLdB4I/AAAAAAAAA68/Da4RHbwfjew/s1600/Titus_2sdays_button.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-2804806240822835098?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/2804806240822835098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=2804806240822835098&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2804806240822835098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2804806240822835098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/02/be-my-valentine-marriage-challenge-week.html' title='Be My Valentine Marriage Challenge-Week 4'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TTJ17v9g_yI/AAAAAAAAEIw/6myI5B0yHq4/s72-c/Be%2BMy%2BValentine%2BMarriage%2BChallenge1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-8703925969158598198</id><published>2011-02-05T18:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-05T18:31:26.770-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feasting in Fellowship Fridays'/><title type='text'>Football Game Recipe {Feasting in Fellowship!}</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://comfynkitchen.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b425/JMNehrenz/FridaysButton.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;I am participating in the Feasting in Fellowship Fridays {shh..today is sat-LOL}. For the game tomorrow I am bringing my oreo bon bons and a cream cheese salsa dip. You can go &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/01/feasting-in-fellowship-fridays.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;here &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;for my oreo bon bon recipe {super easy and super yummy!!}. ﻿Below is the recipe for the cream cheese salsa dip. Oh my, the first time I had this I was at a house warming party and I could not get enough of this stuff. I asked for the recipe and realized how easy and yummy this was. I immediately added that right away to my "go to easy&amp;nbsp;recipe list". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Cream Cheese Salsa Recipe:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"&gt;1&amp;nbsp;jar/can of salsa chunky style or homemade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"&gt;1 pkg cream cheese {softened}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"&gt;1 cup of corn, you can add more if you like&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Mix all together in a medium bowl and mix well. Refrigerate until your gathering starts and whola! Grab a chip to taste test before you serve, just in case you need to add something. And that's it; I love it and it's so yummy. You can also, if your crunched on time, put the&amp;nbsp;cream cheese on a plate or big bowl and drop salsa on top.&amp;nbsp;That is good too. Instead of cream cheese you can change it up a bit and add velvetta cheese&amp;nbsp;{warmed on the stove or micro} to the salsa and you got yourself 'Chile con Queso' {salsa and cheese dip}. You can do just about anything with salsa and cheese, it's so versatile.&amp;nbsp;Sorry no pics for this one. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Head on over to &lt;a href="http://comfynkitchen.blogspot.com/"&gt;Comfy in the Kitchen&lt;/a&gt;, with Janelle to check out her yummy Taco Dip {she includes pictures and directions}.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"&gt;God Bless you&amp;nbsp;guys!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Have a fun quick time in the Kitchen!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-8703925969158598198?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/8703925969158598198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=8703925969158598198&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8703925969158598198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8703925969158598198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/02/football-game-recipe-feasting-in.html' title='Football Game Recipe {Feasting in Fellowship!}'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-4458971185553928790</id><published>2011-02-05T10:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:22:22.920-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge'/><title type='text'>Be My Valentine Marriage Challenge</title><content type='html'>{Please forgive me, sorry this week I've been a little behind on posting} &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;﻿&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562638159103196962" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TTJ17v9g_yI/AAAAAAAAEIw/6myI5B0yHq4/s400/Be%2BMy%2BValentine%2BMarriage%2BChallenge1.jpg" style="display: block; height: 176px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 219px;" /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I love following the challenges at &lt;span style="color: #3d85c6;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/"&gt;Women Living Well&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, go check out her full post on this challenge. I love this challenge, because sometimes {and honestly} it is a challenge for me. She posted a quote by Elizabeth Elliott....and I loved it because it's so true. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;"&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;When you touch your husband's deepest need something good almost always happens!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;~Dr. Emerson Eggerich&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;So this week's challenge is:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Pursue intimacy and place the intimate needs of your spouse above your own. Give him a foot or back massage, shower together, be creative!&amp;nbsp; She also challenges you today to not just show your husband you love him but show him that you LIKE him! Seek to "&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;kiss him like you mean it&lt;/span&gt;" every single day this week!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am going to be creative with this, I need accountablity here though. Anyone interested in being my accountabilty partner through these challenges. Pray about it and see. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings!&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Linked to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TTJ17v9g_yI/AAAAAAAAEIw/6myI5B0yHq4/s1600/Be%2BMy%2BValentine%2BMarriage%2BChallenge1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="176" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562638159103196962" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TTJ17v9g_yI/AAAAAAAAEIw/6myI5B0yHq4/s200/Be%2BMy%2BValentine%2BMarriage%2BChallenge1.jpg" style="display: block; height: 176px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 219px;" width="219" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/search/label/Women%20Living%20Well%20Wednesdays"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq297/courtneylivingwell/LivingWell.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; 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border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-4458971185553928790?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/4458971185553928790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=4458971185553928790&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4458971185553928790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4458971185553928790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/02/be-my-valentine-marriage-challenge.html' title='Be My Valentine Marriage Challenge'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TTJ17v9g_yI/AAAAAAAAEIw/6myI5B0yHq4/s72-c/Be%2BMy%2BValentine%2BMarriage%2BChallenge1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-4554589927670300796</id><published>2011-02-03T14:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:22:35.638-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Women in the Word Wednesdays'/><title type='text'>Women in the Word Wednesday {Listening and Doing}</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-569" dfsrc="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Women-In-the-Word2-300x176.jpg" height="176" src="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Women-In-the-Word2-300x176.jpg" title="Women In the Word" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;What has the Lord been teaching me this week?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I know this is late, I wanted to post this yesterday but could not. ﻿&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The one thing that stood out to me in James is my overall attitude. Attitude towards, husband, children, family and friends. Is it pleasing to God? He has shown me to:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be quicker to listen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, to have a better understanding of&amp;nbsp;what God has for me each day. I need to listen more and react less. And also to God and my family let them know they have my full attention.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Slower to speak&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, to not jump in when someone is talking and really listen {especially to my little blessings}.&amp;nbsp;Also when God speaks I tend to answer back quickly without really heeding to his voice sometimes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Slower to become angry&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; I can be quick to get angry when something isn't going right or my way. Or when the Lord tells me something that I don't want to do. Also anger does not produce righteousness that God desires us to have. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Also I not only &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;need to listen to the word&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and what it says &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;but do it&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Apply it to my life so that it impacts my life and those around me. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Also so that &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I won't forget what it says&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. They say that it takes 21 days to form a habit. When teaching my daughter our weekly memory verses we say them over and over again. Same principal&amp;nbsp;I need to continuously be in the word every day. Mediating on it day and night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I will be blessed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; if I stay in His word. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Lord thank you for all that you are showing me, and continue to show me. Father, may I not just be a hearer but more of a doer. May all that I do be pleasing to you and if there is something may you call me on it right away. Father may you use me in a mighty way. God not my will but your will be done! In the precious name of JEsus Christ..Amen!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Walking with Jesus!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-4554589927670300796?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/4554589927670300796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=4554589927670300796&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4554589927670300796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4554589927670300796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/02/women-in-word-wednesday-listening-and.html' title='Women in the Word Wednesday {Listening and Doing}'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-9154341324907608922</id><published>2011-01-31T18:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:22:51.079-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book Review'/><title type='text'>Pride in Purity</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img alt="Pride in Purity Book" height="473" src="http://www.prideinpurity.com/assets/images/book_cover.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="285" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;A really close friend/sister in the Lord just published this amazing book called Pride in Purity by Denise Ashurst. She is an amazing woman of God, I've known her personally for 10 years now and she has been such a great encouragement to me and to my&amp;nbsp;oldest&amp;nbsp; daughter. Recently my daughter took a purity class that she was doing. And I was so blessed by it, I knew that she was in the best hands. She is such a faithful, God-fearing-seeking woman of the Lord. I love her greatly and wanted to let you know to go check out her website at &lt;a href="http://www.prideinpurity.com/"&gt;Pride in Purity&lt;/a&gt;. She is selling her book there as well. It's a great book if you are a single lady, and even a married lady. I read the book and it was great. I plan on reading it with my daughter. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Thanks for stopping by her website. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;God Bless ya'll&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-9154341324907608922?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.prideinpurity.com/' title='Pride in Purity'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/9154341324907608922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=9154341324907608922&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/9154341324907608922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/9154341324907608922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/01/pride-in-purity.html' title='Pride in Purity'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-6353055833041240961</id><published>2011-01-25T23:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:23:05.138-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge'/><title type='text'>Be My Valentine Marriage Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562638159103196962" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TTJ17v9g_yI/AAAAAAAAEIw/6myI5B0yHq4/s400/Be%2BMy%2BValentine%2BMarriage%2BChallenge1.jpg" style="display: block; height: 339px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Week 2 Marriage Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;This week's challenge is: be a little more creative with your praise. Surprise your husband with:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. A love message on the mirror&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. A love message packed in his lunch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;3. Use sidewalk chalk and write a love message on the driveway { Love this one!!!} Make it big for all to see!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Write a list of ten things you admire about him and then read them out loud to him. Another great one, take a pic of Him while he's reading it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Make a toast to him at dinner with friends. Or raise your glass at dinner and list the things you admire about your husband for your children to hear!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Buy or make your husband a trophy and engrave it with the words "The Best Husband in the World." (I found a cheap trophy at a party supplies store - the kids loved presenting it to daddy)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Write a poem - even if you can't write - it can be goofy. Include in it references to your favorite movies, restaurants, places to go and memories. He will enjoy the trip down memory lane and the laugh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8- Blow up balloons and put a loving message in each one. Fill your bedroom with balloons as a surprise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9- Take a roll of receipt tape and write a long message with the things you admire and respect about your husband - then roll it up and put it in a bottle for your husband to open and read. (I made many of these for my husband in college when we were dating long distance. I mailed them in packages.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Get creative with your selflessness!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are all great ideas! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"When you touch your husband's deepest need something good almost always happens!"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;~ Dr. Emerson Eggerich&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;This quote is so very true, it's the smallest little things that bless their heart. Even a kiss for no reason at all, just because. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So I challenge you today to not just show your husband you love him but show him that you LIKE him!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Head on over to Women Living Well, click on link below and check out the full post. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't wait to get started on this challenge!! Woohoo, praying for you girls also that the enemy would not try to trip you up. Don't get discouraged when he does, just keep perservering and do it! You will be totally blessed. Share in the comments what you are planning on doing or what you've done. What was the outcome! I love hearing your testimonies! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you, now go love on your Hero's!&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Linking up to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/search/label/Women%20Living%20Well%20Wednesdays"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq297/courtneylivingwell/LivingWell.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;"Me and My Hero"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This year we will be celebrating 8 years {God restored what the Locusts have eaten} of re-marriage together.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Jesus glanced around at them and said, With men [it is] impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Mark 10:27 (Amplified Bible)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_drmsSXC_g-k/R-B82r2KfHI/AAAAAAAAAAk/xYp3Dro32rw/s1600/me+n+michael2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_drmsSXC_g-k/R-B82r2KfHI/AAAAAAAAAAk/xYp3Dro32rw/s320/me+n+michael2.jpg" width="234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-6353055833041240961?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/6353055833041240961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=6353055833041240961&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6353055833041240961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6353055833041240961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/01/be-my-valentine-marriage-challenge.html' title='Be My Valentine Marriage Challenge!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TTJ17v9g_yI/AAAAAAAAEIw/6myI5B0yHq4/s72-c/Be%2BMy%2BValentine%2BMarriage%2BChallenge1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-8153625379070934930</id><published>2011-01-25T22:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:23:18.333-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Women in the Word Wednesdays'/><title type='text'>Women in the Word Wednesdays</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-569" dfsrc="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Women-In-the-Word2-300x176.jpg" height="176" src="http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Women-In-the-Word2-300x176.jpg" title="Women In the Word" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;What has the Lord been teaching me this week?&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;God has been so good and faithful in teaching me His word and hiding it in my heart. I'm learning that through our trials and daily struggles to run to Him and not be enticed by my flesh. To be patient in struggles, to stand up to temptation. Just knowing that we are not alone in our daily battles, and knowing that our savior, Jesus Christ, has endured temptation as&amp;nbsp;well. He knows exactly what we've gone through. He can relate to us, that blesses my heart and is comforting to know when I go to Him that He's been there and done that. He is also that perfect example for when I do go through my struggles to remember "WWJD" {What Would Jesus Do?}.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;And also knowing that there is not anything that Jesus will not see us through. He will never leave us nor forsake us. All our trials get God's approval, and it is to perfect us, so that we may be mature&amp;nbsp;and complete, not lacking anything {&lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%201&amp;amp;version=NIV"&gt;James 1: 4&lt;/a&gt;}. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thank you Lord for the trials that you give us, that they are doing a work in us even though we don't see it at the time. Help us to hold strong to You during those times and to fix our eyes on You and You alone. I Thank You sooo much for loving us soo much and only looking out for the best for us. Lord not my will but your will be done. In Christ Jesus AMEN!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;God Bless you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-8153625379070934930?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/8153625379070934930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=8153625379070934930&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8153625379070934930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8153625379070934930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/01/women-in-word-wednesdays.html' title='Women in the Word Wednesdays'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-6984985978691939165</id><published>2011-01-19T07:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:23:33.991-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge'/><title type='text'>The 25 Day Praise Plan - Marriage Challenge</title><content type='html'>Hi Gals!! Today is a start of a new challenge..... A Marriage Challenge. I was excited for such a time is this. I am taking part in the &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/2011/01/25-day-praise-plan-marriage-challenge.html"&gt;Women Living Well&lt;/a&gt; Challenge. Go to her website and check out all he full details on it. It's a good one. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562638159103196962" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TTJ17v9g_yI/AAAAAAAAEIw/6myI5B0yHq4/s400/Be%2BMy%2BValentine%2BMarriage%2BChallenge1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 339px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are 25 days until Valentine's Day so it's time to implement the 25 Day Praise Plan. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the first challenge:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Week 1 starts TODAY!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Look for ways to praise your husband verbally&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Praise him in front of the kids, friends, family, co-workers, on facebook, tweet it - get praise out anyway you can!&lt;/span&gt; Try to mention something noteworthy he has done - in his role as provider, father, husband, lover, or friend. If the thought of trying to come up with one terrifies you, then pray right now that God will give you new eyes to see your husband as God does. Then open your mouth and say something kind and uplifting to your husband today and tomorrow and the next day until Valentine's Day arrives!(&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;if you want a devotional to go along with this Nancy Leigh Demoss has an amazing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.reviveourhearts.com/pdf/30DayChallenge.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #66b5ff;"&gt;Marriage Pdf here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;)&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563739033811599602" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TTZfLF1QwPI/AAAAAAAAEJo/SV0WIqM23rY/s400/lovenote.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She has alot of encouraging things to say and gives us the rest of the challenges for the rest of the week. Go check it out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Linking up to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/search/label/Women%20Living%20Well%20Wednesdays"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq297/courtneylivingwell/LivingWell.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-6984985978691939165?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/6984985978691939165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=6984985978691939165&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6984985978691939165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6984985978691939165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/01/25-day-praise-plan-marriage-challenge.html' title='The 25 Day Praise Plan - Marriage Challenge'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TTJ17v9g_yI/AAAAAAAAEIw/6myI5B0yHq4/s72-c/Be%2BMy%2BValentine%2BMarriage%2BChallenge1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-3435625031467359129</id><published>2011-01-15T11:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:24:00.810-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Modesty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Convictions'/><title type='text'>What to wear, what to wear?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_pages/0515-0911-2800-5229.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_TN/0515-0911-2800-5229_TN.jpg" title="Clip art illustration of the silhouette of a woman holding shopping bags. Clip art illustration by Pamela Perry created for Acclaim Images.7Model Release: n Property Release: n Image Width: 17.0 Inches @ 300dpi Image Height: 17.0 Inches @ 300dpi" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is s question I ask every time I get ready..."what to wear, what to wear?" As I have been seeking God and asking Him if there is any area in my life that needs surrending.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I was immediately convicted. He had shown me that I haven't&amp;nbsp;been seeking Him in this area in my life. I had not surrendered it to Him.&lt;br /&gt;I recently read this quote and it was perfect for what God was showing me this week. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;John MacArthur says this, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"How does a woman discern the sometimes fine line between proper dress and dressing to be the center of attention? The answer starts in the intent of the heart. A woman should examine her motives and goals for the way she dresses. Is her intent to show the grace and beauty of womanhood? Is it to reveal a humble heart devoted to worshipping God? Or is it to call attention to herself and flaunt her beauty? Or worse, to attempt to lure men sexually? A woman who focuses on worshipping God will consider careful how she is dressed, because her heart will dictate her wardrobe and appearance."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Timothy 2:9-10 (Amplified Bible):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9Also [I desire] that women should adorn themselves modestly and appropriately and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with [elaborate] hair arrangement or gold or pearls or expensive clothing, 10 But by doing good deeds (deeds in themselves good and for the good and advantage of those contacted by them), as befits women who profess reverential fear for and devotion to God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had asked God is what I wear pleasing to you? Does it stumble others? What am I allowing myself to be influenced by {clothing stores, other people, fashion trends}?&amp;nbsp; How am I representing the God I claim to love and live for?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Do I know the details of how God wants us to live as well as I know the details of what is in fashion? Am I seeking to become conformed to the image of Christ as much as (or more) than the image that our ever changing society throws in front of our faces? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I have to confess there are many times that I've let this get in the way of my walk......I failed.&amp;nbsp;We all fall short of the Glory of God. Romans 3:23 (Amplified Bible) Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory [a]which God bestows and receives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With that conviction I prayed and repented that God would change me in this area to line up with His. This week while out shopping {where the conviction was more apparent}, I had become more and more convicted of what I am putting on?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;After coming out of every store empty handed and dissappointed, it was&amp;nbsp;clear that I knew that God was showing me in such a&amp;nbsp;way that my focus was not on Him while shopping but on selfish things.&amp;nbsp; My heart&amp;nbsp;began to focus more on what was pleasing to Him and not myself. He was changing me. &amp;nbsp;I need more of Christ in my life and less on me. I came across the quote from John MacArthur, up above,&amp;nbsp;that was soo encouraging and helped put into perspective&amp;nbsp;on my focus and where it needs to be. More on&amp;nbsp;Gods word and what He has in it for me. I need to daily put on His appearal He has for me, His word and everything else will follow. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God that I may adorn my self with you, your agape love, would you line my heart and&amp;nbsp;mind&amp;nbsp;with yours. Thank you for your convictions, God I want to be pleasing in your sight. God forgive me if I've ever stumbled anyone is this area, and for my heart for seeking to please self and not you. Forgive me for the intent of my heart and my focus. Lord help me to consider carefully how I am to dress that it would be pleasing unto you, Lord change my heart&amp;nbsp;continually. Help me to continue to examine my heart and if there is any wicked way in it, would you replace that with Your ways. God I want to be a woman who worships You and You only. God I pray if there is anyone else that is struggling in this area that you would encourage them, and align their hearts with Yours. In Jesus Name I pray Amen!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seek the Lord continually,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Linking to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/search/label/Women%20Living%20Well%20Wednesdays" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq297/courtneylivingwell/LivingWell.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mBDOgI2CpKc/TSgYwKLdB4I/AAAAAAAAA68/Da4RHbwfjew/s1600/Titus_2sdays_button.png" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-3435625031467359129?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/3435625031467359129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=3435625031467359129&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3435625031467359129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3435625031467359129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-to-wear-what-to-wear.html' title='What to wear, what to wear?'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mBDOgI2CpKc/TSgYwKLdB4I/AAAAAAAAA68/Da4RHbwfjew/s72-c/Titus_2sdays_button.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-2369499987153290371</id><published>2011-01-07T08:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:24:40.427-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feasting in Fellowship Fridays'/><title type='text'>Feasting in Fellowship Fridays!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://comfynkitchen.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b425/JMNehrenz/FridaysButton.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;﻿&lt;br /&gt;Oreo Mint Bon Bons!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to say these little delights are so yummy and easy. I was introduced to these about a year ago by a girl friend of mine and ever since I've been hooked {wink, wink}. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened &lt;br /&gt;I package of &lt;em&gt;Mint&lt;/em&gt; Oreo Bon Bon {I use the double stuff...he..he. I love the frosting}&lt;br /&gt;1 Package Dark Chocolate Candy Coating or Almond Bark &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;I add oreos {broken} and cream cheese to a food processor and mix until its all mixed together.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using a cookie scoop or large spoon, form "balls" of the mixture and place them on the cookie sheets, 1 inch apart. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Refrigerate bon-bons until hardened in texture, about 30 mins-1 hour. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Melt Candy Coating, either over broiler on stovetop or in microwave, microwave is easiest, stirring after each 30 seconds of microwaving.--until smooth. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using a large spoon dip the oreo "balls" in the chocolate, evenly coating and placing on cookie sheet again. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Allow all oreo bon-bons to set. I usually put mine in my freezer and let set in their for about 20-30mins. Garnish as desired. (I have done all sorts of different versions: Drizzled with tinted white candy coating with different color combinations; sprinkled with crushed candy canes for Christmas, there is so many possibilites with them.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Once set enjoy these rich little delights. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_drmsSXC_g-k/TSc8yN1qpZI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/VAU2-6CkEdY/s1600/Picture+537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_drmsSXC_g-k/TSc8yN1qpZI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/VAU2-6CkEdY/s320/Picture+537.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting Comfy in my Kitchen,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-2369499987153290371?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/2369499987153290371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=2369499987153290371&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2369499987153290371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/2369499987153290371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/01/feasting-in-fellowship-fridays.html' title='Feasting in Fellowship Fridays!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_drmsSXC_g-k/TSc8yN1qpZI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/VAU2-6CkEdY/s72-c/Picture+537.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-3042127939787008382</id><published>2011-01-06T13:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:41:42.281-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tips'/><title type='text'>Thursday Tip!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;So I know it's not Tuesday, when I usually give you a tip, but I didn't have any on Tuesday. But I found one, and it's a good one and one I will be using. It's a frugal tip too, I love those. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;So get out your baking soda for this next tip. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;So here is a little tip I learned for quick and easy cleaning with baking soda…I found this at &lt;a href="http://kingdomfirstmom.com/2011/01/simple-baking-soda-tip-for-cleaning.html"&gt;Kingdom First Mom&lt;/a&gt;, a great site for couponing info.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-7152" height="387px" src="http://kingdomfirstmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSCN3550-1024x795.jpg" title="DSCN3550" width="499px" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Step 1: Clean out a used container of grated store-bought parmesan.&lt;br /&gt;Step 2: Fill with baking soda.&lt;br /&gt;Step 3: LABEL as baking soda (it’s harmless if eaten, but just in case )&lt;br /&gt;Step 4: Sprinkle on sinks, tubs and other areas just like you would Ajax or Comet.&lt;br /&gt;Step 5: Add water (or even vinegar), scrub, then rinse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There you have it. Safe, non-toxic cleaning power in a recycled container. And frugal to boot! You could add a bit of Borax to boost the cleaning power if you find that necessary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will be amazed by how well this works if you have never tried baking soda as a household cleaner!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I always use vinegar when I clean my house, you can use to wipe down counters, clean your mirrors with it. And use it for salad dressings. These products are cheap, non-toxic and safe. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-3042127939787008382?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/3042127939787008382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=3042127939787008382&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3042127939787008382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/3042127939787008382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/01/thursday-tip.html' title='Thursday Tip!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-5157468664023796240</id><published>2011-01-05T10:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:25:20.984-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage Challenge'/><title type='text'>Marriage Challenge!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558547077618284050" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TSPtHdy5NhI/AAAAAAAAECY/af_SwIDh6Ws/s400/womenlivingwell%2Bwednesdays.bmp" style="display: block; height: 158px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 125px;" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A friend of mine text me this challenge yesterday and I wanted to share it with you for the Woman Living Well Wednesday Link up. I put that into action, and already failed&amp;nbsp;a few times&amp;nbsp;yesterday. But I was aware of when I did it. Today is a new day that the Lord has given us let us rejoice and be glad in it {Psalm 118:24} and lets just love on our honeys. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here is the Challenge for January, for married woman&amp;nbsp;and divorced or seperated:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Woman if you dare&amp;nbsp;to join.for the next month to not speak anything negative&amp;nbsp;to or about&amp;nbsp;your husband {or ex-husband}in public or private. Instead uplift, encourage him &amp;amp; pray for him, ask Christ&amp;nbsp;to be center of your marriage &amp;amp; see Him work. If&amp;nbsp;you have a bible see &lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%202:9-10%20&amp;amp;version=AMP"&gt;Job 2:9~10&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2031&amp;amp;version=AMP"&gt;Prov 31 {Click Here}&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; you decide which&amp;nbsp;to be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Job 2:9-10 (Amplified Bible)&lt;/strong&gt;9Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your blameless uprightness? Renounce God and die!10But he said to her, You speak as one of the impious and foolish women would speak. What? Shall we accept [only] good at the hand of God and shall we not accept [also] misfortune and what is of a bad nature? In [spite of] all this, Job did not sin with his lips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have decided to be a Proverbs 31 woman. Keep me in prayer and I will be praying for you, I know this is a struggle {for me} and want to only uplift, encourage and pray for my husband. I love you babe and I'm trying, with God all things are possible {Mark 10:27. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you in this journey and let me know&amp;nbsp;which one you decided to be. Leave me a comment, I love to&amp;nbsp;read your nice comments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IN His Love,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-5157468664023796240?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/5157468664023796240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=5157468664023796240&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5157468664023796240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5157468664023796240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2011/01/marriage-challenge.html' title='Marriage Challenge!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TSPtHdy5NhI/AAAAAAAAECY/af_SwIDh6Ws/s72-c/womenlivingwell%2Bwednesdays.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-4395679430667836902</id><published>2010-12-31T10:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:55:35.362-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JlRK1vqcuvg?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;amp;color2=0xe87a9f"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JlRK1vqcuvg?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;amp;color2=0xe87a9f" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I just came across this video and had to share it with you! It touched my heart and&amp;nbsp;refreshed my&amp;nbsp;eyes to see God's love for those who really need it. God would you give your eyes to us to love those around us as you would have us love them. You know their needs, use us today. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;"This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us." 1 John 4:9-12 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;God Bless you and may you all have a Blessed New Year. Thank you Jesus for this New Year, would you use in a mighty way to further your kingdom. May you fashion in our hearts what it is you have for us today, would you reveal it to us. Lord we Love you, thank you for sending your Son Jesus Christ as a scrafice so that we may live with you! That is the best gift ever, I know you love me and am so thankful. In Jesus name...Amen!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;God Bless you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-4395679430667836902?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/4395679430667836902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=4395679430667836902&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4395679430667836902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4395679430667836902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-just-came-across-this-video-and-had.html' title=''/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-5740045366395162940</id><published>2010-12-28T21:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-28T21:43:23.032-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Years'/><title type='text'>2010...to remember!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="640"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xx1LRPiRO7I?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;amp;color2=0xe87a9f"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xx1LRPiRO7I?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;color1=0xcc2550&amp;amp;color2=0xe87a9f" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this song.."O happy Day", sung by Kim Walker. Rock on Girl! This song reminds me of when I first got saved...Easter 2000. It was a happy, glorious day....the angels were definetly singing! wooohoooo!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So this year has been a very trying, growing, stretching, two steps forward one step back, drawing closer to God kind of year!! I sound like a growing flower, guess you can say that I am. I'm Gods flower....his precious little&amp;nbsp;flower. God has done some amazing things in my life this year. For a couple of years I felt I was in a dry place, and I did not like it. I felt so far away from God. I asked, pleaded and begged, and cried to&amp;nbsp;God....."Lord change me!!" and that He is doing. I was having a hard time seeing my growth but going back and reflecting on 2010....I can see that He's brought me along way. A place that is closer to Him. Might be an inch...but it's closer to Him :). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://images.inmagine.com/img/designpics/dp067/dp1835156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Woman Reading Book On Stairs photo" border="0" height="200" src="http://images.inmagine.com/img/designpics/dp067/dp1835156.jpg" title="Woman Reading Book On Stairs photo" width="133" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This year my word for 2011 is: &amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;"Closer"....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;I want to be closer to Him this year than ever. I want to draw closer to Him, I want to be closer to Him. I just want to bask in presence....just being still with Him. There are alot of things I could go back and do over, but it's not possible. But I can learn from those things and walk on with the Lord. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My Verse for 2011 is: &lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;James 4:8 {NLT}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" id="jas4-8" style="display: inline;"&gt;Draw close to God, and God will draw close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, you hypocrites. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;May God richly bless you, and keep you and make His face to shine upon you and give you peace. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;God Bless you,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Walking with Jesus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span class="versetext" style="display: inline;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-5740045366395162940?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/5740045366395162940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=5740045366395162940&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5740045366395162940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/5740045366395162940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/2010to-remember.html' title='2010...to remember!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-7630636428537683306</id><published>2010-12-28T12:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-28T12:50:59.973-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='homemaking'/><title type='text'>Tipful Tuesday!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tip for today is:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;How can you make your dishwashing sponge last? I would always throw mine away after a week. But I learned from a Dr that if you really squeeze out all the water and let dry and&amp;nbsp;the next time you want to use it put in microwave for 2 mins, this will kill off the bacteria. I'm not sure what the percent it will kill off, but I thought it was a pretty good tip.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;God Bless you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-7630636428537683306?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/7630636428537683306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=7630636428537683306&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7630636428537683306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/7630636428537683306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/for-today-is-how-can-you-make-your.html' title='Tipful Tuesday!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-6285849084329461087</id><published>2010-12-27T16:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:26:11.834-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='December Challenge'/><title type='text'>December Peace Challenge - Last Challenge :(</title><content type='html'>I loved the December Challenges and will miss them, but I've got my King who is with me always. So here is the last Challenge from &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-theme-word-for-2011.html"&gt;Women Living Well&lt;/a&gt;, go check her&amp;nbsp;blog out for the full post {this is just some of it}.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The final challenge of the December Peace Challenge is this: Find a minute this week to get alone...outside is best. There is something about the big open sky, the trees, and the sounds of nature that help us to see and hear God clearly. Take your Bible with you - visit Matthew 27 and 28, evaluate 2010 and commit 2011 to living your life completely for God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's some evaluation questions to assist you in your time alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Evaluate Your Walk with God in 2010 - Were you daily in God's word and in prayer? How can you improve your walk with God in 2011?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suggestion: Ponder your schedule and then write down a set time for a quiet time each day. Mine is 6:30am every morning. Consider starting or joining a Good Morning Girls group in the new year. I email my girls every morning Monday through Friday. Enrollment for the new 3 month session begins January 1st!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Your Marriage - What is one word you'd use to describe your marriage in 2010? Easy, frustrating, growing, romantic, hard, strong, amazing. What is one thing you know your husband wishes you'd change in your life?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suggestion: Write down the steps you can take to change that area in your life. ie. being more organized, cooking healthier, being more flexible, being more respectful, kissing him like you mean it more often... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Your Children - What was a high point and a low point for each of your children in 2010? What is one thing that each of your children need from you in 2011?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suggestion: Write down the steps you can take toward giving your children what they need. ie. manners training, reading to them more, one on one time, my undivided attention, memorizing God's word together...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Health - What healthy habits did I maintain in 2010? What unhealthy habits did I create in 2010 that I need to change going into 2011?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suggestion: Write down some goals for 2011 in this area. Write out a plan for how you will reach them. Janelle and I will be talking about this area in the new year, so stay tuned here and if you want some inspiration to get you started - here's what my fitness notebook looks like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Ministry - What ways did I use my talents for God in 2010? Pray about what God would have you do in 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suggestion: Surrender your life to God. Be willing to be used for his purposes - remember that each season of life brings different priorities and opportunities. Pray over this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Choosing a Theme Word:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pause and look over your evaluation. Now choose a theme word for the new year. Last year my theme word was connecting. I wanted to remain connected to God, while remaining intimately connected to my husband, connected with my children and connect on-line with all of you. It certainly was a year of connecting in 2010!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless you!&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-6285849084329461087?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/6285849084329461087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=6285849084329461087&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6285849084329461087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/6285849084329461087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-peace-challenge-last-challenge.html' title='December Peace Challenge - Last Challenge :('/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-42007641005405181</id><published>2010-12-25T20:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:26:28.941-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Merry CHRISTmas Everyone!!</title><content type='html'>&amp;nbsp;&lt;object height="385" width="640"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/83huFAMOte0?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/83huFAMOte0?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Praying that you and your family has a blessed CHRISTmas today remembering the KING of KINGS. God Bless you all!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In His Love,&lt;br /&gt;Adrienne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-42007641005405181?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/42007641005405181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=42007641005405181&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/42007641005405181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/42007641005405181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas-everyone.html' title='Merry CHRISTmas Everyone!!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-8501989206349148499</id><published>2010-12-21T00:01:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:56:32.991-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christian Singers'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;object height="385" width="640"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DVVn1Yh0sEY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DVVn1Yh0sEY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Her testimony is so encouraging. I love her song and wanted to know the story behind. Wow...praise God! He is soo good in the midst of your trials. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OX2uM0L3Y1A?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OX2uM0L3Y1A?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the video - "Hallelujah" by Heather Williams&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-8501989206349148499?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/8501989206349148499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=8501989206349148499&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8501989206349148499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/8501989206349148499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/her-testimony-is-so-encouraging.html' title=''/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-4670573569868640731</id><published>2010-12-20T23:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T23:27:26.105-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='December Challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Peace on Earth Challenge for this week</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Peace on Earth Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/2010/11/peace-on-earth-december-challenge-come.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="The December Challenge has begun." height="150" id="Image10_img" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TOnqix5YbyI/AAAAAAAADnU/59lDR9F_Ddg/S150/Peace%2Bon%2Bearth%2Bchallenge%2B1.jpg" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here's this week's challenge at &lt;a href="http://womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com/2010/12/this-means-war.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WomenLivingWell+%28Women+Living+Well+%29"&gt;Women Living Well&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;{stop by her website and check out the full post}:&lt;/strong&gt; Christmas is just 5 days away and so much of our time is often spent helping the children to remember the "Reason for the Season". Now it's our turn. Once the kids are in bed get yourself a HOT drink (again we are warming the body as we warm the soul.) Get ALONE and turn out the lights by your Christmas tree, a lit fire, or a candle and just be alone with God. Pray, talk to him, I encourage you to sing Christmas carols or songs praising him, and just rest with Jesus.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is in our still moments that music is born, rest is born, talking and laughing is born, prayer is born, love is born and peace is born.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am looking forward to this challenge this week. Last weeks challenge was a challenge for me, it was read some verses and go to bed early. I didn't get to do both on the same night. I went to bed early and didn't get to read the scriptures, however I did get to bed early and read the scriptures but ended up staying up later than I wanted too. Lord, help me to find peace during this week, help me to focus more on you. And pour out your peace in our homes, in husbands in our children and those we come into contact with. Thank you for your Son Jesus Christ. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552590764359255858" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TQ7D4Zy_hzI/AAAAAAAAD10/Fegd-xjk5xA/s400/Jesus-and-Christmas.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 285px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Resting in Jesus!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-4670573569868640731?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/4670573569868640731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=4670573569868640731&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4670573569868640731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/4670573569868640731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/peace-on-earth-challenge-for-this-week.html' title='Peace on Earth Challenge for this week'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JG6c-EY65XI/TOnqix5YbyI/AAAAAAAADnU/59lDR9F_Ddg/s72-c/Peace%2Bon%2Bearth%2Bchallenge%2B1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-9187688771335824804</id><published>2010-12-17T12:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:56:10.711-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Homeschooling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>12 Days of Homeschool Video!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RWa0rzvesCE?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RWa0rzvesCE?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I am a homeschool Mom and I just had to share this video with all you homeschool moms out there. This is so funny, cute and so true! I have been asked these very questions. Enjoy! And Merry CHRISTmas&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Blessings,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Adrienne&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/251/A0AD1EA48C86EC0A01ADCA10D1DFC145.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Saved By Grace Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4898518504388334300-9187688771335824804?l=reina4jesus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/feeds/9187688771335824804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4898518504388334300&amp;postID=9187688771335824804&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/9187688771335824804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4898518504388334300/posts/default/9187688771335824804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reina4jesus.blogspot.com/2010/12/12-days-of-homeschool-video.html' title='12 Days of Homeschool Video!'/><author><name>Saved by Grace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04139734769925044970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuS2Gkns8-E/TuOs_oLYVvI/AAAAAAAAA0k/0SfUGeCut_E/s220/IMAG0148-1-1%255B1%255D.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898518504388334300.post-4648686327635266678</id><published>2010-12-14T16:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-21T21:42:42.212-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipes'/><title type='text'>Tasty Tuesday...oh and some Tips!!</title><content type='html'>Ok, I love receiving great tips and I love to share them. I have been led to share this one and some yummy recipes, it keeps coming back to my mind, so here it is. Hope it helps you in your baking, as it did me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_drmsSXC_g-k/TQgHbc3GgdI/AAAAAAAAAwA/JOZuP1ZL2dw/s1600/Picture+052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320px" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_drmsSXC_g-k/TQgHbc3GgdI/AAAAAAAAAwA/JOZuP1ZL2dw/s320/Picture+052.jpg" width="240px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuesday Tip:&lt;/strong&gt; How to keep your Brown sugar from hardening? Oh, how much money I would spend on brown sugar, throwing it away because it got rock hard. I never had a solution, until one day I came across this very question...and they had an answer? It's an easy one for sure. I keep my brown sugar in a canister, once I bring it home it goes right into this canister along with a piece of bread. The bread is the secret, it some how keeps it moist. My husband told me why, but I have forgotten...I think because it soaks up the moisture??? Anyway, it works and it works great and I'm a happy cooker! I usually use the ends of the breads, no one eats them anyway and it doesn't go to waste {I used to throw the ends out anyway}. So there you go, wasn't that an easy one? No more wasting brown sugar or the ends of breads anymore. Praise the Lord for tips and saving money!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tasty Tuesday: &lt;/strong&gt;As with the tips when I find good treats I love to share them. So here are a few that I found today. These are great ones if you are going to bake with your family {I highly recommend this}, a cookie exchange, CHRISTmas party or if you are starting a family tradition. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Homemade Gingerbread House&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.howdoesshe.com/wp-content/uploads/grahm-cracker-house-2-300x200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: undefined;"&gt;&lt;img alt="grahm-cracker-house-2" border="0" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2565" height="200px" src="http://www.howdoesshe.com/wp-content/uploads/grahm-cracker-house-2-300x200.jpg" title="grahm-cracker-house-2" width="300px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Isn't this soo
