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How to Overcome Sin

Often times I wonder why we fall into sin even when we know for a fact that it is a sin. I mean we should always really want to do the right thing… right? Then why don’t we? Even if we’re trying to understand how to overcome sin and act correctly on the outside, why [...]

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How to Overcome Sin

Noah’s Ark Games for Kids

If you’re looking for some really fun Noah’s ark games for kids and even adults to play, you’ll love the 3 games ideas in this article. You can play these games in preschool classrooms, during sunday school lessons, family time, a kid’s birthday party or even if you’re throwing a noah’s ark baby shower. In [...]

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Noah’s Ark Games for Kids

Amazon trade in program ~ text book, movies and electronics

The following is a guest post by Linda Stacy who is a wonderful person and a smart cookie. You can follow her on Twitter @lindastacy. The Trade-in Stores Can be a Good Way to Make Money Online Everyday thousands, probably hundreds of thousands of people search the Internet for ways to make money online from [...]

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Amazon trade in program ~ text book, movies and electronics

You Never Lose ~ A Great Way to Save Money and Have Fun

As a mom to 3 boys, I’m always looking for ways to find deals and spend less. So when I found this new penny auction site, I thought it would be a great idea to blog about it. The concept of this site is simple: you never lose. There are several penny auction sites already [...]

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You Never Lose ~ A Great Way to Save Money and Have Fun

Choose love not fear in 2012

Fear can stop you from feeling joy. Are you experiencing joy in your daily life? When you wake up do you say to yourself: Oh yay – what a great day I have ahead of me! Or do get up you dragging your feet and wondering why each day seems to be a boring repetition [...]

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Choose love not fear in 2012

Key to My Heart Poem

Who holds the keys to your heart? Have you willfully given those keys over to someone less than worthy? Are you certain that this power won’t be misused? Some people twist things for their own advantage… Beware my friend. Beware. Your mind… your heart… your soul They’re too precious to lose. So keep them safe. [...]

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Key to My Heart Poem

How Technology Has Changed Raising Children

A lot has changed in parenting in very few years due to technology. A mom’s daily life wasn’t as fast paced as nowadays. Although in some ways this isn’t the best thing, there are certainly a lot of awesome gadgets that have been created and has made life easier for a mother. I found a [...]

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How Technology Has Changed Raising Children

Play toddler games online

There are so many wonderful sites for little ones out there. I have created a list of toddler websites with online games to play that will not only entertain your toddler but also teach them certain skills.These sites cover lots of different skills such as eye hand coordination, sound identification, vocabulary, shape sorting and more. [...]

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Play toddler games online

Short Broken Heart Poems

I wrote this poem a while ago… This week I was inspired to paint a watercolor to illustrate it. My scanner’s not working.. so I took a picture. Even though it’s not the best picture, it gives you a notion of what it looks like. I hope it speaks to you in some way. ( [...]

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Short Broken Heart Poems

How Dangerous is Cell Phone Bacteria?

This week I found a cool infographic. It really opened my eyes about how dangerous it can be to not clean our cell phones. A lot of bacteria and other germs accumulate on them and can cause serious illnesses. There’s actually 18 times more bacteria on a cell phone than on a toilet flush handle!! [...]

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How Dangerous is Cell Phone Bacteria?

Children’s & family entertainment – Mike da Mustang

The other day I found a really cool cartoon ( Mike da Mustang ) that teaches family values and decided to share it with my readers. I have found that watching great movies and cartoons has been one of the best ways to have fun during family get togethers. And FUN is the word to [...]

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Children’s & family entertainment – Mike da Mustang

Get Inspired ~ Discover How the Color Pink Affects Your Emotions..

Recently I came across the study of color and what each color conveys in the human mind. It`s amazing to study subjective things like this. Ultimately when you delve into the human psyche, you end up discovering so much about your own self. One color may really bother me and the same color may energize [...]

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Get Inspired ~ Discover How the Color Pink Affects Your Emotions..

How to Improve Emotional Intelligence

This is a guest blog post by LaTara Ham-Ying Founder of Integrated Woman Ministries. I’m very happy to have LaTara here. She has a great approach to life and I’m sure you will enjoy her nuggets of wisdom. You can follow her on twitter at @latarahamying and also her ministry at @IntegratedWoman . We started [...]

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How to Improve Emotional Intelligence

What is Emotional Health ?

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What is Emotional Health ?

Finding inner peace

What happens when you start to feel down or stressed? First of all some kind of thought came into your mind that got you discouraged and anxious…. The next thing that happened is that you actually believed that thought. Then…. you started to feed that thought with more arguments. Which in turn got you into [...]

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Finding inner peace

How to find joy … flowing joy

I wanted to share my watercolor painting with you. This flower represents the inner state of flowing joy. Yellow has a deep connection to joy. We are like flowers of joy in this life. Having the flower floating in the river of water is a metaphor. The flower is not really guiding the way rather [...]

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How to find joy … flowing joy

How to Be and Stay Happy

Release Certain Emotions First of all, it’s very important to understand that everyone has sad moments. It’s a part of life and we need to accept those. But we don’t need to get stuck in the sad. Finding ways that we can get ourselves out of “being stuck” and back to a happiness state is [...]

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How to Be and Stay Happy

Quotes for weight loss motivation

I don’t know about all of you guys but, to me the most difficult time to remain on my diet is nighttime. (Click the arrow below to play the audio version of this article:) Sometimes I’ve been working all day long and then I finally get a few moments at night to rest. That’s the [...]

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Quotes for weight loss motivation

Christian Poem for Mother’s Day

Mothers sacrifice so much. It’s very important that we honor our mothers always and find ways to make them happy. Since Mother’s Day is coming up, I wrote this poem for my mother. If you’re looking to give a poem to your mother then you can use bits and pieces of the poem I wrote [...]

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Christian Poem for Mother’s Day

Inspirational Parenting Quotes – How I See My Calling

When I saw this picture the other day I was very touched. I immediately felt that it had a deeper meaning. And so I just looked at it for a little to discover why it was that it touched me so… Take a moment to look at this picture and think about what it means [...]

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Inspirational Parenting Quotes – How I See My Calling

Easter Bunny Online Games for Kids to Play

♥ Welcome to the Easter Online Interactive Games Page ♥ Hi there! Here you’ll find all sorts of fun Easter themed activities. The best online games from around the web are organized for kids to simply choose and play. At the top of this page is a clickable Table of Contents so that you can [...]

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Easter Bunny Online Games for Kids to Play

Ok I admit it.. I’m a total Barbie fan – Happy Barbie Day!

Ever since I became an “adult”, I’ve been told that I’m not supposed to be into childish things like Barbie, Strawberry Shortcake, and My Little Pony any more. A few years ago I secretly bought a whole bunch of dolls and then proceeded to give them all away. I was trying to be all “adult [...]

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Ok I admit it.. I’m a total Barbie fan – Happy Barbie Day!

How to organize office files and end office clutter

Do you know how to find the best place for your bills and organize office files to prevent cluttered piles of mess? Where in the world did I put that bill??? Is this a question you find yourself asking? Not finding an important paper is the one thing that would always get me stressed out. [...]

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How to organize office files and end office clutter

How to deal with grief and loss

Grief is an experience that changes us deeply. After experiencing grief, our entire view on life changes. We can clearly feel the difference of how we were before and after it. Those events are like landmarks that forever change our inner most being. Life looks, feels, and even tastes differently. There’s a saying that goes [...]

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How to deal with grief and loss

Delicious carrot soup recipe

Soup is always a healthy way to feed our families. Especially when we use fresh vegetables. The thing is many times kids (or adults ) don’t want to have soup. So here’s a great recipe of carrot and potato soup that will have the whole family coming back for more. Separate the following ingredients before [...]

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Delicious carrot soup recipe

Family bonding activities – insights to help connect deeply

Bonding is emotional- you need to be present. You’ve probably been searching for family bonding activities and may have even found some great ideas. But I want to share with you that bonding is more of an emotional and spiritual connection than something that can be achieved with outward situations. (Click the arrow below to [...]

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Family bonding activities – insights to help connect deeply

Free Bible abc poems coloring pages – coloring book

What a wonderful opportunity to teach our children to read while talking about God’s truths. I wrote this poem for it to be a learning experience in learning to read and also for it to be a resource for parents and teachers to discuss spiritual things to your children. The following coloring book is in [...]

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Free Bible abc poems coloring pages – coloring book

Top 20 Beautiful Free Printable Calendars for 2011

Every year I update this page to hold only the current year calendars. You will find lots of free 2011 calendars here. I put last year’s calendars in another post. You can find free 2010 printable calendars here. Organizing doesn’t have to be boring. You can use artistic calendars and get yourself inspired to accomplish [...]

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Top 20 Beautiful Free Printable Calendars for 2011

Bob Smiley Comedian Film & Funny Videos

The other day I came across a really funny Christian comedian on YouTube. His name is ✰ Bob Smiley ✰. I now follow him on Twitter and Facebook. I loved his genuine “realness” ( if that’s a word – lol). So many people have an image that Christians are “square”, closed minded, etc…People like Bob [...]

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Bob Smiley Comedian Film & Funny Videos

Discover the Power of Allowing Yourself to Cry

Sometimes sadness overwhelms us and even though we may be positive people, no idea seems to be able to get us out of that “sad space” at that moment. I have felt like this. When this happens, we can’t even think straight. And even though there are plenty of things that we love to do [...]

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Discover the Power of Allowing Yourself to Cry

Are You Doing These 5 Things to Prevent Credit Card Fraud?

You would think that if your credit card is in your wallet that you’re safe, right? Wrong. All it takes for criminals to steal from you is them having the number. Nowadays fraud criminals have advanced systems of cloning your credit card number. They even bribe store employees that are a part of their system. [...]

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Are You Doing These 5 Things to Prevent Credit Card Fraud?

Yummy pear dessert recipe with chocolate

When making this recipe, it’s easier to organize the ingredients into the two different parts to it: The main part and the sauce. The Main Part Ingredients: • 4 firm pears • 1 piece of cinnamon stick (about 3 inches) • 2 cups of water • ¾ cup of sugar • 2 tablespoons of lemon [...]

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Yummy pear dessert recipe with chocolate

Recipe for baked pork chops with vegetables

This recipe of baked pork chops and roasted vegetables serves a total of 4 people. Ingredients: 4 pork chops about ½” thick 3 tablespoons of olive oil 2 teaspoon parsley flakes 2 teaspoon herb mixture – which is made out of garlic,thyme, pepper and marjoram 6 small potatoes, cut into wedges 1 medium onion, cut [...]

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Recipe for baked pork chops with vegetables

How to stay calm while being more productive

Many times anxiety will cause us to not be as productive as we could be. Whether you’re wanting to remain calm at work or at home you can do certain things to change your environment to experience this kind of peace. I have discovered two things that have enhanced my life greatly for productivity. They [...]

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How to stay calm while being more productive

Fresh Homemade Lemonade Recipe: How to Make Lemonade So Great that No One Stops On the First Glass

Do you want to know the secret to making the best tasting lemonade ever? Making lemonade seems like a simple thing to do, right? Sure anyone can make it – but can they make fantastic tasting lemonade? Hmmm.… I’ve tasted the most horrible lemonades- I’m sure you have too. I’ve also had those bland watered [...]

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Fresh Homemade Lemonade Recipe: How to Make Lemonade So Great that No One Stops On the First Glass

One Flower – Can a Tiny Flower Be Special?

One Flower One flower in this vast universe So tiny… So small… Could this flower mean anything, When compared to the vast immensity of the collective? Could this flower be worth something? Fragile… Yet so beautiful To just look at To smell… To feel… This tiny flower Means so much Because there is one Who [...]

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One Flower – Can a Tiny Flower Be Special?

Recipe ingredients fish fingers

Ingredients: 1 lb. fish fillets 1/3 cup bread crumbs 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 beaten egg ½ teaspoon paprika ½ teaspoon dried parsley 1 tablespoon butter, melted Instructions: Make sure to grease a baking sheet and also to preheat the oven to a temperature of 450 ºF. Place the Parmesan cheese, paprika bread crumbs, [...]

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Recipe ingredients fish fingers

Fish with Green Olives and Potatoes

This plate serves about 4 people. Ingredients: 1 tablespoon of olive oil 1 chopped onion 14 ounces of undrained canned diced tomatoes ¼ cup sliced green olives 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese, grated ¼ cup flour ½ tsp salt 1/8 tsp white pepper 4 mild white fish fillets (about 6 oz) 3 more tablespoons of olive [...]

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Fish with Green Olives and Potatoes

Grilled Garlic Shrimp Recipes

This plate is a wonderful lunch or dinner plate and can be done for parties too since it doesn’t take long to make. Ingredients: 1/3 cup of butter 5 medium cloves of crushed and minced garlic 2 lbs of large peeled and deveined shrimp 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley 2 ½ tablespoons of lemon juice [...]

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Grilled Garlic Shrimp Recipes

Ideas to decorate St. Patrick’s day cookies

Hand decorated Shamrock Cookies are great for family fun and even to be used as gifts for friends. You can put them in a cute glass jar and tie the top with a beautiful green ribbon. There are two parts to this recipe: The cookie and the icing. You can make this cookie in a [...]

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Ideas to decorate St. Patrick’s day cookies

Spinach spaghetti sauce recipe – marinara pasta recipes

One of the keys to achieving that “garden” taste to this spaghetti is to cook it for less time. This recipe serves 4 to 5 people. Ingredients: 2 cups spinach 1 lb spaghetti ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese ¼ cup butter ½ cup milk 1 cup vegetable broth Instructions: First cook the spaghetti with filtered [...]

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Spinach spaghetti sauce recipe – marinara pasta recipes

Orange sherbert mix ingredients recipe

Ingredients that you’ll need: 4 cups orange sherbet 2 cups vanilla ice cream, ½ cup of chopped walnuts 1/3 cup toasted coconut ½ cup butter 1 ¼ cups flour ¼ cup sugar 2 tbsp brown sugar Instructions There are two parts to this recipe. First: melt the butter and stir in flour, walnuts and sugars [...]

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Orange sherbert mix ingredients recipe

Healthy Baked Amish Oatmeal Recipe

This recipe is a great morning breakfast or even an afternoon snack. The great thing about it is that it’s healthy and reminds you of oatmeal cookies! You can even make oven baked oatmeal the night before, put it in the fridge and simply heat it up in the microwave or oven the next morning. [...]

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Healthy Baked Amish Oatmeal Recipe

Bean Potato Bake Recipe

This recipe serves 4 people so if you’re making it for more simply multiply the recipe by the amount of people you will be serving ) Baked potatoes are great for you and give you great energy. This potato is filled with kidney beans. Ingredients that you’ll need: 4 medium size baking potatoes Olive oil [...]

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Bean Potato Bake Recipe

Green lentil soup recipe – yummy soups recipes

Ingredients: 1 cup green lentils 1 ¼ cups easy-cook basmati rice 1 onion, chopped 1 crushed garlic clove 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil 4 tablespoons of butter 2 tablespoons tomato purée 2 teaspoons cumin seeds 2 teaspoons ground coriander 2 cloves 3 cardamom pods 2 bay leaves 1 stick of cinnamon 4 cups of vegetable [...]

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Green lentil soup recipe – yummy soups recipes

Best Vegetable Soup Recipe

This vegetable soup recipe serves up to 6 people. The best thing about recipe is that it’s such a healthy option for the whole family and yummy too! Ingredients: 2 tbsp sunflower oil 2 tbsp butter 6 cups water 1 ¼ cups milk 1 piece fresh root ginger, peeled and grated Salt and ground black [...]

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Best Vegetable Soup Recipe

Recipes Using Cooked Chicken

This recipe can be used for lunch or dinner and serves about 8 people. Ingredients: ½ cup low sodium soy sauce ½ cup balsamic vinegar 1/8 tsp pepper ¼ cup sugar ¼ cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons of honey 1 tablespoon of grated ginger root 3-4 lbs boneless and skinless chicken breast Instructions: Place all [...]

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Recipes Using Cooked Chicken

How to make a baked potato recipe

Baked potatoes are so much healthier than fried potatoes and they are delicious too. If you would like to know how to make a baked potato then this recipe is for you. Ingredients: 2 Large Idaho potatoes 1 teaspoon of olive oil Black pepper 2 teaspoons of butter, unsalted Cheddar Cheese or Sour Cream Instructions: [...]

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How to make a baked potato recipe

Sweet Romantic Letter to the Love of My Life

Of all the things that God gives us, the opportunity to experience true love is one of the biggest gifts of this life. If you’ve experienced deep sadness and then fallen in love you will understand this poem/letter that I wrote for my husband. Love can make us look at life with different eyes. My [...]

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Sweet Romantic Letter to the Love of My Life

How to develop friendships – poetry on friendship like a sister

Love is always doing what is best for the other person regardless of your own needs. In order to achieve this kind of love there needs to be absolute trust. The giving ourselves entirely. This is what I have with my family and friends. There are people who I would die for without even thinking [...]

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How to develop friendships – poetry on friendship like a sister

How to Make Homemade Eggnog Recipe

This is a guest post by Kim Smith. Every year, the tradition in our family is to have the first eggnog of the season after we decorate the tree. We sit on the couch with only the lights from the Christmas tree shining and we reminisce about Christmases past and about the one we are [...]

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How to Make Homemade Eggnog Recipe

Words of inspiration and encouragement

I found this video of the making of 3D street art and found it very inspiring. If you go through this blog you’ll find artwork everywhere. I love creating the feeling of joy through the images that exist. Art is an expression of inner beauty and depth. Do you ever have that desire to get [...]

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Words of inspiration and encouragement

Easter Egg Hunt and Bunny Stories for Kids

Reading stories has always been a wonderful activity to do with kids. This page has a collection of really cute Easter stories for children from preschool to even middle school. You can have the kids simply click and read along. Here are basically the two kinds of stories to read online: Table of Contents Easter [...]

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Easter Egg Hunt and Bunny Stories for Kids

Christmas lights display video

Ruth Crawl (a sweet friend of mine) sent me a link to this video and I thought it was very inspiring and wanted to share it with y’all. Going around and watching Christmas lights displays in your town is a great activity to do as a family during the holiday season. This display is just [...]

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Christmas lights display video

Classic Pumpkin Soup Recipe

If you’ve been looking around for an easy classic pumpkin soup recipe.. you’ve come to the right place. This pumpkin recipe is really delicious. It’s important to have ripe pumpkins. If you have the time to roast it, this recipe tastes much better with roasted pumpkin. Ingredients for Your Yummy Pumpkin Soup 4 cups of [...]

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Classic Pumpkin Soup Recipe

Peach and Banana Smoothie Recipe

This Peach and Banana Smoothie Recipe can be made with almonds or not. I’m sure you’ll love it. Ingredients: 1 banana 1 cup of frozen peaches 1 cup of cold orange juice 1 cup ice 2 tablespoons of toasted almonds (optional) Instructions: Chop the almonds into smaller pieces. Cut the banana and put it in [...]

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Peach and Banana Smoothie Recipe

Free Online Alphabetical Order Games Abc Internet Activities

Children love playing on the computer and what better way to learn than with online interactive games? There are excellent games on the internet. The problem is that they are spread out on various domains. So I came up with the idea of putting them all in one post so that kids could have fun [...]

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Free Online Alphabetical Order Games Abc Internet Activities

Thanksgiving crafts to make and online kids activities

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to be grateful and to connect with our family. Here’s a big collection of Thanksgiving resources for you to choose from online and also printables. Enjoy! For Kids (and Adults ) to Play Online Online Thanksgiving Stories Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Cartoon Thanksgiving Video – What Are you Thankful For? Online [...]

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Thanksgiving crafts to make and online kids activities

How to make a prayer journal

We all have problems. One day might be a wonderful one filled with fun and gratifying things. The next day might be filled with really bad things happening. This shouldn’t surprise us as Jesus said: In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. John 16:33b What [...]

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How to make a prayer journal

Inspirational Rainbow Poem Prayer to God

Jesus, You are my inspiration. I come to You… not for religion, not for tradition I come to You ~ because I love You Jesus ♥ So many times I go astray And when I stop and look up I see Your face I see Your loving eyes looking at me and I hear You [...]

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Inspirational Rainbow Poem Prayer to God

How to cure and heal severe anxiety

Anxiety is a joy killer. It’s what the enemy uses to try to get all of us off track and put our minds on useless temporary things. But Jesus told us not to worry: Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its [...]

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How to cure and heal severe anxiety

How to Bring and Experience God’s Presence in Worship

Do you sometimes just wake up feeling anxious or nervous? There may not even be a problem to solve but somehow it just happens. Well I’ll tell you what really helps me when this occurs: listening to praise and worship songs. Of course it’s important to set aside time each day to be just “be” [...]

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How to Bring and Experience God’s Presence in Worship

Top 35 reasons Why I Love Jesus

…All of these Bible verses are in an ebook format for you to download to your computer and print out. Simply click on the image to the left or you can also click here for the PDF version. (This requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don’t have the reader installed on your computer, [...]

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Top 35 reasons Why I Love Jesus

Elise Berenger Happy Birthday my wonderful friend

Dear Elise, I’m so glad we’ve gotten to know each other. Over this last year we’ve shared some laughs. We’ve cried together. We’ve been there for the tough times and for the joys. We’ve helped each other out and you began your wonderful websites Help Health Happen and landscapes Perth kerbing . I’m so grateful [...]

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Elise Berenger Happy Birthday my wonderful friend

Whitney Houston interviewed by Oprah Winfrey my perspective on it all

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Whitney Houston interviewed by Oprah Winfrey my perspective on it all

Painting creative pumpkin faces & pumpkin decorating ideas

I couldn’t resist posting these very cute, sometimes weird or even really ugly pumpkin pictures. Since it is pumpkin season and we can get together with our kids and have a great afternoon pumpkin painting, I thought I’d give you some ideas and also ask your opinion. Here are 44 ideas for you to create [...]

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Painting creative pumpkin faces & pumpkin decorating ideas

Hot wheels birthday party ideas – hotwheels theme cake pictures

You can get this effect by surrounding the panel and decorating with colorful balloons. My sister in law use red, yellow an blue. But you can also use the combination of red, yellow, and black. The stop lights can be made out of cardboard boxes. Here’s a hot wheels favor idea. There are many other [...]

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Hot wheels birthday party ideas – hotwheels theme cake pictures

Overcoming obstacles & failures – instilling a positive mindset

Can we sail through life without problems? Many people think that in order to have a peaceful life they need to always make the right decisions in everything that they do. They believe that everything needs to be perfectly done and don’t give themselves any space to make mistakes. Not only that, they also think [...]

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Overcoming obstacles & failures – instilling a positive mindset

Spiritual warfare lesson guide and teaching how to apply God’s word

This article is part 2 of a 3 part series. If you have not read part 1 you may do so here: Part 1 (Introduction): Overcoming obstacles and failures through instilling a positive mindset. Some people understand God’s truths and the concepts but they waver when it comes to applying those truths. I want to [...]

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Spiritual warfare lesson guide and teaching how to apply God’s word

Finding nemo birthday party ideas supplies cakes

Another great idea is to get the themed table cover so that you can easily clean up after the party and also so that food won’t stain your table. You can get Nemo plastic table covers: here To bring life to your room you may want to have a Nemo Balloon bouquet. You can get [...]

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Finding nemo birthday party ideas supplies cakes

The incredibles party supplies , costumes and ideas

Hello my friends- I hope these pictures give you some ideas for your own Incredibles birthday party to be a sensational blast! If you need some Incredibles invitations there are some very cute and affordable ones here. If you decide to go with the Incredibles theme and don’t want to spend a lot of money [...]

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The incredibles party supplies , costumes and ideas

Noah’s ark birthday party supplies, toys & ideas

Here are some pictures of a very fun Noah’s Ark Birthday party for you to get inspired. If there are no places in your area for you to rent for the Noah’s Ark Birthday Decoratives then you can buy some decoratives to put on the wall or even buy some Noah’s ark toys to decorate [...]

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Noah’s ark birthday party supplies, toys & ideas

Backyardigans birthday party supplies , ideas & cup cake decorations

Here my nephew is wearing this adorable backyardigans costume. As usual he was having a little taste of the cake before singing happy birthday – LOL. This theme is perfect for younger children up to 6 years old. You can also get Backyardigans costumes here. This party was made up of Backyardigan rentals. Artists made [...]

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Backyardigans birthday party supplies , ideas & cup cake decorations

Planning a sweet sixteen party ideas & decorations

Since I’ll be 32 this Sunday, I’ve been reminiscing some old photos of my favorite birthday party that I’ve ever had: My Sweet Sixteen party. So I thought I would upload them to give others some ideas on how to organize and decorate your (or your loved ones) sweet sixteen birthday. Here is the favors [...]

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Planning a sweet sixteen party ideas & decorations

Name that candy bar dirty diaper shower game

Hello my friends . On this page you will find instructions for the Name that Candy Bar baby shower game. (Click the arrow below to play the audio version of this article:) You may also print out the instructions that are on this page. I have put them in PDF format for easy printing. For [...]

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Name that candy bar dirty diaper shower game

Biblical creation vs. evolution videos & scientific evidence & facts

Here is a list of videos that show the scientific evidence that we are not here by chance: Creation Videos to watch online for free: You can watch a few minutes each day so that the amount of information doesn’t overwhelm you. You can also show these videos to your kids and discuss them portion [...]

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Biblical creation vs. evolution videos & scientific evidence & facts

Adorable gingerbread man costume & decorating gingerbread house kits

Welcome to the Everything Gingerbread Page. On this page you will find all kinds of great resources for gingerbread fun. There are online gingerbread activities for kids to play, printable gingerbread resources, and also gingerbread recipes. So whether you’re a parent, teacher, or homeschooler, this gingerbread page is will be a great resource for teaching [...]

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Adorable gingerbread man costume & decorating gingerbread house kits

Poem for hope in God – on hope in the midst of trials – “And I Await”

And I Await… I’m drowning… The rain… is just pouring. The weather mirrors my heart. Oblivious Rain!!!!! Oblivious! to my state The sky is gray The line of the horizon disappears amongst such rain. And I await……… The SUN!!!! Comes out from behind that marred horizon and shines! Shines such light!!!! It dries all these [...]

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Poem for hope in God – on hope in the midst of trials – “And I Await”

Learn How to Draw Farm Jungle Wild Animals with Jan Brett’s Videos

Jan Brett has some great online video lessons for learning how to draw. This is great news for parents and teachers who want to help kids with their artistic side. (Click the arrow below to play the audio version of this article:) Kids love doing things on the computer and watching videos. Better yet if [...]

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Learn How to Draw Farm Jungle Wild Animals with Jan Brett’s Videos

Recipe for Making Easy Chocolate Hand Made Truffles

Simple Chocolate Truffles Recipe This recipe gives a total of 36 truffles 2 cups (or 360 grams) of milky chocolate cut in pieces ¾ of cup of condensed milk 1 teaspoon of vanilla ½ cup of granulated chocolate Melt the pieces of milky chocolate with a very low fire on the stove. Add the condensed [...]

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Recipe for Making Easy Chocolate Hand Made Truffles

Goal Based Ethics — Why is Setting Goals Important?

Establishing goals and having a plan Life is a journey. Do you find yourself not moving forward towards the goals in the journey of your life? It might be that you need to begin letting go of the past in order to focus on where you are going. It might also be that there are [...]

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Goal Based Ethics — Why is Setting Goals Important?

Kids Bible Sermon overcoming laziness & a slothful sluggard spirit

Have you ever noticed that T.V. shows portray laziness as a good thing? When you watch certain shows the kid that gets away with not working is considered the smart kid. Somehow fooling people in order to do less work is supposed to be “cool”. But the truth is that a lie is being taught [...]

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Kids Bible Sermon overcoming laziness & a slothful sluggard spirit

How to make Barbeque Sauce – best easy BBQ sauce

When I was little kid I remember the awesome barbecues that we had with the whole family during the summer. It was a huge amount of fun. A barbecue is one of many fun summer family activities. You might want to check out more ideas for kids to have fun during summertime. Now onto the [...]

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How to make Barbeque Sauce – best easy BBQ sauce

Disney cars birthday party theme supplies and cake ideas

✵✰Invitations✰✵ Ideas for Invitations – • Nascar tickets • Car shaped • Wheel shaped • Checkered flag ✵✰Decorations✰✵ • Put up red yellow and blue balloons as an arch and a welcome banner in the entrance way. •The food table can be decorated with cars and trucks. Another idea is to use a checkered tablecloth. [...]

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Disney cars birthday party theme supplies and cake ideas

Dalmatian 3 year old birthday party costume & toddler party food ideas & games

Time for blowing out the candles We decorated our entire living room Here’s the wall decorations up close Here’s a pic of my son with his grand uncle & aunt and a family friend Here’s an up close picture of the bread table that we put in the home office Here you can see it [...]

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Dalmatian 3 year old birthday party costume & toddler party food ideas & games

Fun summer things for kids to do – activities and ideas for a fantastic summer

Many parents get apprehensive when summer vacation is coming up. They’ve had bad experiences before with their kids staying home and fighting all day long over the tiniest things. This doesn’t have to be your case. How many times have you listened to those “I’m so bored!” whiny complaints? If you take simple preventative steps [...]

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Fun summer things for kids to do – activities and ideas for a fantastic summer

Letting go of the past: how to let go of the past to achieve a peaceful and content life

One of the main reasons people are not content is because they hang onto the past with all their might. They may be hanging onto negative past things or clinging on to the “Good’ole Days” so tightly that they don’t give themselves room to experience present joys. Hanging onto Negative past things After going through [...]

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Letting go of the past: how to let go of the past to achieve a peaceful and content life

How to study read and understand the Bible

Keys to interpreting the Bible the right way through study One little lie can ruin a whole lot. If somehow lies have slipped into our belief system we are bound to have major trouble up ahead. Many false doctrines and even cults have begun because people were not careful to examine the true meaning of [...]

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How to study read and understand the Bible

Trusting God Scriptures: believing in God in times of crisis is a key to contentment

Being Content part 2- seeing things from God’s perspective Do you know what the root of lack of contentment is? Many times we blame bad circumstances or people but the truth is that lack of contentment is a lack of trust in God. We may think we trust God, but when things begin to tighten [...]

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Trusting God Scriptures: believing in God in times of crisis is a key to contentment

Before and After Weight Loss Pictures

These are pictures of my awesome cousin who has lost sooo much weight. I’m so proud of her. She’s a true winner. You might also enjoy reading: Goal based ethics – Why is goal setting important? Post from: Christian Homemaking and Family Resources, Encouragement and Help at Embracing HomeBefore and After Weight Loss Pictures

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Before and After Weight Loss Pictures

My Personal Christian Salvation Testimony: Seeing God in Little Ordinary Things

Many times people make rationalizations and excuses to not have faith in God. This was me– years ago. In truth I wanted to not have “any restrictions” on me. I thought God would stop me from having fun. I always had a so called “reason” to stop me from believing in God. Disbelief and Emptiness [...]

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My Personal Christian Salvation Testimony: Seeing God in Little Ordinary Things

Worship God in dance: Praise that pleases God

How do you worship God ? Worshiping God is an expression of love. There are many ways to express our love towards the Almighty. We can sing praises, dance for Him, spend time in prayer… Worship God in dance Dancing for Jesus is a way to praise and exalt God’s name. When I ran across [...]

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Worship God in dance: Praise that pleases God

Encouraging Inspirational Bible Verses

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Encouraging Inspirational Bible Verses

7 random odd and interesting things about me

Oh boy- I’ve been tagged by 2 friends of mine Traci Knoppe and Lisa Wood to share 7 odd and interesting things about me. You should definitely go check out Lisa Wood’s best website tips and Traci’s Cottage as they have some awesome tips and information to share. Traci also has another cool blog with [...]

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7 random odd and interesting things about me

Kids pajama party games, activities, invitation ideas, preschool invitations & food for pajama parties

Important tips to Plan the Best Pajama Party Kids get really excited about having a pajama party. It’s a totally new experience for them to actually sleep over at a friend’s house together with their friends. It’s such a memorable time. This idea is better if your kid has already turned 6 years old. Ask [...]

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Kids pajama party games, activities, invitation ideas, preschool invitations & food for pajama parties

How to decorate kids party balloons – tools & supplies to make the best balloon decoration ever

Using Balloons to Decorate Your Kids’ Party, Baby Shower or any festive event Making balloons less of a hassle Balloons are soooo pretty……. yet so time consuming! If you really want to make balloon decoration less stressful then just hire a professional balloon decorator. If you can’t spend the extra money but still want to [...]

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How to decorate kids party balloons – tools & supplies to make the best balloon decoration ever

Biblical Christian baby name meaning – choosing Bible names that will be a blessing for your baby

What is the best way for a Christian to choose a baby’s name? Your baby’s name will be a huge part of their lives. It will help shape how they see themselves and also how others perceive them. We find in God’s Word that names do have meaning. While reading biblical stories you’ll discover that [...]

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Biblical Christian baby name meaning – choosing Bible names that will be a blessing for your baby

Wedding cakes with waterfalls – wedding cake photos give you awesome ideas for your ideal cake

This wedding cake has an illuminated waterfall in it. The red roses decorate the top and the bottom parts of the cake. Here you can see that the cake has been placed on top of a table with “under the table” lighting. This makes the entire ensemble look fantastic. The following cake was used in [...]

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Wedding cakes with waterfalls – wedding cake photos give you awesome ideas for your ideal cake

Organize kids homeschool rooms with these ideas

Rainbow House for the kids to play: This little house was created with MDF and a rainbow bulletin board that I bought for only 9 dollars. Here are the stairs that go up to the rainbow house. This was made with very good wood. I bought various different colored cloths that was needed to make [...]

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Organize kids homeschool rooms with these ideas

Alternative wedding invitation ideas & tips – choosing invitations while saving you money

Email wedding invitations: the frugal alternative With the advancement of technology a great alternative to traditional printed out invitations are email invitations. Of course if your wedding is going to be a big event the most elegant choice would be to send a printed out invitation and use email only as a reminder. But if [...]

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Alternative wedding invitation ideas & tips – choosing invitations while saving you money