Posted on October 19, 2006 by niveknes
I hate to disappoint all my avid reader(s). However, I’m needing to concentrate on other matters without the “weight of this blog” hanging over me every week. It’s only pressure I put upon myself, but with all the other self-applied pressure, it will help to have one less… So I bid you adieu, farewell, ourfeetarestained, [...]
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Posted on October 10, 2006 by niveknes
Look closely at the picture below. What do you see?

Most people will see “stodgy, old-fashioned, way-too-hot-for-summers-in-Minnesota” clothing.
Now I know I’m going to step in it big-time with this, but that’s okay. Ann & Elizabeth went shopping the other evening and came home with several items for Elizabeth’s summer wardrobe. I was pleased with their purchases. [...]
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Posted on October 10, 2006 by niveknes
A.W. Tozer has nailed it yet again… and this from the 1940s or ’50s, I believe.
I’m reminded once again of David Wells’ message on the opening night of the Desiring God Ministries National Conference, just a week and a half ago. In proclaiming to us the supremacy of Christ, he opened to the book of [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2006 by niveknes
This comes to me via email each day and I find them quite helpful for the most part. I highly commend them to you. I’m not widely read up on Tozer, but the few things I’ve read, as well as these daily meditations are good food for the soul. After reading these comments from the [...]
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Posted on October 5, 2006 by niveknes
I love fall. It’s probalby my favorite season (I couldn’t live where there weren’t all four seasons). I love the cool weather, the change of colors, the smell of the air: leaves, smoke from burning leaves; and the fact that I’ll be done mowing for at least six months!
This past week, we had a couple [...]
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Posted on October 5, 2006 by niveknes
True Prayer
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according [...]
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