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Welcome
From the Editor
The Bible in One Year
Pearls of Wisdom
Today's Challenge
Shared Pearls
Old Requests
New Requests
Sisters at the Hearth
Recipe Requests
Old Requests
New Requests
AAmazing Grace Devotional by Pastor Jeff
Blessing
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Welcome to Homefires Hearth
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Welcome to today's Homefires Hearth. I'd like to extend a warm
welcome to all the new subscribers today. It is all the members
who make this newsletter what it is. Thanks for making it a
success! Do you have a favorite tip or idea? Send them to:
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From Janette's Desk
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Christmas is a really precious time of year for Christians.... but I
I heard someone say that she'll be glad when the holidays are
over, so she can go back to celebrating Jesus!
I just like being with as many family members as can get
together. This is the first year we won't be at Mom's house, there
Have a wonderful Christmas! Be safe and warm.
Blessings,
Janette
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From Pastor Jeff's Desk
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Book of Daniel Bible Study - New Lesson - Daniel 6:16-18
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"Life of Christ"Bible study - New Lesson - The Gospel of Mark
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Book of Romans Bible Study - New Lesson - Romans 1:12
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"How to Study the Bible."
New Lesson: Judah Under Babylonian Rule
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Jesus Links. Something new, stimulating, exciting and different.
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Finished "How to Pray" Bible Study - Catch up now...
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Finished Revelation, verse by verse study.
The "End" is here. Catch up now.
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Blessings
Pastor Jeff
The Bible in One Year
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Daily Bible Reading - 2009 We are almost done!
Read through your Bible with passages from both the
Old and New Testament each day.
1 – Daniel 4; II Peter 3
2 – Daniel 5; I John 1
3 – Daniel 6; I John 2
4 – Daniel 7, 8; I John 3
5 – Daniel 9, 10; I John 4
6 – Daniel 11; I John 5
7 – Daniel 12; II John
8 – Hosea 1-3; III John
9 – Hosea 4-6; Jude
10 – Hosea 7-9; Revelation 1
11 – Hose 10, 11; Revelation 2
12 – Hosea 12-14; Revelation 3
13 – Joel 1, 2; Revelation 4
14 – Joel 3; Revelation 5
15 – Amos 1-3; Revelation 6
16 – Amos 4-6; Revelation 7
17 – Amos 7-9; Revelation 8
18 – Obadiah; Revelation 9
19 – Jonah 1-4; Revelation 10
20 – Micah 1-3; Revelation 11
21 – Micah 4, 5; Revelation 12
22 – Micah 6, 7; Revelation 13
23 – Nahum 1-3; Revelation 14
24 – Habakkuk 1-3; Revelation 15
25 – Zephaniah 1-3; Revelation 16
26 – Haggai 1, 2; Revelation 17
27 – Zechariah 1-3; Revelation 18
28 – Zechariah 4-7; Revelation 19
29 – Zechariah 8-10; Revelation 20
30 – Zechariah 11-14; Revelation 21
31 – Malachi 1-4; Revelation 22
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Pearls of Wisdom
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God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son
into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved
us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
1 John 4:9-10
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Today's Challenge
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If you are overwhelmed with things that need to be done, then
take some shortcuts! For example: Use paper cups, plates,
napkins, plastic ware, even paper towels, as much as possible
to reduce the amount of dishes that you have to wash.
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Shared Pearls Tips and Helps
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readers! send your new request to:
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Sisters at the Hearth Recipes
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Send your Recipes and Recipe requests to
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Put generous amount of peanut butter between
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Daily Word by Pastor Jeff
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"I say to you, though he will not rise and give to
him because he is his friend, yet because of his
persistence he will rise and give him as many
as he needs." Luke 11:8
It pays to be persistent. Look at this fellow. Guests arrive late
at night. They are hungry and tired. As they settle into the
guest room, he rummages through his pantry to find a bit
to eat -- only to discover that his teenage son had been
there earlier and had eaten every crumb of leftovers. "No
problem," he thinks, "I will go to the neighbor. I know for
a fact his fine wife baked today. They have enough bread
to feed Caesar's army."
Off he goes through the night. He pounds on the door. No
one answers. The lights are out. He pounds again. "Wake
up Jonas! I need your help." Finally a weary Jonas opens
an upstairs window. "What do you want, Silas? Bread you
say? I'm in bed, the wife is cold and needs my warmth, the
kids are finally asleep -- at least they were -- and you want
bread? At this hour. Who could want to eat at this ungodly
hour? Go to sleep. I'll help you in the morning."
The window slams shut. Silas is out in the cold, dark street
again. He starts to turn away, but stops. Returning to his
friend's door, he picks up a large stone and once again
pounds on the door. A light comes on upstairs. Shadows
are moving about. Silas thinks, "I've done it this time. He will
empty the chamber pot on my head!" Time passes. A door
bolt is thrown. With a creak and a groan, the door opens.
Silently, belligerently, Jonas tosses a sack of fresh bread
into Silas' face, slams the door shut, and mumbling under
his breath about crazy neighbors, returns to his warm bed.
What got the bread for our friend Silas? His good friendship
with Jonas? Hardly. His promise to return the favor? Never.
It was the persistence -- the continual pounding on the door.
Jonas knew he would get no sleep if he didn't give in and
provide bread for his neighbor.
Jesus encourages us to be persistent with the Father -- not
that God does not want to provide for us -- not that He is
asleep in heaven -- not that He has nothing to provide. No,
God wants us to persist so that we can prove how much
we want something. I'm a father. I have been for far too many
years. I've learned that persistence pays. Kids know that if
they keep it up, they will eventually get what they want. Why?
Because Mom and Dad know for a certainty what their children
want -- they've wanted it for a long time. They haven't given up
on the idea. They want it bad.
Don't get me wrong. God will not always give us what we ask
for. Sometimes it is downright bad for us to get everything we
want -- just like a wise parent draws the line at what they give
their children. But He does want to know if we want something
bad enough that we will keep at it. I've found over the years that
if I'm really serious about getting something, I will keep after it --
until the Father supplies. I've also found that sometimes I take
matters into my own hands and wind up with a piece of junk --
good for nothing junk. But that's a verse for a different day!
Praise God, Amen
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Blessing
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N-o-w may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus
from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the
blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in
every good work to do His will, working in you what is well
pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be
glory forever and ever. Amen.Hebrews 13:20-21 (NKJV)
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