Recommended Links

Sunday Sermon Feature

Shown Sunday, May 30, 2010 during Pastor Randy Thyberg's message entitled "Prescription for Life: No Excuses!"  Terry Pollard's video Satan's Meeting about how Satan keeps Christians to busy and pulled away from the relationship with Jesus Christ our Savior.   (Click to launch, scroll down and wait briefly for announcement to play.)
www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=0edec55cb25411422efd

Books, Poems  & Other Writings

Inspirational Christian Poetry
My name is I AM by Helen Mallicoat
www.wowzone.com/iam.htm
I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly, my Lord was speaking: MY NAME IS, I AM He paused, I waited. When you live in the ...

If I Had My Child to Raise Over Again, by Diane Loomans
www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/11/14.html

Family

Focus on the Family
www.focusonthefamily.com/
Provides timely, relevant information and advice on marriage, parenting, faith, entertainment, life challenges, social issues and more.

Miscellaneous

Bible Gateway
www.biblegateway.com
Bible Gateway is a free service for reading and researching Scripture online--all in the language or translation of your choice! Advanced tools are available to search the Bible by keywords or verse. 

Christianisty Today
www.christianitytoday.com
Full text of Christianity Today's 13 magazines, top religion news, reviews, and two search engines with links to thousands of Christian websites.

DaySpring Christian Cards
www.dayspring.com/
Offers free Christian E-Cards, boxed cards, gifts, home decor and more . Inspirational gifts for all occasions!

Evangelical Covenant Church
www.covchurch.org/home
The Evangelical Covenant Church is an evangelical Christian denomination of more than 750 congregations in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents.

Evangelical Covenant Church - North Pacific Conference
www.covchurch-npc.org  
The North Pacific Conference is a geographic area of the Covenant that includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

Purpose Driven Life.com
www.purposedrivenlife.com

Men's Issues

Promise Keepers
www.promisekeepers.org
Promise Keepers ignite and unite men to become passionate followers of Jesus Christ through the effective communication of seven promises to God, their fellow men, family, church and the world.  
 
Other Sermons of Interest

What is the Recession For? (Some of God's Purposes)
From a sermon by John Piper, February 1, 2009
www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermons/ByDate/2009/
3566_What_Is_the_Recession_For/
1. To expose sin and bring repentance; 2. To awaken us to world poverty; 3. To relocate the roots of our joy in His Grace, rather than in our goods; 4. To guard His glory by advancing His saving mission in the world precisely when human resources are low; 5. To bring His Church to care for her hurting members and to grow in love.

Women's Issues
Women of Faith
www.womenoffaith.com
A way for women to stay connected to Women of Faith and each other throughout the year offering encouragement, information, books, conference dates and more. 

 

 

I Loved You Enough
 (as read during a recent sermon by Pastor Randy Thyberg)

Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will tell them:

I loved you enough to ask where you were going, with whom, and what time you would be home.
 
I loved you enough to insist that you save your money and buy a bike for yourself even though we could afford to buy one for you.
 
I loved you enough to make you take a Milky Way back to the drug store (with a bite out of it) and tell the clerk, “I stole this yesterday and want to pay for it.”
 
I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room, a job that would have taken me 15 minutes.

I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment and tears in my eyes. Children must learn that their mothers are not perfect.
 
I loved you enough to let you assume responsibility for your actions even when the penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.

But most of all, I loved you enough to say “NO” when I knew you would hate me for it. Those were the most difficult battles of all. I am glad I won them because, in the end, you won something, too.
 
With Love,

Your MOTHER
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