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Welcome to "A Grace Place"
*Bible Centered*
                               *Family Oriented*
                                                             *Open to all people*
                                                                                              *Loving and Accepting*
                                                                                                                                    *Mission Minded*

This year I am armoring my grandchildren each day as they go to school and I invite you to do the same with your children, grand-children and great-grand-children.  Of course, I am speaking of the passage in Ephesians 6: 12-17.  Having God’s armor will give them a place on which to stand against anything spiritual that may come against them.  Trust me, please, they need the full armor.  Here are the steps:

1.  Put the belt of truth around them.

2.  Put on them the breastplate of integrity, moral values, and right standing with God.(Righteousness)

3.  Give them the shield of believing faith to stop all the flaming darts of the evil one.

4.  Place on their heads the helmet of salvation.

5.  Place in their hands the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.  (A bible verse a week would be a good start.)

6.   Put shoes on your children’s feet as the gospel of peace

7.  This is for us and those children who can understand.  PRAY AT ALL TIMES.

They say on TV that friends don’t let friends drive drunk.  Well, people who love children, don’t send children to school and other places without the full armor of God.  Join me please.

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   Why go to Church

A church goer  wrote a  letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.

"I've gone for 30 years now" he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons.  But for the life of me, I can't remember  a single one of them.  So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving so many sermons at all."

This started a controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor.

It went on for weeks until someone wrote the clincher:

"I've been married for over 30 years now.  In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals.  But, for the life of me, I cannot  recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals.  But I do know this.  They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work.  If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today.  Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"  When you are DOWN to nothing...God is UP to something!  Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible.  Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment."

When Satan is knocking at your door, simply say, "Jesus could you get that for me?   

For Keys to Everyday Miracle Territory

The Master Key is an urgent prayer to be sent by God on a miracle mission.
The People Key readies you for the inevitable moment when Heaven's agenda collides with your own.  When you apply this key, you put yourself and Heaven on notice that you have decided to make God's heart for people your own.
The Spirit Key prepares you to cooperate with God's Spirit, especially in regard to His supernatural power.  
The Risk Key shows you how to intentionally live in such a way that you take risks of faith, relying on God to accomplish what He wants done.
                                                                                            Bruce Wilkinson

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