Ruth Whitfield
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Stand in the Gap This Independence Day With This Prayer Focus
My, how time flies! The older we get, the quicker it seems to go. Here we are ready to celebrate another Independence Day, complete with family and friends gathering for summer festivities, cookouts, patriotic songs, parades, fireworks and other traditions. It also marks the midway point through the year. Can you believe it? Seems like …
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Have You Learned This Spiritual Success Secret Yet?
I recently retired, sold most of our belongings and trekked across the country for a fresh start. This is not unlike many who do the same in our mobile society every day. However, this was our 25th move. You would think we’d have it down to a science by now. And we did, 25 years …
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When You Pray, This Will Guarantee You Foolproof Intercession
Are you an intercessor? In its most basic form intercession simply means the act of praying for something or someone else. We sometimes equate it with spiritual warfare, pulling down strongholds, entering enemy territory and taking back what the enemy has stolen from us. But without disparaging that, and after many years of engaging in …
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Learning How to ‘Travel’ Light
I grew up in New York City but attended a college in Valhalla, just outside the city. It took too long to commute each day from my home in Brooklyn to school, so I stayed in Valhalla during the week and went home on the weekends. It was quite a trip. I packed my suitcase …
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‘Lord, Help Me to Think Your Thoughts and Know Your Ways’
One morning during my devotional time, I asked the Lord to bless my young son, John, and “give him a good day.” That may not sound like much of a prayer request, but it was a significant one for John—he had been diagnosed with infantile autism when he was a year and a half. Doctors …
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Succumb or Overcome
It’s a funny thing about temptation. None of us is immune to it. Wouldn’t it be great if we were—if we could just take a pill or get vaccinated against it? Then we could develop an immunity and never fear being tempted again. We could live in total victory in all the areas in which …
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What’s That Noise?
I came home from a women's leadership meeting at church one night to find everyone had already gone to bed. Feeling hungry, I went into the kitchen and fixed myself a bowl of fresh blueberries. They were in season and they were magnificent.
Then I heard it. It was a strange noise I had never heard before. It sounded like the lower notes of a cello and it was occurring at five- and 10-second intervals. Not only was this unusual but my dishwasher and the entire kitchen counter would vibrate at each interval.
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