Tag Archives: Sin

3 Life Altering Lessons Learned from Addicts

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: October 4, 2010
I was naïve until I became a preacher’s wife. To me the world was a good place; at least for families that followed the rules, worked hard, and paid their bills. There were people who did bad things, but they lived out there somewhere. I was unlikely to bump into them in my safe suburban [...]
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Self-awareness is a scary thing (at least when you’re me)

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: August 7, 2010
I read the following quote from George Muller a month ago. Describing his method for effective prayer he said: I seek at the beginning to get my heart into such a state that it has no will of its own in regard to a given matter. Nine-tenths of the trouble with people generally is just [...]
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End of the Innocence

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: June 9, 2009
Yesterday, I had to talk to two little girls about a topic that little girls shouldn’t know about.  It was heartbreaking. I was reminded again that our world is not clean.  It’s not neat.  It’s not pretty.  Children are sometimes exposed to material that is labeled ‘adult’ when it’s not even fit for grown-ups. I [...]
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The Best of Times and the Worst of Times

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: February 17, 2009
Parenting is often a study in contrasts.   Contrasts between parents and children.  Contrasts between children.  Contrasts within the same child.  One moment a child can demonstrate selflessness, caring and sacrifice that will melt a mother’s heart.  The very same day they can display selfishness that warrants criminal prosecution (I wish I were exaggerating).  I had [...]
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Church is Broken

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: May 17, 2008
We are continuing today in Exodus Chapters 25 – 30. These chapters contain lots of detail from God to Moses. Please read these chapters as background for today’s discussion. In today’s focal chapters, God continues to tell Moses exactly how to build the ark of the Covenant (also called the ark of the Testimony in [...]
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