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		<title>be strong and courageous.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.&#8221;
Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
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		<title>don&#8217;t react. respond.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Stiles Mills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Romans 12:18 NIV
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		<title>trials often hide blessings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Stiles Mills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So if you find life difficult because you&#8217;re doing what God said, take it all in stride.  Trust him.  He knows what he&#8217;s doing, and he&#8217;ll keep on doing it.  1 Peter 4:19, The Message
Eight years ago, we left our previous church.
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		<title>never going to stop trying</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 00:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Stiles Mills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcommunion.wordpress.com&blog=4522222&post=25&subd=pragmaticcommunion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>builder unknown</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Stiles Mills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don&#8217;t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort.&#8221;1 Corinthians 15:58  the Message
This is a reminder that there is great value in the small.

&#8220;It&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcommunion.wordpress.com&blog=4522222&post=23&subd=pragmaticcommunion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>freedom to be different</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticcommunion.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/freedom-to-be-different/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Stiles Mills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.]Colossians 3:21 The Amplified Bible
My daughter is a free spirit.
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		<title>taking every opportunity</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticcommunion.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/taking-every-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Stiles Mills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.Proverbs 15:1
We watch Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel.  By &#8220;we,&#8221; I mean our entire family.  Our house is laid out so that the kitchen and the family room are pretty much one big room.  So when Hannah Montana is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcommunion.wordpress.com&blog=4522222&post=19&subd=pragmaticcommunion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>i want no regrets.</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticcommunion.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/i-want-no-regrets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Stiles Mills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don&#8217;t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I&#8217;ve got my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcommunion.wordpress.com&blog=4522222&post=18&subd=pragmaticcommunion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>bloggy giveaway!</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticcommunion.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/bloggy-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Stiles Mills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My random number generator produced the number 60!  Congratulations to Sarah!
Welcome to my Bloggy Giveaway! I&#8217;m offering one giveaway on each of my blogs, so check them out! If you have a minute (a second?) check out my &#8220;i sort my m&#38;m&#8217;s by color&#8221; page,  my latest &#8220;Devotion&#8221; post or my post on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcommunion.wordpress.com&blog=4522222&post=17&subd=pragmaticcommunion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>i am not embarrassed.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Stiles Mills</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcommunion.wordpress.com&blog=4522222&post=16&subd=pragmaticcommunion&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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