The Praise Report is a faith-filled newsletter that delivers positivity and encouragement straight to your inbox. Subscribe at ConstantPraise.org. What We Can Learn from Pinocchio We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities. Rudyard Kipling Have you woken up and made plans for the day, only to have those plans completely changed soon after getting out of bed? Perhaps, for some, the question should be asked this way: When is the last time your plans for...
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The Praise Report is a faith-filled newsletter that delivers positivity and encouragement straight to your inbox. Subscribe at ConstantPraise.org. Put Your Faith Alone in Jesus But you, O LORD, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high. Psalm 3:3 NLT There is a curve in the road on N.C. 345 in Wanchese, North Carolina, where a cross stands in memory of Zachariah "Zack" Hayes. On the evening of Nov. 10, 1995, Hayes lost his life in a tragic car accident near this...
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The Praise Report is a faith-filled newsletter that delivers positivity and encouragement straight to your inbox. Subscribe at ConstantPraise.org. Four Secrets of Life by Chuck Swindoll When our faith is weak, joy strengthens us No matter how dark the clouds, the sun will eventually pierce the darkness and dispel it; no matter how heavy the rain, the sun will ultimately prevail to hang a rainbow in the sky. Joy will chase away the clouds hovering over our faith and prevail over the...
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The Praise Report is a faith-filled newsletter that delivers positivity and encouragement straight to your inbox. Subscribe at ConstantPraise.org. He who leads, with diligence he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Romans 12:8 NKJV Before opening my Bible, I have gotten into the habit of praying to God for understanding and guidance toward what He wants me to get from the reading of His Word. With my...
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The Praise Report is a faith-filled newsletter that delivers positivity and encouragement straight to your inbox. Subscribe at ConstantPraise.org. Scripture Memorization All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 2 Timothy 3:16 NLT I recently began a Scripture memorization course developed by The Navigators, called the Topical Memory System. The...
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The Praise Report is a faith-filled newsletter that delivers positivity and encouragement straight to your inbox. Subscribe at ConstantPraise.org. I survived a ride without a seat belt God created men to live a life of passion, freedom, and adventure. John Eldredge A favorite memory of mine revolves around summer trips from upstate New York to Vermont to visit my grandparents. Charles and Gerda Barber would meet my mom and me somewhere around halfway between Whitney Point, New York and...
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The Praise Report is a faith-filled newsletter that delivers positivity and encouragement straight to your inbox. Subscribe at ConstantPraise.org. How much negativity are you consuming? "Human beings were not created to have the horrors of the world delivered to their phones all through the day. The soul cannot take it." John Eldredge Due to a media and human obsession with negative news, and an unhealthy reliance on social media for human interaction, many people have become desensitized to...
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The Praise Report is a faith-filled newsletter that delivers positivity and encouragement straight to your inbox. Subscribe at ConstantPraise.org. Tribute to Stephanie Lynn Clark For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13 NKJV In 2004,...
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The Praise Report is a faith-filled newsletter that delivers positivity and encouragement straight to your inbox. Subscribe at ConstantPraise.org. Pray First Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. Psalm 5:2-3 KJV Regarding prayer, Pastor Chuck Swindoll states, “make prayer your first response so that you let nothing become a...
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