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Camouflaged Animals Click the link for 28 pictures (some are house pets and just plain funny/silly), but there are several that are almost impossible to see. The pictures are great too. This was fun!  There were several that I never did find. The marmot  eluded me, but I finally found the wolf an...

Darn! The Snow Line is 40 Miles North of Me!?!?!?! Now I like a little snow and this is nothing more than a white blanket that will quickly melt, but the weatherman is telling me right now that we will only be getting rain. It has been snowing for several hours with big, heavy snowflakes. Yes, I ...

Joyce Meyer's: Battlefield of the Mind Devotional The Mind of Christ Today's scripture overwhelms many people. If these were not the words of the Bible, they wouldn't believe it. As it is, most people shake their heads and ask, "How can this be?"Paul was not saying we're perfect or that we'll nev...

Joyce Meyer's: Battlefield of the Mind Devotional D.V.  He told me that he and his wife were missionaries to Chad, Africa, and then he said, "We plan to return in January, D.V." I didn't know what D.V. meant, but I didn't say anything.As he described his evangelism program for the interior of the...

Joyce Meyer's: Battlefield of the Mind Devotional Defeating Unbelief Sometimes we unintentionally give the wrong impression about spiritual warfare. We know that our enemy is the devil and that we must fight daily to win, but that's not everything. If the Christian life were nothing but battles, ...

Joyce Meyer's: Battlefield of the Mind Devotional Be Careful What You Think If you are going to win the battle of the mind and defeat your enemy, where you focus your attention is crucial. The more you meditate on God's Word, the stronger you'll become and the more easily you'll win the victories...

Joyce Meyer's: Battlefield of the Mind Devotional Getting What We Want I usually know what I want, and I like to get it. I'm exactly like most people. When we don't get what we want, our negative feelings flare up. Too often, we Christians expect life to be perfect and for everything to go smooth...

Joyce Meyer's: Battlefield of the Mind Devotional A Perfect Plan What does it mean to think that God has a perfect plan for us? Perhaps it's the word "perfect" that troubles us. We're fallible and make so many mistakes. How could anything be perfect in our lives? We know ourselves too well. Immed...

Joyce Meyer's: Battlefield of the Mind Devotional I hear about how Christians shouldn't suffer and everything should be fine once you are saved. I must admit I wondered (and still do at times because I am human and doubt) why good Christians must suffer. I keep thinking about several points: God ...

Joyce Meyer's: Battlefield of the Mind Devotional Positive thoughts and positive thinking. This is something I have been working on for the last year or so. I ahve even started my two boys on writing positive affirmations. They each have 5-6 that  thoughts that they write out 5 times each day. Th...