Judy Woodward Bates

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  • Temper, Tempter!

    Temper, Tempter!

    Are you quick to anger?

  • What Language Are You Speaking?

    What Language Are You Speaking?

    Did you know that body language accounts for over 90 percent of conversation?

  • Cut the Clutter

    Learning to keep your home clutter-free requires discipline that can create space in all areas of your life. Do you look around your home and feel like the psalmist who said, “My confusion is continually before me” (Psalm 44:15, KJV)? If clutter has a stronghold around your house, it’s likely that you do.

  • Righteous Giving, Righteous Living

    Even Christians tend to put a lot of emphasis on “stuff,” don’t we? We like to drive up to church in the best vehicle, walk in wearing the best outfit, and have everyone know we live in the nicest house or neighborhood. But is

  • Buying Happiness

    “Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife” (Proverbs 17:1). Or to put this proverb another way, “Better to have little materially with peace than material abundance with strife.”

  • 'Let's Make a Deal'

    Do you remember the game show, “Let’s Make a Deal”? The host, Monty Hall, would stroll through the audience asking for all sorts of crazy items. “I’ll pay $200 for a rubber band,” he might say. A rubber band-waving audience member would leap to his feet and Hall would quickly pay

  • God's Riches

    Jesus, speaking at the temple during the Feast of Booths, told His listeners: "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water'" (John 7:38). We who have trusted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior have been filled with Him, the Living Water

  • Small Things

    Where is the fine line in our finances, the point at which it matters to God how we handle them? Of course, this is a ridiculous question - the answer is a resounding, "There isn't one!" Our heavenly Father cares about how we manage every penny - after all, what does His Word tell us? "You are not your own, for you were bought at a price...."(1 Corinthians

  • Counterfeit Wealth

    Randall walked to the counter at his bank and handed the teller his deposit. She immediately began counting Randall’s cash, quickly peeling the bills from the small stack and tallying as she changed denominations. Suddenly she halted. Holding a $20 bill between her two hands and eying it carefully, her face grew grim.

  • Aiding or Abetting?

    In the Book of Acts we read about the first deacons, who were appointed to ensure equal treatment for all the widows being cared for by the church. Certainly the church of today, as did the early church, has a responsibility to help those of their flock who are unable to care for

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