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The lie that led to death and the truth that led to life.
We live in a world that tells us it’s okay to kill our child, though they don’t say it that way. They call it women’s health care,...

Mara Petro
Feb 283 min read
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Politics
Politics. No one likes talking about it. Many don’t care about it. Few understand it. A significant number of Christians and pastors who...

Mara Petro
Aug 10, 20247 min read
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Undeserved
Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43 I often reflect on the cross. I think it's good...

Mara Petro
Aug 4, 20243 min read
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Think
A.W. Tozer is quoted as saying, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” I agree with...

Mara Petro
Aug 4, 20243 min read
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Reflections
“Life is hard, people are weird, but God is love.” I heard that saying in the early 1990s: I was a new Christian, newly married, and...

Mara Petro
Jul 28, 20248 min read
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Life
I’m trying to understand something, and I would seriously appreciate help. A staggering number of people think abortion is acceptable, or...

Mara Petro
Jul 13, 20245 min read
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Go
The Christian’s calling and mission are to go. Not stay in our comfort zone. Sadly, I often go about my day forgetting why I’m here. I’m...

Mara Petro
Jul 5, 20244 min read
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Truth
What is truth? Pontius Pilate asked that question when he was interrogating Jesus. Here’s the exchange in John 18: “Then You are a king!”...

Mara Petro
Jul 5, 20245 min read
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He makes me lie down...Psalm 23
I have spinal stenosis. Severe degeneration at C5, C6, and C7. On Monday, 1/29, I had surgery to correct it. It’s been rough, to say the...

Mara Petro
Feb 3, 20243 min read
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Petro Christmas Newsletter
Discovering the true meaning of Christmas in the journey of the Wise Men. Matthew chapter 2 records the story of the Magi from the east...

Mara Petro
Dec 25, 20232 min read
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Voices
“I have something against the lying voices that noise our world.” Max Lucado wrote that in his book, Eye of the Storm. He goes on to...

Mara Petro
Jul 29, 20237 min read
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If Only I Knew
I wish someone had told me... “It’s not a problem. You can do this. We will help you.” “It’s not a blob of tissue. See his little face....

Mara Petro
Oct 18, 20228 min read
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Hope in Life, Death, and Eternity
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 begins by saying, "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven, a time to be born, and...

Mara Petro
Oct 31, 20217 min read
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Jesus touched lepers, so should we
“A leper came and knelt before Jesus, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean. Jesus reached out His hand and touched...

Mara Petro
Oct 16, 20218 min read
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Jesus is Enough
You're not enough and that's okay because Jesus is. The first part of that sentence is the title of a book by Allie Beth Stuckey, called...

Mara Petro
Sep 3, 20219 min read
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Stop the madness
I can’t do it anymore. I just heard that we may have to lockdown again because the “numbers are rising.” No, I won’t keep doing this....

Mara Petro
Apr 7, 20217 min read
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Shining A Light in Darkness.
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” ~Dietrich...

Mara Petro
Feb 27, 20215 min read
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The Thrill of Hope, in a Weary World…
Do you feel it? The heaviness… The tension… Are you like me, longing and waiting to finally exhale, and live fully again? This past...

Mara Petro
Jan 19, 20217 min read
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You cannot enter the Kingdom of God unless...
What you must BE, to have eternal life. Notice that I said, what you must be, not do. When you ask someone if they are a Christian or if...

Mara Petro
Nov 29, 20207 min read
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In The Last Days People will be Lovers of Self...
“In the last days perilous times will come: People will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to...

Mara Petro
Jul 6, 20206 min read
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