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From Fear to Hope
How a Teen Overcame Fear of Witnessing by Deb Matthews We were ‘The Three Musketeers Plus One’, four teenage girls from Civil Air Patrol who were sitting in a booth at Denny’s talking about everything in the world that came to mind. One of them brought up the subject of God and how she wondered…
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Crystal Rainwater: Set Free from Lifelong Anxiety
Crystal’s recent release from a generational curse by Crystal Rainwater Crystal Rainwater My earliest memories of what I now know to be anxiety happened when I was only four. I would lay awake in my bed and see these vivid images in my mind of our house burning down and I would have to save…
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“I don’t know how to do church” – God heals her foot anyway
By Rick Michels After getting my phone call requesting an interview, Leona Hansen set down her payroll work for Major League Pizza, the restaurant she owns with her husband Andy to describe her life prior to coming to Sonrise and experiencing her miracle. It’s a life to which many of us could relate: “I was not…
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Joni’s story: “Long distance” prayer destroys long time anxiety
by Jamie Sagerser During a Sonrise service last October, I heard a sister in Christ share a word of knowledge about a spirit of depression and anxiety breaking off someone. My heart leaped as I stretched out my hand towards my best friends home, a few blocks away. Through tears I claimed this word for…
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All I Want For Christmas…by Diane Fink
Six-year-old Ellie tip-toed up to reach the mailbox, straining to slip her letter in the slot. The address read: Santa Claus North Pole Inside was her Christmas list. What wasn’t written on the letter were her hopes of finding each gift underneath the tree. “Dear Santa, I have been a good girl this year. all…
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The Old House – A Christmas Thought…by Jervae Brooks
artwork by Amy Heath When we first moved to the little house and acre of land we purchased on “the Rez” we couldn’t help but notice an old house that we passed every time we drove the 2 miles to or from town. It was 1992 and we had found the home we had been…
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Obedience for Snow Tires…by Debra Matthews
The key to keeping revival fires alive – obedience by Debra K. Matthews Winter had arrived and I needed studded tires for my van. As hard as I tried, though, I just didn’t have any extra money to put away for them. The Lord had provided so many things in my life, often just in…
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Symphonic Prayer
by Tom Giesecke M.SD. Of all the classical music composers, I consider J.S. Bach the master of harmony. I have set myself the goal to learn and perform or record his six sonatas and partitas for unaccompanied violin. These masterpieces stretch the violinist to maximize the counterpoint available to the instrument. They are rich in…