Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Sep 13
- 2 min
When Iron Floated
Throw a piece of iron in water and it will sink faster than a ship with a hole in it. No one expects a hunk of iron to float to the...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Aug 26
- 2 min
A Fishy Story
Matthew 17:24-27 It was tax day in Capernaum and the tax collectors were making the rounds. Matthew, a former tax collector, tells this...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Aug 16
- 2 min
A Strange Meal
Ezekiel 2-3:3 Do you have an appetite for God’s Word? I mean, literally? Do you eat it for breakfast, lunch, or supper? Do you digest...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Aug 2
- 2 min
Dying for a Sermon!
Acts 20:7-12 Who hasn’t fallen asleep during a sermon? Sometimes it has more to do with late nights and stressful days than the quality...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Jul 19
- 2 min
Donkey Talk
When a donkey brays, people call him stubborn. But what do you call a donkey who speaks for God? That’s what happened to Balaam on his...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Jul 5
- 1 min
A Declaration of Freedom in Christ!
If you would like a free, printable 8 1/2 X 11 copy of this declaration, click the button below.
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Jun 20
- 4 min
When You Pray . . .
When the day was long, the crowds were overwhelming, the people demands unrelenting, Jesus refreshed himself by taking time to pray. He...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Love At All Cost
Jesus didn’t just teach about love, he loved and left us his example. However, his personification of love often went cross grain to...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- May 16
- 2 min
How Jesus Spoke For Marriage
Imagine those sitting on the grass as Jesus teaches. Jesus takes pieces of the Ten Commandments and uses different words to talk about...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Apr 28
- 2 min
More Salt, Please!
Jesus reminded us that the way we live our lives is supposed to make people thirsty for God. It’s the potato chip response. You’ve...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Apr 26
- 3 min
The Right Side Up Life in an Upside Down World
Jesus showed us how to live as God created us to live. His teaching was like a mirror for our lives. And that’s how we must use the...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Apr 12
- 2 min
The Upside Down, Right Side Up Call of Jesus
Do we live so far removed from the call of Jesus that we have forgotten the uniqueness of it? How personally fitted to us it is? How...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Apr 4
- 2 min
The Power of the Cross
Jesus had just finished private conversations with his disciples about the tumultuous times they must endure. He used the story of the...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Mar 29
- 2 min
The Meager and the Much
You know the stories of the the poor widow widow's gift and Mary's extravagant gift. We don't usually read them together because of...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Live Awake
What does it take to wake you up? What do you miss when you live in that twilight zone between sleepy and wakefulness? Jesus took Peter,...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Mar 15
- 2 min
List Making With God
The convicting truth we learn from Jesus is that we always have enough time to do God’s will. What did Jesus do with the time he had? He...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Search Me!
David asked for God to examine his heart in Psalm 139 when he asked God to search me. It made sense because God already knew what was...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Doing Without to Have More
What activities and habits prevent you from hearing God? The best way to address this is with the spiritual practice of fasting. Too...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Feb 22
- 2 min
For Ash Wednesday
If this journey to Easter is anything it is a journey to appreciate the difference that the breath of God makes in our lives. Without the...
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Debbie Salter Goodwin
- Feb 7
- 4 min
Your Personal Letter from God
When I get a text or email from someone I love, I click through immediately. I want the connection. I want the update. As I read the...
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