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 Chicken Taco Filling Ingredients  1 package dry taco seasoning mix 1 cup chicken broth 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts Directions Mix chicken broth and seasoning in a bowl. Place the chicken in the slow cooker and pour the chicken broth mixture over it. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. Shred…

I hope you have been enjoying walking with the Lord.  Click here to read about the best walking buddy. Yesterday we talked about beginning your conversation with some words of appreciation.  Today I have a suggestion for what to talk about next. Talk to Him about the people you love and care about.  Think about it…

Yesterday we talked about walking with Jesus — picturing Him walking beside you, just outside your range of vision as you follow your exercise route.  So what do you say to Jesus? Most of us start out with our list of wants and needs.  I have to admit to it.  A lot of my recent…

Ready to walk?  Don’t go alone.  This morning, walk with God. You knew already that God is there, with you all the time.  But let’s see if we can make that truth more real to you. Today as you start out to exercise, imagine that Jesus is walking with you in His physical body.  Think…

Ye are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. I Corinthians 6:20 We can do what we want with our own bodies, right?   But are these bodies our own?  When we come to God in salvation, we come in surrender.  He actually owns us by…

 It’s recipe day, and here is a simple, refreshing favorite. Fresh Fruit Parfait  1 cup part-skim milk ricotta cheese 1/2 tsp. almond extract Stevia, or other sugar substitute to equal 1 tsp. sugar 1 TB skin milk 1 cup sliced oranges 1 cup seedless red grapes 1 medium apple 2 bananas Blend ricotta cheese and…

Ready, set — go!  Well, we’re almost ready to go.  On our daily walk, that is.  We talked in yesterday’s blog about deciding when to walk.  If you just plan to do it “sometime” it most likely won’t happen.  You have to plan a time and prepare for it. And you need to figure out where you are going…

How are the steps coming?  The plan is to take the average of your steps for three days and then each week start adding 200 daily steps.  This is a small, but doable, change and those who started out with me should be seeing some increase in their movement by now. But maybe you are…

How are the steps coming?  Do you need suggestions for working more steps naturally into your day?  Here’s one that changed my numbers dramatically. I used to be frustrated at the amount of time I had to spend on the phone.  I wanted to be moving, but felt tethered to my chair while I handled…

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress. Have mercy upon me and hear my prayer.  Ps. 4:1 Do you feel distressed, depressed, and like giving up?  There’s a better answer than a candy bar.  Take your problems and the frazzled emotions they caused…

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