Encouragement for Christian Women, and a Few Laughs Along the way
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 When you accept Jesus in your heart as your savior, or “get saved”, (different terms, same end result) you receive many gifts in addition to eternal life with Him in heaven. When …
My husband and I like to go have a walk on the beach on our date nights. There’s something about the water, salty air and the waves that beacons us. We take off our shoes, hold hands and walk in the water. It is so refreshing and so romantic. We talk and sometimes we just …
Today’s blog post comes from Acts 20 and 21. While doing my studies this morning about the way Paul and others behaved themselves in the early Church, I noticed many wonderful qualities. Qualities of a loving Pastor, a faithful community of believers, and behaviors characteristic of both. I want to share these with you. If …
Are you lacking in the joy department? I’m not talking about temporal happiness, as the world would define it. The world finds its happiness in things, people, and situations. The world would have you believe if you don’t have things, you cannot be happy. Time and again the Bible tells us if we are a …
I was almost three years of age when this big old green bus started coming to pick up my twelve year old aunt with her baby niece. I don’t remember that first time I rode to the white block church building, but I do know this-It began a change in my life. It was the …
If you are anything like me, you can be quick to get stirred up about some things. When someone rubs us the wrong way, or perhaps we want to jump to a friend’s defense in a matter. We have to be SO careful about being easily “stirred up” in these kinds of matters. James 1:19 …
Enemies are not always people who physically attack you. They are not even always obvious. Your enemies can attend the same Church, work in ministry with you, and smile when you talk to them. This is an unfortunate truth. (And we must do our part to make sure we are not enemy to a sister …
None of us are perfect. But God truly wants to work all things for good in our lives. He can take the most bleak of situations and turn it around. But it all depends on our faithfulness to Him and following His leading.
When I was a child, I remember hearing “Not in this family we don’t”. What my parents meant by that was, it didn’t matter what everyone else was doing. There was a certain level of behavior expected from us. There were certain things we were not going to do/say, etc. You know that verse in …