Well, I will tell you first what you DON’T do. You DON’T sit down and give up! This is exactly what Satan wants you to think should happen. He wants you to believe you are no good and not useful for the cause of Christ anymore. Don’t buy that pack of lies. Let’s take a …
What’s Turning You Away?
We all have that one thing that draws our attention. But what we allow it to pull us away from makes all the difference. While reading in Deuteronomy 13 this morning, as Moses was talking to the children of Israel, this chapter really stuck out to me. Read along with me. Verses 1 ¶ If …
Teaching Our Children to Remain
This morning as I prepared my husband’s lunch for the day, I could hear as he played his audio Bible app. It’s rare for him to play it in the morning. He usually just reads but he read along with it this morning and I’m so glad. I love the book of 1 John. I …
What kind of house is yours?
How would visitors characterize your house? Would they say it is a house of neatness? A house of order? Or would they leave feeling stressed, and glad to get home to their own place of rest? No matter how people would describe my home in the physical sense, I have found one description from the …
From a pillow to a pillar
Well, it was in this very place, without complaint, sleeping on a pillow of stones, that Jacob received a vision and promise from the Lord himself
Stop your worrying!
3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. …
When Jesus knows we need reassurance
We are human. Being a Christian does not make us exempt from times of frustration, fear, uncertainty and sadness. The beauty, however, of experiencing these emotions while also having faith in God, is that he will speak to us and reassure us all is well. (We must listen for, seek out and recognize his voice!) …
A certain damsel – a picture of a changed life
Just like in the Bible account of this certain damsel, Satan is defeated when we give our hearts/lives to Christ. But just as He did later in this story in Acts 16, Jesus will work miracles in your life. He will bless your life, simply for being his child, and obeying him.
Anna – Inspiring faithfulness in us all
Anna is only found one time in scripture. We see in these 3 verses in Luke that she is an aged woman, who has been a widow for 84 years, and was married to her one true love for only 7 years before he passed away. She now spends her life serving God. So what can we learn from Anna’s life in 3 short verses?