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Each week, I sit with the Lord and ask, “What do you want to say today?” My prayer is that each post, regardless of the date, speaks to you in due season.
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"Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?" I don't always use the word foe in my every day vernacular but I just like how this is stated. A foe is any enemy or opponent, and in [...]
I had to look up the definition for clarity. As I was praying for several people around me, I realized the common denominator was struggle-- they were all struggling in some form or fashion. The dictionary defines struggle as "to [...]
Do you have things in your life that were once exciting that now feel like a chore? Maybe it's your job, or your studies, or (God forbid) your marriage. My point is, we should never be led by how we [...]
When my husband and I first married, he had to get used to an extended family— not because he married into mine, but because my side of the family had multiples. My parents were divorced and remarried, so not only [...]
There's an old song that rises up in my heart occasionally. The lyrics start out like this: Who is like You, Lord in all the earth?Matchless love and beauty, endless worthNothing in this world can satisfyJesus, You're the cup that [...]
When you think about it, emotions are an interesting attribute of our human make-up. And yet, God saw it fit to equip us with these feelings that influence our behavior. Emotions cause us to laugh, cry, yell, and sigh. They [...]
Years ago, my husband and I decided to paint the trim of our house one summer. We only had one ladder so I had the bright idea that an old milk crate, turned upside-down, would be a perfect pedestal for [...]
As you know, in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the Bible describes how Jesus went from place to place ministering to people. For example, in Matthew 9:35, the Bible says, "Then Jesus went about all the cities [...]
"Beware of mixing even a little of self with the mortar with which you build, or you will make it untempered mortar, and the stones will not hold together. If you look to Christ for your beginnings, beware of looking [...]
"But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God" (Luke 9:27). The first time I studied this, I thought "What did Jesus mean? His disciples died a [...]
"Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscious seared with a hot iron…" (1 Timothy 4:1-2). [...]
