Walking with God, Digesting Scripture and Pointing Others to Grow Deeper in their Faith
We live in a society that wants everything right now, immediate gratification. This isn’t how our relationship with God works. Just when I think I can’t take it anymore God gives me just what I need. God isn’t some vending machine that we pepper with petitions to enhance what we want in our lives. Waiting... Continue Reading →
Jesus prayed for Himself, His disciples and for all believers that would come after them and then headed out to a garden. Where do you go when you know stressful days are ahead? Jesus went to a garden. Judas knew the garden and led a band of armed officers there. Jesus came forward asking who... Continue Reading →
Jesus' last prayerful words to the Father before his arrest are for Himself, for His disciples and for those who would believe throughout all time. This prayer includes you and me! We're right at the end of this prayer. What did Jesus pray for His disciples? What did he pray for believers like you and... Continue Reading →
John 17 is Jesus' prayer for Himself, for his disciples and for all believers who will come after them. Jesus prayed with great vision for Himself, for His disciples and even for you and me! Do we pray with vision like Jesus did or are we so stuck in the here and now that we... Continue Reading →
I married a dog person. I’ve been a cat person all my life and when we married I had two geriatric cats that I loved dearly and my husband grew to love them as well. They passed away and we now have two new cats that aren’t a year old yet. Tonight our girl went... Continue Reading →
It’s New Years Day. Welcome 2021! We’re ready for newness. We’re weary of the old that’s weighed us down in 2020. GOOD NEWS!!! There’s a much greater newness than just passing through the new year! The moment I gave myself to God I transformed, I morphed, I mutated, I converted, I remodeled, I revolutionized into... Continue Reading →
I hate being lost! For me it’s a feeling of the unknown, of possible oncoming danger and insecurity. We all have stories before we had navigation systems of driving around trying to find our way. I even recall arguments in the car over which way we should go next while we were on vacation in... Continue Reading →
I’m intrigued by how one life can be dramatically altered because of what someone else left behind. Those who passed away hundreds or thousands of years ago can still have a profound affect on us. For example, a man from the 1600’s artistic expression spoke so profoundly to a man in 1986 that it altered... Continue Reading →
If I don’t love you enough to endure the discomfort of venturing into difficult conversations I’m not sure I love you at all. Proverbs is so full of timeless wisdom that never goes out of style! It’s stood the test of time and is reliable for us to apply to our lives. Nobody enjoys rebuke... Continue Reading →
Another human being is never the enemy. Sometimes I need to be reminded of this. No matter how evil a person may seem they are created by God, made is His image and loved by God. Oh Lord, help us to see people as You see them! Broken. Battered. Seeking what they'll never find unless... Continue Reading →
