One of the daily devotionals that I read is from Elisabeth Elliot – it is always refreshing, often challenging and very inspiring. This mornings entry was simple, yet profound and true. Are you making yourself miserable today?
Several Ways to Make Yourself Miserable
Count your troubles, name them one by one–at the breakfast table, if anybody will [...]
“Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea– the Lord on high is mighty.” Psalm 93:4
“O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, [...]
After yesterdays Tea Time Tuesday exhortation to make the choice to live an “uncommon” life…I am posting my daughter Michelle’s valedictorian speech she gave this past June at JECHS graduation. I hope it inspires you to live an uncommon life!
Michelle’s Valedictorian Graduation Message
I have been brought up in a home of girls. Not only do [...]
I woke up this morning, with a verse that I have not pondered since my college days, clearly upon my mind and in my heart-
Psalm 127:2 “God grants sleep to those He loves”
It was one of those moments that I knew the Lord was speaking to me directly. The past month my life has consisted [...]
“The Lord declares…those who honor Me, I will honor” I Samuel 3:20
Last Wednesday I shared with you about a young Christian man who was having to trust the Lord’s plan for his life after a potentially season ending football injury (see Word for Wednesday on Sept 19) Well the story continues….
After accepting Gods will for his football season, RJ [...]
“Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart, lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him & He will direct your paths” Proverbs 3:5
We don’t always understand why the Lord does or allows certain things into our lives and yet we often try hard to find the answers to the “WHY” question. [...]
Today we have been praying for God to do something that could require some “special forces” to be at work on our behalf…when I read this -
Acts 12:1-11
That’s when King Herod got it into his head to go after some of the church members. He murdered James, John’s brother. When he saw how much it raised his popularity [...]
”Share with your sister!” has come out of my mouth regularly as a mom of many little ones. We’ve all heard those words at school, in the church nursery, on the playground….almost everywhere there are kids together there is an adult reminding them to share their things with others.
Then we become adults and somehow our “sharing” philosophy changes. In [...]
I know of many people right now who currently have serious financial stresses in their lives.
Those who have recently lost jobs, others like myself whose businesses have been in a major decline for months & even years, some who are experiencing large and unexpected expenses that are beyond anything they can afford, those (like my daughters Africa team with YWAM) who are [...]
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