“Get Up and Come Forward” {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
For a few days now, I have gone back to read and reread an account in the Gospel of Luke. Come with me ... On a particular Sabbath day, Jesus was found teaching in the synagogue, and present was a man whose right hand was withered. The scribes and Pharisees kept close...
Daily Dependence & God’s Grace
Three weeks in The Lord's Prayer and we have only scratched the surface. Here are the truths the last week in the study brought to our group ... Memory Verse: “Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not...
Unexpected Beauty & Marvel
There are days when God shows up in ways that we did not expect and surely did not deserve. On those days, He leaves us breathless, our hearts full of emotion and our mouths filled with praise. Some days we lay big requests before Him. They are big in our estimation...
So Teach Us
"So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom." (Psalm 90:12, NASB) "Moses's words summarize what we need to know if we want to make our lives count. We live one day at a time ... God has ordained that the entire universe function a day...
Root
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Root. It's been quite a dry and hot summer, very little rain. As the summer wore on, the water ban increased causing some of my...
The Purpose of Discipline {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
“Endure hardship as discipline.†(Hebrews 12: 7, NIV) The problem with this is most of us are not fond of discipline. As a child, I did not enjoy discipline. Being sentenced to my room for a period of time just did not fit into my definition of “funâ€. Having...