Rest & Overflow
"He saw the disciples straining at the oars." (Mark 6:48) "Straining and striving does not accomplish the work God gives us to do. Only God Himself, who always works without stress and strain and who never overworks, can do the work He assigns to His children. When we...
Rescue
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Rescue. Upon seeing the word prompt, "rescue", the thought immediately came that I need to be rescued every day. Rescued from...
When We March Together {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
It’s that time of year again - when on any Wednesday night, I can faintly hear the sound of the marching band as they practice. It brings back fond memories of those years our daughter was on the football field playing and marching. It’s been quite a few years...
Words, Defenses, and Victory
This study of Esther keeps bringing timely lessons to be learned ... We find the plan of Haman fully uncovered and backfiring on him as we continue to read Esther 7:7-10. The very gallows he intended for Mordecai will soon be used for his own demise. As I read both...
The Great Need for Intercessors
“Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.†(Galatians 6:2, NASB) We know we are to be praying for one another, yet so often, we come in prayer to make our own needs known before God. In his book, The Path of Prayer, Samuel Chadwick...
Blessed & Believing
"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." (John 20:29) "How important it is for God to keep us focused on things that are unseen, for we are so easily snared by the things we can see! I do not ask that He must prove His Word is true to me, And that...