Goal
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Goal. A quick check in a dictionary and I find 'goal' has been defined as "the result or achievement toward which effort is directed" (dictionary.com). I sat...
His Plans
In Acts 13, we find the story of Barnabas and Saul and a Jewish sorcerer, named Bar-Jesus. This sorcerer had attached himself to the governor of the region, who Scripture tells us “was an intelligent manâ€. The governor had invited Barnabas and Saul to visit him as...
“For God So Loved The World …”
It may have been the very first verse we memorized in Sunday School. The words are so ingrained in my memory, it comes back in The King James Version: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish,...
Encouragement, Growth, & the Return of the Lord
This was our fourth week in the Hello Mornings study, A Faith That Endures. Paul had us thinking about the return of the Lord, church leaders, and our own spiritual growth. ~*~*~ We began the week with reading 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5 where Paul talks about "the day of...
So encourage each other …
Encouragement has been defined as “the ability to inspire with courage, spirit or confidence†(dictionary.com). The word has been stuck in my thoughts for days now bringing me to dig a bit more deeply. In his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul uses the word...
You Can Have An Impact
"Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God." (James 4:4, NIV) "John the Baptist set himself apart for one task, to be a voice for Christ. Everything about John centered on his purpose. His dress. His diet. His actions. His...