Where
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Where. Upon seeing the word prompt, my mind immediately goes to the passages from this past Sunday's sermon at church: "Where can I go from your Spirit? Where...
The Key to Standing Firm
The words were familiar ones as they have been read before - "Stay alert! Watch our for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith ..." (1 Peter 5: 8-9a, NLT)...
The One Fit to Guide
In one afternoon, the verse came across my path. It was unusual as it is a verse typically associated with Advent and the birth of Christ. But today, it came differently, gently: "For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his...
Let the Praise Continue
It's week 4 of our month of Praise. As we continued to study, we discovered we are to: Praise God with our whole heart. The readings were Psalm 103: 1-2; Psalm 128: 1-4; and Psalm 89:11. The Psalmist reminds us to praise God with our whole heart - to hold nothing...
Overwhelming Victory
The familiar words come back to mind: “… in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.†And yet on any given day, I can be overwhelmed … by my to-do list, getting caught up on the laundry, paying bills, work, or just thinking about...
The Heart Behind Service
"Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say." (2 Thessalonians 2:16, NLT) "Lord, don't you care that my sister...