Category: Christ
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the gap.
The question of the ages: If the gospel is supernatural, then why doesn’t it seem to make more of a difference in the lives of so many who claim to believe it? That is a great question! Skeptics ask it and fellow brothers and sisters ask it. I believe it…
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celebrate the small.
4 I sought the Lord, and he answered meand rescued me from all my fears.5 Those who look to him are radiant with joy;their faces will never be ashamed.Psalms 34:4-5 It is going to take time to see changes in your thought process and behavior. When you fly on autopilot for long periods of…
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perseverance.
Perseverance and endurance. What are they? Perseverance is persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. Endurance is the fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way. Endurance is experiencing or surviving the pain. Perseverance, however, is not merely experiencing pain or hardships in life…
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gift of fire
A while ago I wrote about Cain and Abel. While I was searching scriptures I came across a verse that stuck out to me. I add it a long list of scriptures to go back and seek the understanding of. One such verse is: 13 Fire must be kept burning on…
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they know not what they do.
Yesterday was a wonderful Sunday! I have the privilege to get to attend two services over the weekend. A church in Texas and a church in Colorado. Technology is wonderful! The church in Colorado is teaching 1 Corinthians. Yesterday’s message was over part of 1 Corinthians 6. You can see…
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i shall not want.
I love Sunday mornings! I find I wake up the earliest on sundays. I am so excited to grab my coffee and just sit with Jesus and my Heavenly Father. Most of my morning prayer is spent in thanksgiving. Thanking God for all he is continually doing. The greatest blessing…
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the Hand that shuts the door
When we read the story of Noah, we are amazed at the detailed instructions he gave Noah. He told Noah exactly how to build the ark. 14 “Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and outside. 15 This is how you are to…
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obedience.
Someone once told me that my lack of obedience when they felt I was supposed to obedience was proof that there would be no real change in my life. I would just revert to my old nature and that was my lot in life. It was rather disturbing. God is…
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the voice.
Yesterday I was joyful to share that Jesus, the Good Shepherd, knows our name. We as sheep, know him by His voice. Anything else that speaks to us through the spirit, is a stranger and we should run and scatter from that voice. As Christians, we need to get very…
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He knows your name.
I was thinking about my goats the other day. I had dropped my kids at the airport and on my way back I took the country roads. I thought of each of them and a thought came to mind. They each had a name. There was Brownie that we nicknamed…
It Starts Small 