My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV) So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36 NIV)Every time I read this story on social media, it gets me. I don’t know whether the story is real orContinue Reading
They are to judge the people fairly. Never pervert justice. Instead, be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right. Strive for nothing but justice… (Deuteronomy 16:18-20 GW) Yesterday morning I sat in the county courthouse for 2 1/2 hoursContinue Reading
Honor (respect, obey, care for) your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged in the land the Lord your God gives you. (Exodus 20:12 AMP) The woman was tall, slender, and probably had been beautiful when she was in the prime of life. She had on simple clothesContinue Reading
Be filled with the Spirit by reciting psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs for your own good. Sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts. Always thank God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.(Ephesians 5:19 GW) A few years ago friend at church gaveContinue Reading
In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affectionContinue Reading
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing IContinue Reading
You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you. (Psalm 8:2 NLT) This week our local homeschool theater program will present Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” These young people ages 13-18 have been working several months in rehearsals to presentContinue Reading
The voice of the Lord is powerful; The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. (Psalm 29:4 AMP) Sunday at church I asked a friend to pray for me because I was struggling with a spiritual “storm,” of sorts. One of the first things we talked about in that conversation was discernment. ToContinue Reading
So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. (Daniel 9:3 NIV) I found these prayer points by Christa Elisha* that were helpful to me as I considered how to pray about the conflict in the Middle East,Continue Reading
I come with joy, a child of God,forgiven, loved and free,the life of Jesus to recall,in love laid down for me,in love laid down for me. – Brian Wren One of my favorite series growing up was “The Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis. As a child I did notContinue Reading