Target or Weapon?
(I wish I had written this!) “Don’t Be the Target – Be the Weapon” * by Kim Potter, Dayton, Tennessee “I don’t know about your experience, but the past several weeks have been a challenge for me. Once again, I have been personally pressing through some areas I thought IContinue Reading
Weary in teaching
[Please join me on Thursdays to pray for children, families, and our future.] “Be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded.” (2 Chronicles 15:7 NLT) This morning I heard a story that caught my attention because it seemed so sad. The story was of a young teacher –Continue Reading
Sell some cattle
“Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination!” (Ephesians 3:20 TPT) Recently I heard the questions: “What do you want? What finances do you need to support it?Continue Reading
The Call of the Kingdom
[Please join me in praying for our world on Tuesdays this year.] “May the [Lord’s] name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and bring him praise.” (Psalm 72:17 NLT) “God decided the kingdom of God would be mostContinue Reading
Intersections
“The righteous choose their friends carefully…” (Proverbs 12:26 NIV) As I write this I am (finally) able to sit in my “floating chair,” enjoying the lovely backyard and the beautiful weather. The busyness of the graduation weekend (except final clean up and “stuff return”) has passed and now I can enjoy theContinue Reading
Just love
[Please join me in praying for the Church on Sundays this year. This post is adapted from a post from July 7, 2009.] I’ve been doing some musing (as usual) about living life in our times and in the midst of the huge geo-social-political changes going on. I’ve heard itContinue Reading
Grace Alone
Last weekend I attended a conference where the song “Grace Alone” was sung. I probably had heard the song somewhere before and, truthfully, it’s not the style of song I normally immediately resonate with. However, the sweet young couple leading worship with guitar and vocals – with genuine hearts andContinue Reading
Hold Fast
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and our future on Thursdays this year.] I’ve probably heard this song before, but when I heard it in a new context last weekend it caught my heart in a different way. Today, would you join me in praying for parents whoContinue Reading
Invitation to Trusting, Turning, Casting, and Peace
“For the sense and reason of the flesh is death, but the mind-set controlled by the Spirit finds life and peace.” (Romans 8:7 TPT) Last Saturday I attended a retreat where I heard a speaker use a verse I’ve heard plenty of times: cast your cares on God. Unless youContinue Reading
Correct the epitaph in midstream
[Please join me in praying for our nation and world on Tuesdays this year. Today’s post comes from a GiveHim15 post from April 19, 2023.] America’s Condition Over the last 60 years, God has been pushed from America’s heart by strongholds of death, pride, materialism, humanism, secularism, progressivism, socialism, revisionism,Continue Reading