Feb 22, 2019 | Godly Living, Hope and Encouragement
I have found that all too often professing Christians give lip service to the word of God. Why do I say that? Many Christians say they believe God is sovereign, good and trustworthy, but they don’t really believe that. If they did, they would experience the...
Jan 25, 2019 | Godly Relationships, Hope and Encouragement
After almost 40 years of marriage I have learned a lot of things I should not to do, and several things I should do, if I want a God-glorifying, satisfying marriage. But there is one thing that I have learned that is most important if I am to have the...
Jan 16, 2019 | Hope and Encouragement
I firmly believe that if we have our ears attuned to God’s voice and our eyes fixed upon Him, we will understand that God can reveal Himself to us in every situation in our lives. The circumstances themselves may not be entirely pleasurable—as in the case of His...
Jan 10, 2019 | Godly Living, Hope and Encouragement
When I was a young girl and heard Bibles stories like God parting the Red Sea for the Israelites; David slaying the giant Goliath; Daniel surviving the lions’ den; Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego coming out unscathed from the fiery furnace; Jesus healing lepers,...
Dec 28, 2018 | Godly Living, Hope and Encouragement
What do you believe? Do you believe you are protecting someone when you tell them that what they are attempting to accomplish will not work or is impossible? Do you warn and educate others in the ‘reality’ of a situation to keep them from being...
Nov 30, 2018 | Godly Living, Godly Relationships, Hope and Encouragement
Have you ever found yourself in the presence of a person that regularly focuses on the problems in their life with negative statements like: This is just my luck (don’t expect positive things) Go figure, of course this would happen to me (expects bad things) I have...
Nov 2, 2018 | Godly Relationships, Hope and Encouragement
“I’m married and haven’t had sex in two years,” a person recently shared with stress and disappointment in his/her voice (names and gender not mentioned for privacy). “I don’t know how it got this bad and I’ve been sleeping in another room for quite some time...
Sep 6, 2018 | Godly Living, Godly Relationships, Hope and Encouragement
The other day I was racing to leave my neighborhood for an appointment when I encountered a long line of cars in front of me due to a repaving project. We were all ‘held hostage’ by a construction worker with a stop sign controlling the flow of cars driving in and out...
Aug 1, 2018 | Godly Living, Hope and Encouragement
Although I had the blessing of going away on vacation and being with my husband as well as with many dear friends, in many ways July was a tough month. I found out a relative of mine has fallen prey to the ever-increasing drug epidemic that is sweeping our country and...
Jul 6, 2018 | Godly Living, Hope and Encouragement
God sent His Son Jesus to die for our sins and to make us free from the power and penalty of sin in our lives. God wants us to have an abundant life free from fear and doubt. God also wants us to be free from: worrying about what other people think anger,...
