At the beginning of this year our Pastor challenged us to “Go There” in 2016. As we come to the close of this year, I wonder how we’re doing with this challenge? Go there is simply a call to be intentional in our daily walk as we share the gospel in the places, situations, and relationships […]
Recently, I had to have a fairly major surgery done. Apparently, my body thought it was a good idea to grow a tumor right up against my ocular nerve. Not cool, body; NOT COOL. I was given several weeks to convalesce at home, and while I had envisioned myself relaxing on the couch, watching TV […]
So, friends, confirm God’s invitation to you, his choice of you. Don’t put it off; do it now. Do this, and you’ll have your life on a firm footing, the streets paved and the way wide open into the eternal kingdom of our Master and Savior, Jesus Christ. —2 Peter 1:10-11 (The Message) So it’s […]
“Without these qualities you can’t see what’s right before you, oblivious that your old sinful life has been wiped off the books. So, friends, confirm God’s invitation to you, his choice of you.” 1 Peter 1:9 MSG Growing up in a bible-believing church and being raised with Christ-following parents I was constantly taught truth from […]
“With these qualities active and growing in your lives, no grass will grow under your feet, no day will pass without its reward as you mature in your experience of our Master Jesus.” 2 Peter 1:9-10 When I was in college, I was very active in my local church. It was a small church, but […]
From the moment we are born we are instilled with the quality to love others. Wide-eyed infants in need of nourishment, we associate love with the comfort of another individual. Oh to be a child again and feel what it’s like to love others with nothing holding you back! No judgment, no hatred, no record […]
“Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.” “Oil and perfume make the heart glad and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.” Proverbs 27:5- 6, 9 As my tires rolled over her smooth driveway, I smiled to again […]
There is a television commercial that plays occasionally advertising a delicious candy. It has a little girl looking in the window of a candy shop filled with enticing delicacies. The look on the little girl’s face is one of awe and anticipation as she considers her choice. You may have seen that same look on […]
I am by no means a lady in waiting with perfect patience and the Lord knows that full well. I’m the kinda gal that will eat her bread half toasted just because she’s too impatient to wait for the 2 minutes to be complete; same goes for my cookies. When something takes patience, my foot […]
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness. – 2 Peter 1:5-6 As my feet hit the pavement, with each stride my body screams for me to stop. I will myself to keep going. […]
