by admin | Jan 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
I have found that whatever my devotions are about on New Year’s Day typically sets the tone for my year. It ends up being what I ask God to work in me during the upcoming year. This New Year’s Day I happened to be reading back through the Psalms of Ascent...
by admin | Nov 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
In early October we went to our church’s family camp and one of the verses that the speaker talked about was Isaiah 43:10: “You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and...
by admin | Aug 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Discouragement. Taking away one’s courage. It’s a formidable opponent. Once one gives in to discouragement, one is left without the will to go on. Fear supplants faith. Lately, as I continue to relapse, I’ve been finding myself fighting...
by admin | Mar 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m slowly working my way through Beth Moore’s study on James right now. I so love doing studies in a small group! You get the benefit of accountability, but if you do it with someone else who also is short on time, you can stretch the study out. James...
by admin | Feb 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Strength in weakness. Power in relaxation. These concepts seem so antithetical–practically ludicrous. Yet we find them writ large across the pages of the Bible. The gospel itself bleeds with these incongruities–God, Sovereign of heaven and earth, incarnate...