“For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” Phil. 2:13 (ESV) Athletes will tell you, pain is involved in achieving extraordinary feats of strength and stamina. Mothers will testify- the discomfort, sickness and pain are part and parcel…
Read more14 But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you.15 You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting…
Read moreThere is a Big Daddy Weave song I really like – My Story. He sings “if I told you my story you would hear hope, that never let go… if I told you my story, you would hear love, that never gave up . . . And if I…
Read moreThink about the last thing that you truly delighted in – a time when you were over-the-top thrilled about a person or an event or a circumstance. It might have been several years ago, or very recently. I remember when my son told me he proposed to his then-girlfriend. My…
Read moreIn the stillness of the dawn, He patiently waits. Light finds the slit in the curtain and caresses my face. He’s calling me to arise from between the cotton sheets and snuggly blanket to sit with Him between the pages of His Word . . . sacred moments between a…
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