This line from Lorrie Flem of Eternal Encouragement has stuck with me since I read it in one of her newsletters.
“Sin always takes us farther than we thought we’d go, keeps us longer than we thought we’d stay, and costs more than we thought we’d pay. We really do become slaves to our sinning, whether it’s lying,…
This week you are going to be blessed by a new book by Heather Bixler. If you've ever struggled with your attitude about money you will want to check out this book. Be sure to enter the drawing near the end of the post.
My Treasures - Four Week Mini Bible Study (Becoming Press Mini Bible…
Do you greet each other with these familiar words on Easter Sunday? We do and it’s always a great reminder that HE truly is alive and makes all things new – even me and you. We will have a low key day with time to reflect on all Christ has done for us after our…
Today I have the pleasure of having Shelley Hitz to tell us about her book - A Life of Gratitude. It's one I've read and appreciated so I wanted you to be able to hear about it from her.
By Shelley Hitz
About the Book:
A Life of Gratitude: How to Overcome Self-Pity and…
“Man does not plan to fail, he just fails to plan.” ~Frederick Douglass
Today we start our annual planning time. We've done this every year since 1995. We started out with one day, then a three day weekend, and have steadily added days until we are now taking a full week.
For the next week Dan and I will…
“To "give thanks to Him for all things," is, indeed, a very difficult duty; for it includes giving thanks for trials of all kinds; for suffering and pain; for languor and weariness; for the crossing of our wills; for contradiction; for reproaches; for loneliness; for privations. Yet they who have learned submission will not find…
Victory is an interesting concept. It’s something we all desire in different areas of our life. We've all experienced it at sometime in our lives to one degree or another. Yet there is one unique thing about victory: It usually is very different than we imagined it would be.
For instance:
The disciples just never really got it. They…