I've been known to say, "I can't imagine how someone without Jesus could get through this."
I've said it several times this year.
When we face tough things in our lives, it is meant to make us more Christ-like. That will only happen if we draw closer to Him as we walk through our situation with Him…
Are you all still sheltering in place? Let me know in the comments or by email. I would love to be able to pray for you now that I have more time since I need to rest often.
Written earlier, but not finished:
All the prep work is done and I'm physically prepared to start radiation on…
In 2014, at the University of Virginia, a test was conducted to see how people coped with 15 minutes alone in an empty room.
There was only one alternative to boredom: participants had the ability to give themselves a mild but painful electrical shock. This electrical shock was proven to be painful enough that in previous…
Oswald Chambers is one of my favorite authors.
He makes me think.
His words convict me.
I want to pray after reading what he writes.
He makes me want to be a better Christian.
His book My Utmost for His Highest is my favorite. My little leather bound copy is well…
Come, My Soul, Thy Suit Prepare (John Newton – Olney Hymns)
Our pastor used this hymn as a part of a teaching he did on 7 Points for a Powerful Prayer Life a few weeks ago.
As I’ve read his teaching over during my quiet times these past few weeks, I’ve begun to love this old hymn.…
“Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of man.” Luke 21:36 KJV
Design Credit ©Write the Vision
If you are like me, you tell people you will pray for them, and then forget. When you…
These words have been going around and around in my head for several days – often when I’m having a quiet time or just listening to myself think during a break.
I knew they were from a hymn, but not which one, so I looked it up on CyberHymnal.org
When it began to play I recognized…