Category Archives: An Encouraging Word

Conflicting Forces

Here’s a little food for thought for your Tuesday. Have a great day! Two conflicting forces cannot exist in one human heart. When doubt reigns, faith cannot abide. Where hatred rules, love is crowded out. Where selfishness rules, there love cannot dwell. When worry is present, trust cannot crowd its way in. Billy Graham Lord,Continue reading “Conflicting Forces”

The Bread of Life

Mark 14: 22-24 “While they were eating, Jesus took the bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, e gave it to them, and they all drank from it.Continue reading “The Bread of Life”

Love and Obedience

Here’s a quote for a thought-provoking Tuesday: “Our Lord told His disciples that love and obedience were organically united. The final test of love is obedience.”― A.W. Tozer This quote seems so appropriate for this week. For as Jesus walked his last days in Jerusalem, he obeyed and gave us the most perfect love, sacrificialContinue reading “Love and Obedience”

Palm Sunday

John 12:14 “Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, ‘Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.’” One sleepless night not too long ago, I lay awake, imagining what it must have been like to watch a king enterContinue reading “Palm Sunday”

Through the Psalms, Chapter 10

Today we are going Through the Psalms, chapter 10 Psalm 10: 16-18“The Lord is King for ever and ever,The nation will perish from his land.You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted,You encourage them, and you listen to their cry,Defending the fatherless and the oppressed,So that mere earthly mortalsWill never again strike terror.” How reassuringContinue reading “Through the Psalms, Chapter 10”

Cleaning the Stove

Cleaning the Stove This morning I cleaned my stove. You know, took out the burners and the drip pans and cleaned all the accumulated gunk. Most of it wiped up easily, but a few spots took a little elbow grease and some steel wool pads. Before long, the stove looked shiny and (nearly) new. AsContinue reading “Cleaning the Stove”

Come to Rest

“The literal translation of the words ‘pray always’ is ‘come to rest.’ The Greek word for rest is hesychia, and hesychasm is the term which refers to the spirituality of the desert. A hesychast is a man or a woman who seeks solitude and silence as the ways to unceasing prayer. The prayer of theContinue reading “Come to Rest”