.”My longings are best met when, in prayer, I simply let my heart beat in time with the Lord’s.” -Joni Eareckson Tada. I can relate to this. Sometimes my best prayer time is when I’m walking in nature. It’s a time I can not only talk to God but listen. The steady rhythm of myContinue reading “Prayer Time”
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Food for Thought
If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others. Oswald Chambers Lord, giveContinue reading “Food for Thought”
No winter?
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” ~Anne Bradstreet I love these words of Anne Bradstreet. Without the cold and difficulties of winter, would we appreciate spring so much? Or would we just take it forContinue reading “No winter?”
Love in Action
“Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.” — Mother Teresa Aren’t we commanded to love our neighbors? To love God and to love others? I love Mother Teresa’s challenge to us. Yes, pray for others. But put those prayers into action. Love others. Serve others. If someone is hungry, pray for them.Continue reading “Love in Action”
Who Do You Become?
The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity. Dallas Willard “As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.” Proverbs 27:19 Lord, may my heart beat for you. Teach me to abide in you so that my heartContinue reading “Who Do You Become?”
TICK, TICK, TICK
Our days are numbered. One of the primary goals in our lives should be to prepare for our last day. The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives. What preparations should we be making now? The greatest waste in all of our earth, which cannot beContinue reading “TICK, TICK, TICK”
Food for Thought
It’s one thing to go through a crisis grandly, yet quite another to go through every day glorifying God when there is no witness, no limelight, and no one paying even the remotest attention to us. Oswald Chambers Are we glorifying God to impress others? Or to feel better about ourselves? Or are we trulyContinue reading “Food for Thought”
Sermon Snippet
Sermon snippet: “Joy is a choice and we can choose it because of His Spirit living within us.” ~Dave MItchell Thank you Father, for sending your Spirit to live in us that we might experience true joy!
Food for Thought
“In our concern to do it right, we have forgotten how to respond spontaneously to an encounter with the Divine. We remain children, depending on someone else’s approval, in that most important core of our life, the spiritual. We don’t learn how to pray, only to say approved prayers. We sit at the dark edgesContinue reading “Food for Thought”
Sermon Snippet
“If you want peace, it starts with prayer and petition.” Dave Mitchell “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your mind in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4: 6-7Continue reading “Sermon Snippet”
