Celebrate Your Victory

With a t-shirt! I read through the entire Bible last year with my small group of girlfriends! Some of us read the Bible for the very first time. Others of us read the entire Bible in 365 days for the first time! Whatever the case we did it together and it was difficult, fun, exciting … Continue reading Celebrate Your Victory

A Great Teacher Asks the Best Questions: โ€œIs not life more than foodโ€ฆ?โ€

November 12, 2025. {A bountiful harvest ~ oranges} Day 12. A grateful heart. I am grateful for the bounty of oranges this year. Grateful because weโ€™ve done absolutely nothing to produce this fruit. And yet, it is ours. And they are delicious! We purchased the house with the means God has entrusted to us. But … Continue reading A Great Teacher Asks the Best Questions: โ€œIs not life more than foodโ€ฆ?โ€

Christ is Alive and Well

Blessings of Easter to all our readers over here at Eyes on Jesus and Shine! Iโ€™m honored to share some encouragements of life in Godโ€™s Word with you. Thank you for visiting! We werenโ€™t ready for the picture countdown. But the picture snapped and hereโ€™s the result. Itโ€™s funny and cute. Itโ€™s not nearly perfect. … Continue reading Christ is Alive and Well

Is anyone in need?

โ€œIs anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who … Continue reading Is anyone in need?

Risk relationshipsโ€ฆ

If you are reading this, I am thankful for you! Iโ€™m giving thanks to God for you because youโ€™re not just like me. No one in the world is just like me. And no one is a replica of you either. Itโ€™s because weโ€™re not just alike that you help me learn and grow and … Continue reading Risk relationshipsโ€ฆ

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โ€œGod has such a great sense of humor. He allowed my physical weakness to be public so that I canโ€™t hide my need for prayer.โ€Randy Brittain With so much public conversation about who or what gets to decide what happens with our bodies, Godโ€™s word comes in pretty clear. We, with our God given free … Continue reading Page 12

Everyoneโ€ฆ

How many places do you frequent where EVERYONE is welcome? How often do you encounter the sense that EVERYONE has truly been invited? Is this statement in the Bible too good to be true? Paul, the Apostle, was the author of this letter to Roman Christians, and so it was Paul who penned these words, … Continue reading Everyoneโ€ฆ