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

Simply Advent: Light

Itโ€™s Advent season, and weโ€™re beginning on the first day of December this year. What ideas about the Christmas season have you been pondering? I am pondering common threads, or themes, that repeat throughout the entirety of the Bible. Lately, Iโ€™ve been reading scriptures from different books of the Bible. Isaiah, who prophesied the coming … Continue reading Simply Advent: Light

See the Light: Simply Advent

โ€œThe people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine.โ€โ€ญโ€ญIsaiahโ€ฌ โ€ญ9โ€ฌ:โ€ญ2โ€ฌ โ€ญNLTโ€ฌโ€ฌ What do you see today? Where is your light? To what or where are you looking for hope? What do you believe you must have to feel joy? … Continue reading See the Light: Simply Advent

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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

Walk with the wise

Who is wiser than Christ? Spend quiet moments with Jesus. Read His words and ask Him for wisdom. Seek understanding. Ask Him your questions. โ€œWalk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.โ€โ€ญโ€ญProverbsโ€ฌ โ€ญ13โ€ฌ:โ€ญ20โ€ฌ โ€ญNLTโ€ฌโ€ฌ Yes, find a friend who is wise and understanding of Godโ€™s word. Seek a human … Continue reading Walk with the wise

Your will?

โ€œโ€†โ€˜Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. โ€™โ€โ€ญโ€ญ Matthewโ€ฌ … Continue reading Your will?

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