Emphasis - special importance, value, or prominence given to something. (Bing Dictionary) Growing up my parents put an emphasis on hard work, whether it was school or employment. It is so hard to get out of a works mentality when it has been emphasized most of your life. We never talked about how you were... Continue Reading →
Praises of His People
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. Psalm 22:3 Today I woke up and really just entered into God's praise. I was playing the music loud in the shower, singing at the top of my lungs. I had praised Him on the long drive home the night before and this morning in church even though... Continue Reading →
You can’t make me #Write28days
I was on the phone with my daughter earlier today and I could hear my granddaughter whimpering in the background. Her mom told her to go to her room or quit. It did not sound like she did either in the moment because I continued to hear her for a while. There was a defiance... Continue Reading →
Stepping Out #Write28Days
Each year, I try to seek God about what He would have me focus on for the year. Some years I am better than others about following through on it, but I do generally ask and begin seeking areas where He is trying to grow me. This year was no different, and even before the... Continue Reading →
Learn to Do #Write28Days
It is not enough to know the Word, me must do the Word.
Getting my Attention
Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Matthew 7:24 I recently heard this scripture preached. I laughed out loud when it showed up in my devotion. On Monday I jokingly said to someone else who made the connection, on... Continue Reading →
So You Are.
No matter how we question God about His relationship with us, we are His children. #Relationship #Scripture #ChildofGod
Understanding
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, Luke 24:45 I love reading the word of God. Each time I feel like I get a fresh revelation, a gentle reminder of something I'm not yet doing, or something I am not fully walking and living in. I want the Lord to open my mind to... Continue Reading →
Wide Open Spaces
“Wide open spaces” These three words woke with me this morning. I thought about the scenery I have taken in during drives with my husband since moving to New Mexico. Wide open spaces. No people around. No noise. Nothing but land and sky as far as the eye can see. I thought about the old... Continue Reading →
Holy Spirit
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:21-22 I have read this passage before and completely missed that Jesus spoke peace. Then he sent them as the father... Continue Reading →
