We are reading a devotional by Mark Batterson, Draw The Circle in our Monday night Women's Meeting at church. As the speaker shared from Chapter 2 "Established by God" and shared her perspectives on the chapter and how it applied to our lives, we moved in to discussion about how pottery must go through a... Continue Reading →
Lately I have read several book that asked the question "What lie have you believed?" Most of the lies I have seen or thought have long been dispelled in my life. But reading Captivating by John and Stasi Eldridge, the answer was there in black in white. Starring up at me was the reality of... Continue Reading →
There is a great book about honor that really impacted my life, it is called Honor's Reward by John Bevere. A few years back our church went through the series on a Wednesday night. There are a couple of things that really have stuck with me, and have become part of who I am. Since... Continue Reading →
Tonight I was watching Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and saw a few things in a new light. I know much has been written about this series of books, but since I haven't read those works these are new revelations to me. Maybe their fresh, maybe someone else has seen these things too, but my... Continue Reading →
On Wednesday night our discipleship class is studying "Getting a Grip on the Basics of Serving God" by Beth Jones. Last week our focus was week 8, How to be an Asset to your Local Church and God's Kingdom. A comment from the book jumped out at me. It said "Everything about fruitful service... Continue Reading →
I have been reading "Discover the Real Jesus" by Bill Bright. There is this line that reads "Jesus expects us to pray in Faith." As I read that, I thought "Why would you pray in anything except faith?" I mean when you pray you make petition to the Lord for things. Why would you not... Continue Reading →
Lately I have been feeling like I have made some decisions and missed God completely in the process. I realize maybe what "I wanted" got in the way of what God called me to do. It takes a lot of God to get my attention. I try to do the right thing, but I realize... Continue Reading →
I have started reading Forgotten God by Frances Chan. As I read it, I was convicted by my need for control. He pointed out that when we feel the need to be in control, we quench the Holy Spirit. As I was driving home, this was on my mind. I do not want to quench... Continue Reading →
I feel like every day something new is being revealed to me, something that I should have known for as long as I have been a Christian. I am having these "ahh haa moments" and it is just blowing my mind!!! Yesterday I was driving to church and was running late. There is a certain... Continue Reading →
The third thing revealed to me as I was listening to Exodus, and the story of the Israelite people leaving Egypt that correlated to the message by John Bevere in the Extraordinary series we are listening to at church is that grumbling gets you no where. John Bevere pointed out that Moses left the finer... Continue Reading →
Restoring Voice 