I was watching Robert Morris this morning "What's so Amazing about Grace" sermon. He gave a definition of grace as "the unmerited, undeserved, unearned kindness and favor of God." It struck me, and was completely untied to the message that God always gives us a chance to walk out, to be like Him, here on... Continue Reading →
My pastors are teaching a series on the 9 fruit of the Spirit. Today the topic was love. We were challenged to read I Corinthians 13 daily. As I was doing this tonight another comment from the sermon jumped out. "If we are not exhibiting the 9 fruit in our lives, something is wrong with our love." I admit to being a little self-righteous in my thinking about love. I "love" people, genuinely. I haven't met anyone that I dislike. I don't hate anyone. So I thought I was doing pretty good in this area. Then in the sermon, the preacher pointed out that love, God's defined love is Agape love. It is defined in the scriptures and I fall so incredibly short.
I have very few memories from childhood. What few I have that are my own (Not stories told to me or remembered through pictures), are negative memories, But God. I am the youngest of five siblings, my oldest brother is ten years older and the closest in age sibling died at birth two years before I... Continue Reading →
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 →
Over the past twelve months I have been on what I thought was a focused journey. This week I was listening to a sermon and the preacher asked his congregation how many had parts of their testimony they don't share. It immediately resonated, because although I have shared a lot of my testimony, there are... Continue Reading →
Mark 2:1-12 And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried... Continue Reading →
This week in Life Kid's I was preparing to teach the kids about the friendship of Jonathan and David. I know the story. It is about their deep friendship, how Jonathan was Saul's son and they became best friends. How Jonathan helped David escape from death. And how when Jonathan died David mourned. David... Continue Reading →
Last night a friend of mine was teaching a lesson on tests and trials at our Monday night Bible study. Barb went through seven tests that most people face at some point in their life. She share that we face tests or trials in: 1) patience 2) faith A) when he doesn't deliver you... Continue Reading →
I was listening to a television evangelist the other day and he said something about Trust that made me really stop to think about how our relationship with Christ is built on trust. So many people from childhood, have had their trust broken and find it hard to trust others. Trust is something that takes... Continue Reading →
Tonight at Beauty for Ashes, Mary shared about obedience. She read I Cor. 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in... Continue Reading →
Restoring Voice 