Many of you probably celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday. Some may have gone all out baking homemade bread and baked goods, along with several delectable sides to accompany a turkey. I saw some tablescapes on Instagram with beautiful china, tall-stemmed glasses, and fresh autumn flowers. We usually use the best-of-the-best for holiday…
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 With the holiday’s approaching I have been reflecting upon my childhood more and more. I grew up with little; I wore a lot of goodwill clothes, there were many days I…
The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan. Joshua 5:12, NIV. When the Israelites were delivered from Egypt they cried out to the LORD for sustenance. For…
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. Psalm 91:11. I don’t live many days without hearing the phrase, “did you hear about… that shooting?… that natural disaster?… that murder?… that disease?… that fill in the blank with awful news.” The New…
“But I will not drive them out in a single year … little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.” Exodus 23:29-30, NIV. These scriptures are not on the highlight reel of the Bible but when I read over…
At the beginning of this year I posted this devotion and I wanted to re-share with hope that it will minister to someone today. I’m not much of an action movie fan, but not my husband; he loves them. A common type scene is when the main character is in…
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap, Malachi 3:2. There are times in our lives when we need to stop and evaluate our surroundings and feelings, so we can assess…
“… Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” Hebrews 12:1 Help Me Run The Race Before I was in full-time ministry, I worked at Christian Horizons. I assisted men and…
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another.” 1 John 1:7, KJV. God has designed families to be one of the strongest forces to show His love and design. However, the family unit is wrought with an attack from…