Today handmade cards with misspelled words will be treasured. Half wilted flowers will be received with joy. Cold breakfasts will be served in bed and lukewarm food will be gratefully eaten in crowded restaurants. Mothers will use their “mother vision” and see the love behind these gifts. We want to say thank you to all [...]
Can you be courageous if you don’t feel confident? Confidence is learned. You practice something over and over until you become good at it. You gain an assumption that you can do something, because you have done it. This is confidence. But courage is quite different. You can be courageous and have virtually no confidence. [...]
Have you ever wished God seemed more real to you? Sometimes we listen to a person talk about their faith in a way that makes us envious. Their certainty of God’s presence and their confidence of God’s provision are impressive. We worry about our experience and we wonder how it might improve. The answer may [...]
Have you ever had one of those days when it felt like you just couldn’t wake up? You get out of bed and you go about your responsibilities, but it seems like your brain just doesn’t engage. Many times it is simple the result of inadequate sleep. If we do not get our rest, our brain has difficulty processing [...]
When you begin to understand who God is, you can begin to grasp what He can do. When we worship we improve our understanding of who God is. We focus on attributes of God, and that helps us see more clearly how good His is, how gracious He is and how powerful He is. It [...]
If you could talk to any person in the world, who would you want to have that conversation with? Why would that conversation intrigue you? Probably because… You would access new information. You might gain understanding or find solutions. You would find out what a person was really like. You might gain a different perspective [...]
Just wanted to share a quick story relevant to the power of prayer we have been talking about…we have 1 nephew. it is my brother’s son and he is 8 months old. He hasn’t gained a pound in 4 months and doctors have been concerned. They got a phone call the day after Christmas with [...]
“Twenty-one days of prayer,” our pastor challenged us to embark on this journey. Doubt filled my mind as I went through my list of prayer needs. Not that I did not pray, but this list seemed daunting. Also, this was different, by writing it down, it provided focus and commitment. One prayer need on my [...]
Prayer. Most people reserve it for devastating situations. There is a growing number of people who have discovered that prayer is far more than an emergency number to call in a crisis. They have discovered… The outcome of a situation is different when you pray. Recovery from illness is quicker. Timely blessings and provision seem [...]
One of King David’s prayers was turned into a song. Among the lyrics is this phrase: “Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.” (Psalm 86:8 [show] There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.) David lived in [...]
