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  • Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant

    “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”—Matthew 25:23 (NIV). It wasn’t like any funeral service I’d ever attended. Instead, it was a celebration of a friend’s life—a life well-lived. I […]

  • There’s Hope for the Brokenhearted

    “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit”—Psalm 34:18 (ESV). For more than five months, one of our church members was ill. Despite the loss of two teenage grandsons, she was a spirit-filled joyful woman. She gladly volunteered at church and in our community, and those who knew Terri have […]

  • When God Seems Absent

    Have you ever felt that God has gone AWOL on you? I have, many times, and invariably it has been during the darker times of life. I had always felt very blessed by God’s presence. From the moment I surrendered to Jesus at the age of 21, I was overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit. But […]

  • Knowing the One Who Always Keeps His Word

    For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil”—Genesis 3:5 (NIV). We all know people who have broken their promises. If you follow politics, you know it happens more times than we can count. But we all fall short because […]

  • Beyond words, good deeds

    And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds” Hebrews 10:24 We’ve all heard the saying, “actions speak louder than words”. And that is definitely true when communicating the Good News of Jesus to those who do not know Him.  They need to see how God changes people who are broken, wounded, […]

  • The importance of making spiritual choices in your life

    We all face limitless little choices every day: what time to get up; how to exercise, if at all; what to eat at each meal; how to dress; what to watch, read, attend; do I answer that call, text, email; and the list goes on.  Then there are the bigger choices we face in life: […]

  • Let There Be Peace on Earth

    “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests”— Luke 2:14 (NIV). In 1944, Jill Jackson attempted suicide, but she didn’t succeed. Later, in an interview aired on  National Public Radio, Humankind, Jackson talked about her background and what led her to write the song, “Let […]

  • Want to know God’s ultimate plan for you?

    I know God’s ultimate plan for you! You may think me presumptuous – but it’s true.  He has laid it out plainly in His Word.  It is the big overarching theme of the Bible. It is revealed through the lives of the men and women we read about there, and also written about in the […]

  • Living a life of no regrets

    “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.”  Ecc. 3: 1 A Different Track When I was 38 I was still single, never married, and quite satisfied.  But it wasn’t always that way. Growing up I dreamed of marrying, raising children and cheering my husband on in his career.  Not in my […]

  • Time and Seasons

    I have been pondering recently how to navigate a new season in which I find myself.  As I did, the Lord brought to mind Eccelsiastes 3:1, which in the NKJV says, “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:” There is then a list of different times we can experience in life both […]