Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall [...]
My current Bible study is Seeking Him Experiencing the Joy of Personal Revival by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. Last week, as I filled out some of the pages, I found this question. I think it’s good to contemplate personally, but I also think it’s a good one to discuss. How are worry and anxiety expressions of [...]
What do I do to put Christ first in everything I do?
Romans 12:15a Rejoice with them that do rejoice, A couple weeks ago at church, pastor taught on this. He asked a question that has stuck with me and so I’m going to ask you. “Do I rejoice when someone gets what I wanted?” A baby, a husband, a marriage restored, financial provision–the list goes on. [...]
Forgiveness is not that stripe which says, “I will forgive, but not forget.” It is not to bury the hatchet with the handle sticking out of the ground, so you can grasp it the minute you want it. –D. L. Moody
The burden of suffering seems a tombstone hung about our necks, while in reality it is only the weight which is necessary to keep down the diver while he is hunting for pearls. Jean Paul Richter
Joy also in this– that your sufferings, your losses and your persecutions shall make you a platform from which the more vigorously and with greater power you shall witness to Christ Jesus C. H. Spurgeon
I am reading Breaking Free by Beth Moore. It’s the 1st book I’ve read by her and I find it to be a good study. Here is a gem from today’s reading. “God has carefully and graciously allowed some of my fears to come true so that I would discover that I would not disintegrate. [...]
“God’s compassion is bigger than the threats of other people. This, of course, is difficult to see at times. It takes eyes of faith to see God’s strong arms of compassion and anticipate deliverance in times of trouble. But God’s goodness to us is always close, and we need to practice seeing it.” Edward T [...]
I’m still working on 12 Extraordinary Women by John MacArthur. Yesterday, I was reading the chapter on Anna. It spoke of her prayers and fasting. Then John MacArthur says, “Abstaining from food per se has no mystical effect on anything spiritual. But fasting with prayer reveals a heart so consumed with praying, and so eager [...]
