The Table is Set
"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows." Psalm 23:5"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My...
View ArticleWhat If?
"Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. The people of Judah came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah...
View ArticleSoul Armor
"When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? Psalm 56: 3, 4 A Christian media news outlet has been...
View ArticleThank Who?
"Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for He has given you the autumn rains because He is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before...You will...
View ArticleMy Invisible Friend
"One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." Proverbs 18:24 What characteristics define a friend? First of all, a friend should...
View ArticleMirror, Mirror on the Wall
"Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word and does not do what it says is like someone who looks at himself in a mirror and, after...
View ArticleThe Silent Testimony of Cookie
"He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young." Isaiah 40:11 Silence can be golden. The hope...
View ArticleJesus Loves the Little Children
"Then people brought little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder...
View ArticleFollow the Signs
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14 Have you ever paused to imagine a city without signs?...
View ArticleChristmas Harvest
"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously." 2 Corinthians 9:6 Bathed in the warmth of worship, as the stained glass...
View ArticleWhat's New?
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth...So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:1, 27 Gaily...
View ArticleUntouchable
"We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him." 1 John 5:18 About a decade ago, while my husband and I lay...
View ArticleThe Rock
"He is the Rock, his words are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is He." Deuteronomy 32:4 MercyMe. Lauren Daigle. Casting Crowns. These are all...
View ArticleHow Do I Love Thee?
Great comfort is mine when I digest the verses in which God declares His love for me. I have written some, such as these, on paper hearts which I then taped to my bathroom mirror:"This is how we...
View ArticleGod's Welcome Mat
"As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him." Luke 10:38 If I remember correctly, my niece had a mat at her front door...
View ArticleThe Joyful Choice
What a week! How many of you know that when God teaches, He often reiterates the lesson three times, in quick succession? And usually, He addresses the listener by their full name on the last...
View ArticleDeeper Than the Holler
"And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power...to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that...
View ArticleGabbing with God
"'Because he loves me,' says the Lord, 'I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him...
View ArticleThe Proprietor
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ...
View ArticleIt's About Time
"And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over,...
View ArticleBig Shoes to Fill
"How then can we be saved? All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags." Isaiah 64: 5, 6 Kids like to play dress-up. I have a photo of myself in...
View ArticleYou Are Mine
"But now, this is what the Lord says - He who created you, Jacob, He who formed you, Israel: 'Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine." Isaiah 43:1...
View ArticleThis Jesus
To prepare for Easter this year, I began reading through the Gospel of Mark a few weeks ago. Though I didn't quite finish prior to Resurrection Day, I took up where I left off this morning:...
View ArticleThe Story of My Life
"And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat...
View ArticleEven There
"Even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast." Psalm 139:10 One of the perks of being a senior is having a colonoscopy. Of course, I am speaking facetiously since the...
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