If we number our days carefully, then we will see that each day takes us one step closer to be with JESUS in HIS kingdom. Do you wake up thinking “ok LORD here is one more day, help me to live it to the fullest in YOUR name!” PSALM 90: 12 “TEACH US TO REALIZE … More EVERY DAY WE LIVE
We are 11 days into the New Year and how is your peace? I think we all have an internal meter as to whether we feel at peace or not. When we are not, we have let the world dictate our lives and honestly you have to say to yourself: how is this working? Because the … More NEW YEAR – NEW PEACE
You can renew and have a new heart this year…….did you know? Some of our hearts have been broken recently. And we have no where to put the brokenness but into GOD’S hands. Christmas was very difficult for me and my husband. I won’t go into the why, but it’s hard to hear how wonderful … More NEW YEAR – NEW HEARTS
Years ago I stopped making resolutions. Why do this when by February they are already broken? And so I began to embrace a word that GOD led me to. I look for the word being repeated in my devotions, or Bible or even walking into a store! I ask GOD to reveal it to me … More NEW YEAR – NEW WORDS
When was the last time you looked at the beauty right in front of you? When was the last time you caught someone doing something……..right? Oh our world around us is good at showing us all that is wrong with it, just listen to the news or politicians. END THIS YEAR ON A POSITIVE NOTE AND … More AMPLIFY WHAT IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD
JESUS is coming soon……..do you see HIM there? Born to Mary and Joseph, and born in a Manger with animals and then visitors with gifts. The night was bright and the Bethlehem star even brighter. The Magi came to see with their own eyes the anointed ONE. And they asked: MATTHEW 2: 2 “WHERE IS … More CHRIST THE ANOINTED ONE
If you have candles everywhere, light them, light them! If you have strings of lights, then light them, light them! Because I think we all need a little Joyous Noel in this season of light. Joyous Noel translates to Merry Christmas with Noel meaning Christmas in old English and French. In French it is: Joyeux Noel. Noel can mean … More JOYOUS NOEL
Recently I read that small acts of intentional love actually trigger our brains into releasing oxytocin, which literally lifts our spirits into a natural high state. Giving gives us a positive emotion and a natural high. Maybe that is why GOD calls us to give to others. GIVE OF YOUR TIME, TALENT AND RESOURCES Give … More KEEP GIVING
There is nothing like being weak either physically or in mind or spirit to bring us to a place of needing to stand upon GOD’S strength for us. I recently started on a new drug due to my breast cancer and the oncologist told me well, you will feel ok the first week, not so … More IT’S NOT ABOUT OUR WEAKNESS
YOUR gracious and good FATHER holds your world……….did you know? Our GOD holds all of it, not just some of it. And HE holds all of you and all of me too! GOD MADE YOU HIS WORLD BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN BORN That thought should be quite a comfort to you……..I know it is for me! … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
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