GOD really is the only ONE who can save us from ourselves. We might think we can save or do all the right things, check off all the boxes, make religion our priority, but only JESUS saves…….period. JESUS CAME AND DIED TO SAVE THE WHOLE WORLD Now our minds know this, but how often do … More GOD DOES ALL THE SAVING
Sometimes showing up is all GOD needs to work through us. We may feel inadequate, but GOD fills us with all the grace we need. I lead a serving team almost every Saturday at our Church. I am so very blessed and grateful to be part of this loving team. I have an app on … More SHOW UP AND EXTEND GRACE
With all our searching and strivings don’t we always seem to come up empty handed? It’s sad really, because so many are lost and so many search to fill the hole that GOD placed in their hearts. We tend to seek immediate gratification and we don’t seem to find it there either. Our phones or … More WHAT REALLY MATTERS
The scene above and where I live in AZ is a continual reminder to me to praise GOD for HIS grace and mercy. I love the saguaro cactus and how they stand tall with arms raised as if to praise GOD in all of HIS creation. Some might think the desert is ugly, but the … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
In our throw away society people just don’t seem to care much about anything these days. People quickly discard their belongings and even more so with people! There is a bigger trend these days of throwing away a loving family and even friends. Relationships can be messy and sometimes it takes a humble spirit and our … More AND I TREASURE IT…….
John Wesley once said this: “GOD breathes into us every good desire and brings every good desire to good effect.” When GOD changes our hearts from stone to flesh, our desires change. We desire what HE desires. I can see this within myself because what I once desired, now I dislike and could care less … More GOOD DESIRES
I have often sat on a beach feeling the warm breeze, watching the waves come in and feeling the sand under my feet and thought: I wish this exact moment would last……..forever. It is interesting to me that GOD has placed the desire for forever into our hearts and minds. It is a desire for … More EVER YOURS
WE are all born thinking we are something don’t we? We establish ourselves in the world and are quite proud of our accomplishments until GOD gets hold of us. But in all of what we thought was good about us, there is still sin and evil within us. No man is good, no, not one! … More COME SEE WHAT GOD HAS DONE!
Maybe GOD is the only ONE we can hand our heart in pieces to and HE places HIS healing HAND there to restore and remake what was broken. I am learning that only GOD is the ONE who can make your heart whole again. PSALM 51: 12 “RESTORE TO ME THE JOY OF YOUR SALVATION … More VULNERABLE
Like a boat or ship that is anchored to a dock or the bottom of the ocean, we in turn should strive to be anchored to the LORD. PSALM 119: 61 “EVIL PEOPLE TRY TO DRAG ME INTO SIN, BUT I AM FIRMLY ANCHORED TO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.” Being tethered to GOD is a remaining close, … More FIRMLY ANCHORED
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