HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL THE WONDERFUL MOM’S I KNOW. I pray today is a special day for you. I know that for some it is a hard day too. Just know that GOD sees you and knows you inside and out. HE sees and HE remembers too. May HIS love surround you and keep … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
In this new neighborhood where we just moved to there are benches throughout strategically placed on paths and around tennis courts, the pool and even overlooking a putting green. I have always had a soft spot in my heart for a bench. I am drawn to them because they are inviting you to sit and … More BEAUTY AND A BENCH
Are you spent this morning? Maybe at the end of your rope? Are you feeling like it’s another day that the world is taking everything from you? Maybe you feel grief from a recent loss or maybe you are facing a diagnosis you did not ask for. But whatever you are feeling this morning, I am … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
We don’t see all things the way GOD does. We only have a limited understanding of our world around us. We learn and grow by what we see and hear. But GOD is working in the spiritual realm, all for our benefit: 2 CORINTHIANS 4: 18 “…….AS WE LOOK NOT TO THE THINGS THAT ARE … More OUR LIMITED UNDERSTANDING
We really do have all we need. If you are in CHRIST, you have all you need. Did you know? The world tells us we need more and more. But striving for the world’s stuff and philosophies will leave you discontented and unhappy. They are dead ends. But if JESUS is your LORD and your … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
It’s a given that no matter how hard we try to do things right or say the right thing, in our own strength, we will fail. So the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak! And it’s a given that we as human beings doubt, we doubt GOD and HIS goodness for us. We … More It’s A Given
No one needs to go it alone in their walk with JESUS. You might think it’s just you and HIM, but HE has given each of us the Body to support us, love on us and grow us. So here is a good question for you: who knows you? Who knows your inner thoughts, sins, … More Welcome the Body of CHRIST
I don’t know about you, but I woke up weary this morning. We all have days like this, days where it takes every ounce of our being to just get out of bed. But then I read this in my devotional this morning from OSWALD CHAMBERS: “IT IS A POSITIVE CRIME TO BE WEAK IN … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
We can either focus on what we do have or what we do not have. We can be grateful for GOD’S mercy towards us, or we can be resentful for the unanswered prayers we say. GOD answers them all in HIS own way and in HIS own timing. Today, take some time to recount HIS … More RECOUNT HIS WONDERFUL DEEDS
I recently read this quote by Paul David Tripp in his devotional book entitled: New Morning Mercies……. “WHATEVER CONTROLS THE WORSHIP OF YOUR HEART CONTROLS YOUR CHOICES, WORDS, EMOTIONS, AND ACTIONS.” Our hearts worship and tend to love something. We can get obsessed about an idea, a person, place or thing. It seems to be … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
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