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
Hugs are a good thing and we probably don’t do this enough. We all want hugs, but do we give them enough? I am learning to be more free with hugs. You never know how you may touch someone or make their day. And what if it’s the only hug that person received all week? … More TO HOLD AND TO BE HELD
Sometimes life feels like a battle and we need armor to get us through. The only armor that we need, that will help us, is HIS absolute truth. God is our truth, may we stand firm in this truth……. ISAIAH 7: 9 “IF YOU DO NOT STAND FIRM IN YOUR FAITH, THEN YOU WILL NOT … More TRUTH IS OUR ARMOR
I remember sitting once in the stunned silence of knowing and hearing the words: breast cancer. There are words that we hear that can break our souls right in two. There are situations that seem to take away from us everything that we knew as normal and your life is just shattered into a million … More YOU HAVE ALL YOU NEED
Let’s try today to look at our world with fresh eyes. Lately I have been caught up in seeing all the darkness and evil. Oh it’s been so heavy. But I feel today, GOD pulling me back in HIS direction, to notice, to wonder and to worship HIM. Because HE is there, spiritually and actively. … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
Sorrow and celebration can happen separately or at the same time together. Both can happen together in the heart when we love well and live well. For me, I’ve never really understood why when I had something wonderful happen in my life, I also was dealing with something hard or devastating too. Here is an example…….why … More SORROW AND CELEBRATION
I think it is interesting that we all can listen to the same sermon and come away with very different thoughts and perceptions. Why is that? Our maturity levels and where we are on our spiritual walks are all different with some people more mature than others. Some see GOD as kind and loving, others … More HEAR GOD MORE CLEARLY
GOD’S peace is everywhere and oh how we search for it. We search for it in nature and in our surroundings. What our eyes see gives us a sense of peace like gazing into the ocean or looking at a mountain. But the best peace there is comes from our SAVIOR. JOHN 14: 27 “PEACE … More TRULY THANKFUL/TRULY PEACEFUL
Sometimes our days seem so ordinary, nothing special going on. Sometimes our days seem like a repeat………we get up, go to work, eat, sleep and then repeat the next day and then the next. OUR ORDINARY CAN BE FULL OF WONDER If we refuse to live out our days like they don’t matter, then they … More Oh THE WONDROUS ORDINARY
Charles Stanley says in his IN TOUCH devotional that “we put our common sense on the throne and then attach GOD’S name to it.” What a clear-cut statement! It is interesting because most of us feel we do have good common sense and probably have relied on it often. PROVERBS 3: 1-2 “…….BUT LET YOUR … More GOD SENSE VS. COMMON SENSE
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