Who knew that two little letters could make a tremendous difference in meaning…it’s so important to never forget the SOURCE that provides all the resources. So often we can spend too much time giving energy and focus to the resources we have or striving to obtain when in essence we forget who is the SOURCE – God Himself. There are times when we take our eyes off the SOURCE and begin to give all our commitment and energy to the resources…
God gives me analogies and acronyms all the times and this morning as I was sharing a word on the “Women Live on the Line” – we were speaking about discovery of purpose. As I thought about this, I began to think about and picture our life as a large puzzle made up of all kinds of pieces. There are distinct pieces being shaped throughout our lives that are the only pieces that will fit in place for our purpose….
Once again a word that someone stated grabbed my attention and I began to think more about it. I’m discovering that this is resulting in more writing which perhaps is a gift God wants me to develop (something to think about, sorry… I got sidetracked for a moment…I must say this is an “ah-hah” moment for me…smile) Anyway….back to the topic. This morning one of my favorite speakers, Dr. Tony Evans, was talking about the space between God’s promises and…
There was a powerful word this morning on the prayer line shared by Pastor Alexis Johnson that charged us to experience a “suddenly” today. He was sharing an awesome testimony describing his “suddenly” experiences of when he turned his life over to the Lord and when he was baptized. He experienced the “suddenly” of the Holy Spirit’s presence in his life – that would change him forever. It’s amazing how everything can seem different….suddenly. …
As I am preparing for a message to preach Sunday, I came across an interesting statement that said “Until God opens the next door for you, praise Him in the hallway”. Wow…that really made me think about want to do in the ‘in between’ moments. What do we do in our “hallway” in-between time? How do we keep praising when the hallway seems to get longer? Have we lost sight of that door we use to see some time ago?…
The other day there was a devotional excerpt I read from the book called “Jesus Always” written by Sarah Young. For those that may be familiar with this author you know she published several devotionals (e.g. Jesus Calling, Jesus Lives, Jesus Today, etc.) and what I’ve always liked about her writing style is that she writes as if Jesus is speaking to you personally. Well, several days ago I simply opened the devotional “Jesus Always” to March 3rd and was…
I just wanted to share a few photos I took this morning while on my walk…the cherry blossoms are so beautiful and worth the wait. We also know that we only have a few days to enjoy this display of natural beauty. This is what made me not just slow down, not just pause, but stop and look up. I actually reached out to touch the petals on the blossoms that felt like silk. God is the most awesome creator…
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Domestic Violence is an Epidemic that Just Won’t Slow Down!Just recently, I had the privilege of conducting a workshop on domestic violence; primarily focusing on those that have physically left the abusive environment but the “abusive environment” had not left them. At the conference, we had an awesome audience of women that had stories to tell and I can only imagine the one’s that had a story to tell but were not able to verbalize it…..yet. I’m obviously not going…
I’ve been sharing thoughts on the topic of adjustments to several audiences. Let me share a brief component of that lessonbased on an interesting term called“crisis of belief”. This term actually came from an awesome workbook called “Experiencing God” by Henry and Richard Blackaby, perhaps some of you are familiar with this teaching. When you read the term “crisis of belief” you may have a tendency to think about a negative type event (e.g. crisis) that will impact your belief…
