Maybe you can think of a dozen reasons that fear shouldn’t hang out at your house, but I can tell you one great, big, huge, hairy reason it can’t stay at my house. Before I share this 1 reason you can’t let fear stay, let me tell you how I learned that lesson. I […]
I believe…. OK…I’m waiting… and just what is it that you believe? Of course we believe…everyone believes something. What we believe determines our trajectory and destination. The wrong belief will never get you to the right destination, but right beliefs when acted on will take you there. Lauren Daigle’s “You Say” has […]
Isaiah 41:13 NIV “For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” This verse is so precious to me. It has been a source of strength and comfort in my life again and again. But when my son […]
Fear is a big problem for so many people. We try to minimize it with safe labels, numb it, even squeeze it into a dark closest so it can’t access our minds and hearts. But Isaiah 41:10 exposes it with the light of God’s presence and power which frees us and enables us to overcome […]
I absolutely love the harvest season. That’s easy for me to say because I’m not the one doing the work of harvesting. I just eat it! There are some things that you can’t grow for me. There are things you can share with me, but I am responsible for my harvest. If I want […]
How do you keep from striking out? While the answer may seem obvious, let’s talk about George Herman Ruth first. He was born in 1895. Some say he learned to play ball at St. Mary’s Reformatory/Orphanage and other stories say he ended up at St. Mary’s because of all the windows he broke playing stickball in […]
Have you ever experienced an electric fence? When my oldest granddaughter, Karyn, was a baby, I was invited to speak at a church in a rural community. They booked a room for me in a gorgeous bed and breakfast in the middle of farmland. The land adjacent to the house was a pasture with cows […]
Elisha trusted God and his life proved it. The king of Syria carefully developed a surprise attack strategy against Israel, but when it failed…again and again. It seemed obvious that there must be a traitor in his inner circle. click here to listen or go to your favorite podcasting service. He summoned his […]
Believe to Receive Samaria, the capital of Israel’s northern kingdom, was under siege. Ben-hadad, the Syrian king and his powerful army’s presence had resulted in a disastrous famine. You can listen as you read. Israel’s king was walking along a wall when a woman cried out to him for help. His answer expressed his sense […]
The cuckoo doesn’t build a nest. A mama cuckoo bird doesn’t need a nest and the story behind the “why” is absolutely cuckoo! Cuckoo means crazy as a Bessie bug in Southernese. Click here to listen to my podcast. How do you keep the enemy from stealing your promise. Here’s the link if you prefer […]
Whatever- If you are a parent I know you’ve heard it or maybe you’ve even mumbled it to your spouse… most of the time it’s used to end an argument it’s only a single word and when it’s spoken it is barely audible… actually it more of a mutter, just a quiet, defiant […]
Listen to this message via podcast. Click here Preserved Forever The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. It declared independence from England in 1776. It is 29 3/4 inches long and 24 ½ wide. Strong light and careless handling caused excessive fading in America’s founding document. This founding document was far too valuable […]