Heart Work Out
“Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23 Anytime we begin an exercise program, our bodies scream; “This work out is too hard!” Exercise means to discipline, develop, prepare. We all need strength training for our bodies and our minds.…
Read MoreA Heart that Redeems the Time
“For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place,..Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such time as this?” Esther Time restraints. We all have them. Work. Housework. Bills due. Homework with children. Baseball, basketball…
Read MoreLove Covers all Offenses
My granddaughter Ryann, worked hard on this little heart project. She worked tirelessly to make it turn out just right. She got a little frustrated; as some of the tiny little beads would stick to her hands and fall off their posts. “MiMi”, she would exclaim, “I need your…
Read MoreGetting Out the Door
There are various reasons couples have a hard time getting out the door. One of their children has thrown up all over his or her clean outfit. The dog runs out the opened door and refuses to come back. One family member has just spilled the whole gallon of milk.…
Read MorePlastic Performances
“Then the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.” Matthew 12:14 If you’ve been in church for many years; you’ve observed plastic performances; people who are preform their religion well. These players know what to say and how to say it; playing out their…
Read MoreOver Committed
I tend to be overcommitted. Those who know me, know this to be true. I also know when you have too many irons in the fire; you weaken the framework for which you were created. There are many good things we can choose to be involved in but God has…
Read MoreReal Friends
“Better is open rebuke than love that is concealed.” Proverbs 27:5 I love friends who are real. They share their lives up front. No pretending. No facade. They speak truth; in love, but they do speak the truth. There is no guessing about where they are coming from. It may…
Read MoreOn the Way
As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” Acts 9:3-4 On the way to Damascus, Saul had a divine encounter. His sole…
Read MoreYour Story Matters
“The LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness…” Deuteronomy 5:24 Standing on stage in front of the church; several young girls sang out; “We’ve a story to tell to the nations”, that will turn our hearts to the right, a story of truth and mercy, a story…
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