Do you make sure to include God when your life gets busy? Even when I think I’m following God’s lead, sometimes I find that I’ve hi jacked what He meant for one thing, I’ve mistaken it for something else. God has led me into serving His church and His community, but then I felt like …
Planning A Ladies Retreat
Stepping Out In Faith Have you ever had a feeling that you were supposed to do something? It could be something that a person said to you, something you heard lever and over, a nudge to do something. This feeling keeps coming back. You need to pay attention. This is how I feel God leading …
What Makes One A Christian?
I’m sure there will be opinions all over the place on this question, but let’s keep it civil. In recent times it almost seems that people associate the term “Christian” in a negative connotation. Why is that? I think it’s because so many “Christians” are very judgmental. They may think someone doesn’t look the part. …
Ask God What He Thinks You Need
Are your prayers filled with things you want or what you think should happen? Me, too! So often I’m focused on what I want and I forget that God may have a different idea. I’m not sure what made me ever think that I would know better than God. Kind of ashamed of that. We …
Stepping Out In Faith
Stepping Out In Faith was the name of my first blog that I wrote years ago. It seems to be a theme in my life for the past 10 years or so. Well, last night I went to a concert with a friend of mine. She was going to this concert by herself if she …
His Words…
The red letters in my Bible are important. They are what Jesus said. As I was reading my morning devotional, God pointed these words out as I read from Luke 15. “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”Luke 15:40 This is what Jesus said to the Pharisees when …
Why A Small Church?
I’ve always attended a small church. I grew up in a small town, went to a small school, even a small college. Why? I didn’t want to be just a number. I wanted connection with my professors, wanted them to know my name and understand who I was. It’s the same with small churches. Now, …
How Can We Grow Our Faith?
As I began reading my daily devotionals, I read this quote… To trust God in the light is nothing. But to trust Him in the dark, that is faith.— Charles Spurgeon I can remember my dad saying it’ll work out. Even though money was tight or it didn’t seem to make sense to feel that …
Be A Doer
It’s so easy to get caught up on our own problems and think, “poor me, life is so difficult!” But what if instead of focusing on ourselves we look at the world around us for where God is needed. “Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone …
Trials In Life Are Inevitable
The book of James has become my favorite book to study. I was drawn to it again this morning when it popped up in my Bible study choices in the YouVersion app. Listening to Frances Chan talk about the scattering of the tribes during the persecution following the crucifixion of Jesus helped me to understand …
Where God Leads 