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February 12, 2018
This is NOT What God Said
“Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.” John 4:34…………
“For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.” John 6:38……
Please be careful when it comes to this. Sometimes we have prayed to God, have sought God, and have heard God, and know what God wants us to do, and are clear about it, but then convince ourselves either that we haven’t yet heard from God or that what we have heard from God is not from...
The Fruit Lady
“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?” Mt. 6:25-27……………..
“…For your Father knows the things you have need of before yo...
Want to Be Seen? Watch Out!
““Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in sec...
February 10, 2018
This is NOT the Way to Figure Out Your Calling
“Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, …” Colossians 1:1 (bold and underlining added)…….
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.” 2 Cor. 4:7…………….
The last thing in the world I ever would have expected would be that the Lord would call me at 50 years old to pack up the few belongings I still have after selling my house and giving most everything away, and the dogs and their necessities, and go further up north...
My Dream, My Vision, My Plan
““Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Mt. 7:15
Many years ago, a pastor at a church I visited a few times told those of us in the congregation to pray to God for His vision for us, write it all down, and believe it would all come to pass. He took a verse from the Bible, showed us how he believed it fit his homework assignment for us, and told us to get to work.
It didn’t take me long to come up with a magnificent vision, convi...
February 9, 2018
Hope for the Hopeless
“Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”” John 8:18………….
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”” John 14:6-7…………
Ever been hopeless? Felt hopeless? Like no matter which way you turn, no matter what you try to do, no m...
The Lord is Sending Me…
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Mt. 5:16…………..
“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” And He said, “Go, and tell this people…” Isaiah 6:8-9……………
I’m still in awe that the Lord took a woman as broken and purposeless as I was for decades – broken by the world around me and broken by my own sin – and transformed me into a sold out relent...
February 8, 2018
I Held Her Hand
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” 2 Cor. 1: 3-4…………………
I was headed down the hotel hallway on a mission. I’m always on a mission. Always going somewhere to do something. I don’t sit still well. Rest is not something I do well. Slowing down I do out of obedience t...
I Am Broken
“I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2……
I was broken for decades. Hopeless. Purposeless. My life ever spiraling downward. I could barely function. Childhood sex abuse. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Alcoholism. Anorexia. Self-mutilation. Abandonment by my family for talking about the sex abuse. Then abandonment by two husbands. Numerous tragedies. Continually contemplating suicide. Indescribable...
February 6, 2018
The Man I Cried for
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.” Romans 12:15……………..
I barely knew him. I had met him once a year or so before. For about 10 minutes. Our conversation was strictly business. Then in recent weeks we had talked on the phone. About three times. Super short conversations. All business. He had agreed to help me with something. Kindly. Graciously. Generously. I said please. I said thank you. I shared briefly about my ministry work. Our conversations never went farther...
