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A Peek Inside Your Wardrobe

“Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisd...

The Little Girl with the Big Question

“Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.” Psalm 25:4 NKJV

I couldn’t have been more thrilled when two beautiful little girls were given permission by the “big people” in their lives – the adults – to start a little meeting with me in the hotel where we all stayed to love and worship the Lord, to pray to Him, to study His Word and learn about Him and how to follow Him, and to share our hearts and seek Him together and enjoy His sweet presence in our little gatherings. Immediately in ou...

Is Your Intimacy Missing the Mark?

   “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Mt. 11:28-30

  “Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with...

The Word I Tragically Tossed Around

   “ “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?”” Luke 6:46

    Jesus Christ is Lord whether we acknowledge Him or not, whether we believe in Him or not, whether we call Him Lord or not, or whether we live our lives as though He is Lord or not. He is Lord of all regardless of what we think, feel, say, or do.

But for those of us who call Jesus Christ Lord, we need to take an honest and careful look at our hearts and lives. Not just in the big picture, at our heart...

Dear God Leave a Message

“Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.”” 1 Samuel 3:10

Why do our telephone voice mil systems answer phone calls for us and take messages we can hear later – if we want? We’re not home, unavailable, too busy, sleeping, don’t hear the phone ring because we’re in the other room, or because the tv or radio are too loud, we’re caught up with “higher priorities”, we feel we have better things to do, are scre...

The Best Help for the Hurting!

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul.” Psalm 23:1-3

We have all been hurt, and we have all hurt others. We are born into sin, all fall short of God’s glory, and even those who have repented and placed their faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and become His devoted followers, experience being hurt and hurting others. We assuredly need to love and forgive those who hurt us, and we a...

Are You Running the Wrong Way?

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” Romans 8:14

When a beautiful sister in the Lord surprised me with a wonderful blessing by telling me she would take a big responsibility off my shoulders for a few days, freeing me up for much needed rest and whatever else the Lord might lead me to do, I wasn’t just thrilled. I wasn’t just thankful. I started running. Running the wrong way.

See, instead of running to God because I now live for Christ, I started running in t...

The Greatest Blessing of All

  “To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,” Revelation 1:5

  “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Romans 8:37

   “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,” Ephesians 2:4

   “And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.” Eph. 5:2

   “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, wh...

The Squeaky Sneaker Etc. Story

“in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thess. 5:18

    Ugh. I had forgotten my sneakers. How could I take one of my rigorous walks with my dog through the park I had just driven 25 minutes to walk in? Walking fast a long distance in hot pink colored Crocs shoes would never work. My only pair of sneakers was in horrible shape, mind you, with the bottom of one sneaker flapping on and off, but still would have worked if I had remembered them. No way w...

Update from Lara on the Road!

I never knew someone with a history like mine could be as filled with love, peace, hope, joy, and excitement as I am on a daily basis. My early mornings are a bit like a battlefield. I desperately want to spend time with the Lord in His Word because I love Him more than anything or anyone in the universe, and yet I am desperately excited to begin a new day because besides the Lord God almighty and my ever growing and thriving personal relationship with Him and His amazingly awesomely phenomen...