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August 9, 2016
Do You Know Your Calling?
Do You Know Your Calling?
“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,…” 2 Tim. 1:9
“I truly admire people who know and understanding their calling!!” a woman wrote me one day. Little did she know it took me decades to get to this place, and how lost and broken I was as I wandered around without any clear sense of direction. My sense of calling and purp...
August 8, 2016
Why I Gave Up Anorexia
Why I Gave Up Anorexia
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:20
I never planned to give up a decades-long on-and-off again life-threatening eating disorder. After all, in my estimate anyway, it served me well. It “loved me”, “accepted me”, “was always there for me”, gave me “comfort,” “never rejected me”, made me feel high and in control, numbed my pain, buried my troubles, made me feel “safe,” was my “hiding...
August 6, 2016
Who Are You Living for?
Who Are You Living for?
“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” Col. 3:17
One day I found myself on my knees seeking God about whether I should go to a specific place that day for a service. I sensed He did not want me to go. I kept seeking Him. I still sensed He didn’t want me to go. I was disappointed because I had thought I might enjoy going. Minutes later, still seeking Him, I sensed He wanted me to go. How...
August 5, 2016
Who Is Your Savior?
Who Is Your Savior?
“But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.” Jeremiah 2:28
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for...
Don’t Look the Other Way
Don’t Look the Other Way
“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:” Job 5:17
When God convicts you, don’t look the other way. When He chastens you, don’t turn in the other direction. When He makes it abundantly clear you are faced in the wrong direction, don’t run from Him. Turn around and run to Him. Some of us have it all wrong when it comes to God’s conviction and chastening. God doesn’t tell us what we are doing wrong because...
August 4, 2016
The Woman Who Could Only Look Down
The Woman Who Could Only Look Down
“And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.” Luke 13:10-13
Can you imagine being relatively young and vib...
August 2, 2016
FREE DEVOTIONAL – Don’t Give Up
This is an ONLINE version of my FREE DEVOTIONAL “The Woman with the Alabaster Box” that is also available as a pocket-sized devotional IN PRINT for individual use or in quantity to distribute to others.Please contact me at 843-338-2219 or love@walkbyfaithministry.com to order a PDF file by e-mail to print your own copies or to order copies in print for personal use or distribution.
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FREE DEVOTIONAL – What Is Your Purpose?
This is an ONLINE version of my FREE DEVOTIONAL“What Is Your Purpose?”that is also available as a pocket-sized devotional IN PRINT for individual use or in quantity to distribute to others.Please contact me at 843-338-2219 or love@walkbyfaithministry.com to order a PDF file by e-mail to print your own copies or to order copies in print for personal use or distribution.
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The Ass’s Jawbone
The Ass’s Jawbone
“…and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the j...
August 1, 2016
Inspiration from a Dog Called Grace
Inspiration from a Dog Called Grace
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9
Hit by two cars on the same day on the highway in front of the gas station where she had been dumped along with a sibling pup. She adamantly, blatantly, emphatically, rebelliously refused to be rescued – under any circumstances. Her broken femur, the winter cold, living in the woods made no difference. She wo...
