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February 6, 2016
When Hope Died
When Hope Died
“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:” 1 Peter 3:15
As I sat on the floor of the vet clinic exam room with the ministry’s three dogs recently diagnosed with cancer, knowing in my heart it was time to say goodbye to sweet, loving Hope whom I had had for years since she was brought into a shelter from an emergency clinic where she had been dropped o...
Prayer Request / Sad News / From Lara
For those of you who don’t know, I dedicate my life 24-7 to loving and serving the Lord 24-7 as an evangelist, author & special needs and senior rescued dogs mommy caretaker. I live a very simple lifestyle on a very low income on a bare-bones ministry budget so I can be 100% available to the Lord as I fulfill my life’s calling to help people become and remain fully committed wholly devoted forever followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.I have a heart and the privilege to minister to those in extr...
February 5, 2016
The Big Purchase
The Big Purchase
“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
Have you ever purchased something enormous, what to you seems enormous anyway? A house? A car? A trip around the world? A boat? An RV? A brand new wardrobe? A vacation home? A leather jacket? A college education? Maybe you don’t have a big income. Maybe something lots smaller seems equally enormous. No matter how big or small what you purchased, no mat...
February 4, 2016
How Is Your Confidence?
How is Your Confidence?
“For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which...
February 3, 2016
Don’t Miss Out on This
Don’t Miss Out on This
“Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.” Luke 15:1-2
The Pharisees and scribes in the Bible, bound in legalism and prideful snobbery, ever judging with their hardened hearts and foolish belief they could be righteous in and of themselves, missed out on something vital the day they complained about Jesus spending time with the sinners and publ...
February 2, 2016
Finding Peace: A Tiny Word that Makes All the Difference
Finding Peace: A Tiny Word that Makes All the Difference
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
Looking for peace? Who doesn’t want peace, right? No matter what’s going on in the world around us, don’t we all crave peace inside us? Don’t we all we want to be at peace no matter our circumstances, challenges, struggles, obstacles, state of our relationships, etc....
February 1, 2016
It’s Not About the Dogs
It’s Not About the Dogs
“I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” John 17:4
One of the saddest things I’ve ever heard an animal rescue worker say was, “It’s all about the dogs.” Long after I pride-fully finished pointing my finger, I realized I had looked in a perfect mirror of how I had lived for years of my life as an animal rescue worker. Not only had my life been all about the countless dogs I had helped rescue, rehabilitate and rehome. It...
January 30, 2016
Sanctification
Sanctification
“I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil…Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth…And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; (John 17:...
January 29, 2016
Looking Forward to Heaven
Looking Forward to Heaven
“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” John 17:3
What do you think about when you think about heaven? Reuniting with loved ones? Not being in pain anymore? No more suffering? No tears? Streets paved with gold? The pearly gates? Living in a mansion? Not having to go to work every day and earn a paycheck? Feeling like you’re on a perpetual vacation? Not struggling with your addictions anymore? No...
January 28, 2016
One Lost Sheep
One Lost Sheep
“What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.” Luke 15:4-6
I will never forget the night an incredibly drunk man stumbled up to where my...
