A Joyful Life
"Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy." (John 17:13, NLT) "If there is anything that ought to characterize the life of a Christian, it is joy! Jesus spoke many times to His disciples...
Cover
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Cover. I cannot sleep if the covers on our bed are not up to at least my neck. My arms need to be under and most nights, the only...
Fruitful Lives {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
For the last few days I keep returning to same portion of Scripture. In writing to the Galatians, Paul gives a list of misdeeds, or behavior we should not exhibit in our lives. But it is the list of behaviors we should possess that fully has my attention lately. "But...
What Shall We Eat?
The passage in John 6:1-58 is one which continually stirs thoughts. Jesus feeds the five thousand after posing a question to Philip. "Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?” (John 6:5, NASB) I love that Jesus asked a question of Philip, already knowing He...
Faithful in the Middle
The mere mention of the name Job can make me quake as I immediately think of suffering, and trials, and loss. Who wants that? So much better to think of pleasant opportunities and blessings. Yet recently I found myself turning to the book of Job for encouragement....
The Way
"Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." (John 14:6, NASB) "If you are walking daily with the Lord, you will not have to find God's will - you will already be in it... The disciples never had to...