Becoming a Woman of Contentment, Part 5 Five steps long and two steps wide, she had counted them over and over for months. Solitary confinement weighed heavy on her stooped shoulders as she cried out to the Lord, telling Him she could not spend one more day alone in her cell. As she finished her …
Bound No More
Becoming a Woman of Contentment, Part 4 In the late 1700’s, when Buddhism had taken hold of most of Burma (now Myanmar,) several tribes still resisted its teachings. Prophets within these tribes spoke of a lost book their ancestors remembered. The book taught of the Supreme God and the way back to a relationship with …
Let the Potter Work
Becoming a Woman of Contentment, Part 3 “Now sanctification is both a step of faith, and a process of works. It is a step of surrender and trust on our part, and it is a process of development on God’s part. Too illustrate this, suppose I were to describe a person who was entirely ignorant …
Taking Inventory
Becoming a Woman of Contentment, Part 2. This last year for our family has included some major moves, first halfway across the country, and nine months later, another one just across the state line. For the last move, we called two companies for quotes. A company sent a representative to walk through our house for …
Becoming a Woman of Contentment
A series for Growth, Part 1 Becoming a Woman of Contentment Recently, I stumbled upon the story of Mary Ann Cotton, a woman hanged for the serial killing of 3 of her 5 husbands or significant others, as well as 11 of her 13 children, plus a few others who were children of the men …
Why Am I Proud to be An American?
Why am I proud to be an American? Because brave men for me have died. When evil tried to crush the good, They stood to turn the tide. Why am I proud to be an American? Because my land still stands free. I can worship without fear, I can serve God openly. Why am I …
Why Am I Proud to be An American?
Why am I proud to be an American? Because brave men for me have died. When evil tried to crush the good, They stood to turn the tide. Why am I proud to be an American? Because my land still stands free. I can worship without fear, I can serve God openly. Why am I …
Overcomers
Revelation 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. As I read Ephesians 1-2, I just wondered in amazement at all God has offered those who put their trust in Him. How gifts are excessively abundant and …
What If We Were Created to Praise?
What if we were created to praise? “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” A.W. Tozer Paul wrote it a different way: “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, …
Obedience or Legalism
I have been doing a lot of thinking lately on the difference between legalism and obedience, especially since there has been much to say about Christian movements that push outward conformity over the change Jesus brings to the heart. Jesus told the woman at the well that God is a Spirit, and they that worship …
His Song in the Night 