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Have you felt as I have felt lately, that there are too many opinions about almost everything? As I study the Scriptures, I don’t see that our opinions are required or even encouraged. I can tell you that the Lord has told me more than once in my life that He has no interest in my weighing in on issues.
Read MoreHere is what I know to be true about God’s love for ALL His children. That word “ALL” is key to understanding God’s heart.
Read MoreI learned about racism in 1959. Both of my parents taught me to abhor racial predjudice, but they taught me in ways as different as they were from each other.
Read MoreRavi Zacharias was once asked what his first words to the Lord would be when he entered Heaven. Ravi said that he was not nearly as interested in what he was going to say as he was in what the Lord would have to say to him. He also said he was terrified of what God would say. This submitted servant of the Lord knew a type of holy fear that is a form of humility.
Read MoreI have developed some bad habits during the quarantine of 2020. At the beginning of this long siege of isolation, I realized that my old patterns and lifestyle had to go out the window and that I had to be more flexible, but I have taken it too far.
Read MoreGod loves a rebel.
Read MoreFrom the moment we are born we are fighting loneliness.
Read MoreI witnessed something this week that has had a profound impact on me. I am forever changed by watching this response from the Godly heart of a six-year old. Here is what happened.
Read MoreWe are not fundamentally free; external circumstances are not in our hands, they are in God’s hands, the one thing in which we are free is in our personal relationship to God. We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us, or we can allow them to transform us into what God wants us to be.
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Throughout the Bible, one story is played out over and over. Characters are placed in trying situations and are given choices to make about how to respond: Martha in her response to Mary, Lot when Abraham allows him to choose the land he wants, the rich young ruler when Jesus asks him to choose Him over all he holds dear and familiar, and I could go on. Right now, we are being asked to choose Him and to choose to respond to altered circumstances with an eye toward Kingdom Purposes. The question is not, “What will I do today?” The question is, “Lord, what would you have me do today?”
Read MoreAre you feeling the need to DO SOMETHING?
I have discovered a whole realm of new joys under quarantine. Just this week, the Lord showed me 6 ways to feel His pleasure and to experience His comfort and joy in a way that differs from my previous weeks in quarantine.
Read MoreI have been praying for a minister in Mount Pleasant this week who is of a different denomination and whom I have never met. People all over are doing things they would not have anticipated just a month ago. I would be interested in hearing from you in the comments panel about a number of things:
Read MoreWhy should you personally be concerned about false teaching if you are already a devoted, Bible-believing Christian? I want to share with you what the Bible says to you about how you should view the proliferation of almost-right-but-not-quite-accurate teaching out there. Like expert counterfeit, today’s false teaching can appear to be the real thing, with deadly consequences.
Read MoreOne of the most famous love poems of all time begins with these lines:
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace
Read MoreI tend to be most fascinated by people in the Bible who are least famous. I am a fan of Philip the Apostle. Philip was an imperfect man, and when you hear the term “giants of the faith,” he is not the first person you think of. I can relate to Philip.
Read MoreI love watching the Detroit Youth Choir singing their hearts out on television programs such as the Today Show or America’s Got Talent. These young people from the worst neighborhoods of Detroit set out to tell a different story of their beloved city than most people hear. Despite the poverty these young people live in, they tell a story about the wonderful people in their community and the joy they have in their circumstances. That joy is infectious. You want to listen to them. You want to join in.
Read More(Starting January 1, 202, this blog will be published monthly instead of weekly. You will receive Everyday Truth during the first week of each month. Today’s blog follows.)
Read MoreYou can only experience life’s greatest joy by first looking at its darkest stain- sin. In the midst of the sin message you will find the Grace message. You will find the Resurrection message. You will find the Salvation message. You will find the Christmas message.
Read MoreDear friends, I am sharing with you a Christmas carol I wrote many years ago when my heart was cold to anything that resembled the Christmas spirit. I was a busy single mom, and I just had nothing but a bare heart to offer Him, so I came to Him in the honesty of the words below.
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