Grace. Faith. Peace. We want them. We need them. But do we understand on a personal level what each word means? I don't. I think I came a little closer to understanding when I listened to a Focus on the Family broadcast of the late Pastor Adrian Rogers. Read with me what Pastor Rogers shared. Grace. God's acceptance of me as a ...
Daily Time with God
What Do You Want?
source On Monday I shared my excitement. On Wednesday I shared a plan. Today I ask, "What do you want?". Deep down in the pit of your soul, are you satisfied with where you are or do you really want to change? It's a tough question. Flippantly, I think most of us would say that we want to change. We want to ...
How Do I Begin Hearing God’s Voice?
source Last week I challenged you to spend 1% of your day in the Word and in prayer realizing that 1% is only 15 minutes a day. Doesn't it seem worth this small amount of time knowing that it will cause you to grow, change, and begin to hear God's voice? In her book Discerning the Voice of God: How to Recognize When God is Speaking, ...
Book Study & Giveaway: Discerning the Voice of God.
source When you think back through your years on this earth, what have been those key moments that have changed your life? Maybe it was a sermon at church. A book that you read. A conversation with a friend. A camp or retreat you attended. Those moments in time that were pivotal to your maturity and growth. ...
Would You Give Up 1% of Your Day if You Knew It Would Change Your Life?
source What if I told you that you could completely change your life by adding just one thing to your day? What if I told you that the one thing would only take 1% of your total day? Would you do it? You'd be crazy not to! Actually the 1% idea isn't my own. I borrowed it from a post that my church placed on Facebook ...
Do You Know the Most Depressing Verses in the Bible?
The Most Depressing Bible Verses ...
Are You Perfect?
Pin It The word "perfect." It is a funny word in our house. Often times my husband will call me Mary Poppins and I will jokingly say, "Practically perfect in every way." Not really sure where this whole banter started but it probably will continue the rest of our lives. Practically perfect. You know...because ...
How to Daily Pray for Yourself
This post has been updated and the daily prayers for yourself is now available as a free printable. We pray for others, but do we prayers for ourselves? There are many characteristics that I desire to flow from my life, so why not add them to my daily quiet time? These would also be wonderful verses to pray over a friend ...
How to Daily Pray for Your Spouse
This post has been updated and the daily prayers for your spouse is now available as a free printable. Once again I found an idea from my Women's Ministry folder that I wanted to pass along. Today it is daily scripture based prayers to pray for your spouse. While they are written for a wife to prayer over her husband, each ...
How to Daily Pray for Your Children
This post has been updated and the daily prayers for your children is now available as a free printable. Sometimes we don't know how to pray. Other times we get overwhelmed by the magnitude of all we need to pray for our children. Below is a daily schedule that I found in my Women's Ministry folder with prayers based upon Scripture. Print this ...