During this time of dealing with being cooped up inside due to the quarantine, I think WORDS have become more essential than ever… They have become our main source of connecting with each other during a time where we may not be able to physically gather together in groups and social activities. Our very WORDS can be a fountain of encouragement to those who are sick, depressed, discouraged and lonely. Here’s FIVE Bible verses on using our WORDS well… “Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” – Proverbs 16:24 kjv Think about what you can do to encourage someone else each day…
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Be Content.
It was last Saturday that I had my first little meltdown about this whole corona virus quarantine situation… I wasn’t crying over materialist things that I didn’t have or couldn’t have, but rather, it was the fact that life has changed so drastically. I wanted to go see my parents. I wanted to be in church and Sunday school. I wanted to go see the sweet people from our nursing home ministry. Despite being an introvert, I WANTED to be around people! It was shortly after this meltdown when I was scrolling through my Facebook feed, that I saw a grim photo that instantly stilled my heart and made it…
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It Takes Time
Please bear patience with me as I share a quick summary of the early years of David. Today, I’m driving a SIMPLE TRUTH to share with you… It takes time and patience to let GOD do His work in our lives. It’s our human nature to want everything worked out RIGHT this minute! Although we’d prefer things to be fixed immediately, it often takes TIME as GOD is working and preparing in your life and mine to give us an expected end. (Jeremiah 29:11 kjv) God told Samuel that He had rejected Saul from reigning over Israel. Samuel was instructed to go choose one of Jesse’s sons to be king.…
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What David Learned About Fear
I would say one of my faulty weaknesses is FEAR. David often spoke in Psalms about FEAR and being afraid. (In the past, I have referred to Psalms as sort of being David’s journal.) David certainly had a reason to be afraid when Saul and his huge army set out to kill him. He says… “For I have heard the slander of many: FEAR was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.” – Psalm 31:13 kjv Sometimes I’m surprised at David’s FEAR, since he courageously brought down Goliath, the giant. Could not the same God that helped him destroy the…
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3 Simple Ways You Can Offer Praises to God
Admit it! You really like to hear praise after you do something for someone else. It may not be your motive for helping, but it’s nice to know they are grateful and thankful for your help. It seems that it’s in our human nature to crave praise. Because God has made us in His image (Genesis 1:27), I can imagine how very pleasing it is for God to hear our praises given to Him. Here’s 3 simple ways you can offer praises to God: 1. Share your own testimony of what God has done for you. Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing…
