I was struck yesterday in our Discipleship Class before Church when we were watching The Chosen episode where Mary is frantically for looking for her son, Jesus, who was not with any family as they returned together from Passover celebrations in Jerusalem. The story is found in Luke 2:41-52. Mary knows that she was chosen…

One of the hardest things for me is to let go. Let go of control and trust God. I don’t have the answers but He does. Answers take time and I am so impatient. I can fool myself into believing I know what is best. In that place I come face to face with my…

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19. Do we ever consider how much we can trust God? In every need, He supplies. One of the blessings I am learning with Him is not to be afraid I am not enough; He is…

The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. Romans 6:10. I keep thinking about how close God is. He is as close as the beautiful light permeating each day; the beauty we see all around us; the faces of the people we love.…

The fact is, I know of nothing good living in me – living, that is, in my unspiritual self – for though the will to do what is good is in me, the performance is not, with the result that instead of doing the good things I want to do, I carry out the sinful…

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in…

We come to one of the most well known stories of the Bible. David and Goliath and the Lord. As I read it again in 1 Samuel 17, I couldn’t help but think of our grandson who loves ALL the super heroes! Like Goliath, they are outfitted with muscles and special powers of strength. Heroes…

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27. Jesus’ words to His disciples and to us today. In 1 Samuel 16 we read of an absence of peace. Even…

When we consider all that God does for us, do we ever ask what would God like? Recently we sent a package to our son and daughter in law and it didn’t reach them because I had given the wrong address. I knew it wasn’t lost because God knew where it was so I prayed…

The scripture verse this morning in Jesus Calling kept calling to me and I read it over and over. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been my refuge, a strong tower…