Y’all…yes you heard me right. I’m pulling out a southern saying instead of my usual “you guys” ’cause I just need to be on the down-low and draw out how this week has gone. “y’all, it’s been that kind of week!” Last week I told you I’ve been reading through…
Prayer
We are studying the book The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears by Mark Batterson. This is, as the titles indicates, a book about prayer. There are many different ways to pray: a certain dedicated time, praying through songs, praying Bible verses, and praying throughout the day….
This is the season of Lent. It is a time some people give up something in order to take that time, or their thoughts, to spend with God and think about Him. I have chosen this time to re-evaluate what we have in the house that needs to go. No,…
Last week we talked about prayer and how it is important to the follower of Christ. Both the church and the world have expectations of what a Christian, or follower of Christ should be, do, and look like. We knew it was not earth shattering that the Christian thing to…
Last week we talked about expectations of Christians that both the church and those outside of the church have. We then talked about changing our perspective and focus on being a dedicated follower of Christ. How are we to do this in an ever-changing world and society? Let’s look beyond…
I thought I’d end the year with an article I wrote for our church’s Advent Devotional. Have a wonderful New Year. What do you do when life gets hard? Do you withdraw and seek refuge in silence, or do you communicate with as many people as possible and walk through…
We just finished up our second online Bible study this week. Thanks to the ladies who were able to participate in the study over the Being Transparent book. It was a wonderful growing time and experience with you and it’s hard to believe seven weeks went by that quickly. Most of…
Good Friday morning to you today! This has been a long week for me and I’m so grateful for a God of second chances. I’m ever so humbled that the God I serve desires a relationship with me. The small group I’m in is currently doing a Bible study, Jonah,…
I woke up this morning in a state of prayer. I was in a middle of a dream and woke up confused as it seemed very real. When I realized it was just a dream, I felt the need to pray but wasn’t sure how I was supposed to pray….
Our family watched God’s Not Dead 2 last night. The main character is a Christian teacher who gets put on trial for talking about Jesus in her classroom. As she’s talking about how hard the situation is and how she doesn’t feel she can hear Jesus anymore, her grandfather says,…