How do we keep the faith? By developing our spiritual life through the disciplines. Mandy writes on what, how, why on many of the different ways we can grow in Christ.
Friends. We all have them but do we have a spiritual friend? images created in Canva -That someone we sit down with from time to time who challenges us in our faith? Someone whom we trust with our secret thoughts and even goals - someone who will pray for us and check up on us … Continue reading Five Factors for Choosing a Spiritual Friend
How can we bring unity to our marriage? our families? or nation? to the world? We cannot have unity without love.
When we look around our communities and our world, it seems we have allowed pride and privilege to take over our hearts and lives. Perhaps it's time to pursue humility in all our lives. Inspired by her earlier post, Seven Biblical Promises for Walking in Humility, I asked Karen Friday if she would write more … Continue reading How to Pursue Humility as Followers of Christ
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Earthquakes. Raging Fires. Hurricanes, Flooding, Food Shortages, Pandemic diseases. Riots in the Streets. When does it stop Lord?
One of my favorite hymns. Have your heard it?
Journaling. Ugh! This has always been a challenge for me. What about you? I recall all my life being told that journaling was a good practice to get into. You may not believe this but I've always been a gal of few words. I was the one in my family of 8 growing up to … Continue reading Journaling is Good for the Soul
We've been talking about reading the scriptures. Let's take it a step further and study the scriptures. When I was a young adult, I was challenged to start spending more time in the Word. Start with five minutes and increase it as you go. What I found, before long, I was spending an hour or … Continue reading Making the Scriptures Part of Your Life
It is time to put all of these crazy, negative thoughts into captivity where they belong! Let’s put’em in jail. Easy to say, isn’t it? How do we actually do it? He was 16 then and I was lying in bed trying to go to sleep and just as the scoundrel does, he put a … Continue reading How to Take Every Thought Captive
Are you reading the scriptures? Psalm 119 א Aleph 1 How happy are those whose way is blameless,who walk according to the Lord’s instruction!2 Happy are those who keep his decreesand seek him with all their heart.3 They do nothing wrong;they walk in his ways.4 You have commanded that your preceptsbe diligently kept.5 If only my ways were committedto keeping your statutes!6 Then … Continue reading What Are the Benefits of Reading the Scriptures?