Watch your motive before God; have no other motive in prayer than to know Him. -Oswald Chambers The quiet hour of prayer is one of the most favorable opportunities He has in which to speak to us seriously. In quietude and solitude before the face of God our souls can hear better than at any… [Read More]
Heart
Five Minute Friday: LOVED
LOVED This week was a lesson in *thinking* of being UNloved. One of the worst feelings in the whole wide world. UN loved = U not loved Awful. I hate when “feelings” get in the way of truth. Truth trumps feelings.every.single.day.every.single.time. God’s Word tells us that Perfect Love Casts Out All Fear. Where does the… [Read More]
Hope on a Rope!
Soap on a rope? How about HOPE ON A ROPE! What do I have in common with an Old Testament heroine? A red cord of HOPE. Read all about it here.
Quietude: August 11-12, 2018
Specific times and places and communion with God go together. It is by no haphazard chance that in every age men have risen early to pray. The first thing that marks decline in spiritual life is our relationship to the early morning. -Oswald Chambers The quiet hour of prayer is one of the most favorable… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: WOMAN
Just yesterday morning this word was spoken out of my mouth in positive fashion. Hubs didn’t walk with me so I did an in-town 30 minute brisk walk. Now that we live downtown, in a second floor flat, I walk with a lanyard-type necklace with our key attached, the car key is on there too…. [Read More]
Not On My Watch!
You know what I love about Jesus? He always told it like it was. He just spoke Truth. ALL.THE.TIME. He didn’t worry what people would think. Or, if they would still “like” Him. Or, if they would still invite Him over for supper. He had to speak Truth. He was Truth. Remember this? From John… [Read More]
Quietude – August 4-5, 2018
We have the idea that prayer is for special times, but we have to put on the armor of God for the continual practice of prayer, so that any struggling onslaught of the powers of darkness cannot touch the position of prayer. -Oswald Chambers The quiet hour of prayer is one of the most favorable… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: anniversary
Kate said, “Anniversary.” Seems a strange word to write a five-minute essay on, doesn’t it? Unless you’re having one. anniversary, that is. There are anniversaries of all sorts of things. Happy things. Sad things. Silly things. Spiritual things. I remember dates. Therefore, I have a lot of “anniversaries” floating in my internal computer. Even a… [Read More]