Share You May Do This But… By John Howell / a couple of years ago Because the life of obedience to Jesus, despite how indescribably challenging it can be to say no to self and yes to God and His ways, comes with the everlasting reward of being in Christ’s forever fellowship, drawing ever closer to Him, become ever more like Him, and looking forward to the rewards stored up for His faithful followers in heaven.
Share The Uninvited By Ginger R / a couple of years ago The Uninvited Compel them to come Luke 14:23 In this parable, Jesus is teaching about the lesson of a king who is having a feast and has sent for certain people. Those people, for various reasons, choose not to come. So the King sends people out again telling His servants to gather them from the […]
Share Fourteen Years Ago By James Thornton / a couple of years ago “FOURTEEN YEARS AGO” By: James L. Thornton PAUL: A SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST (2 Corinthians 12:2-5) “We are not free to say we see not, For the glory comes Nightly and daily, Like the flowing sea; His luster pierceth through the midnight glooms; And, at a prime hour, behold! Follows me with golden shadows to […]
Share The Alarm Clock Just Buzzed By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago The Alarm Clock Just Buzzed Sleeping peacefully, snuggled under a cozy quilt, I was suddenly awakened by the shrill sound of an alarm clock. I am known in the family as an “early bird.” My eyes pop open at first light and I hit the floor running. I am the one who walks into the […]
Share The Time Is Not Yet By John Howell / a couple of years ago I knew the Lord’s will. But I missed the Lord’s timing. And herein lies the message. The Lord has a perfect time for His perfect will. He is perfect, and so are His plans for us. So is His timing for His plans. He is the great orchestra-tor – the great conductor – of everything good and everything beautiful. Right down to the very detail of all of His creation. Right down to the very time frame of it all.
Share The Smallest Angel By Michael Winskie / a couple of years ago The Smallest Angel By Michael Winskie The year was 1975. Vietnam was almost over. VW microbuses were slowly being replaced by a new generation of “muscle cars”. Disco was beginning to sprout its neon wings. Life in the small town of Moultrie, Ga. seemed to move at a snail’s pace compared to the rest of the […]
Share For you must survive, even though you feel like you are dying By Debra Jones / a couple of years ago For you must survive, even though you feel like you are dying Written By: Debra Hearn Jones Have you ever gone through an ultimate betrayal, caused by someone you love unconditionally, that when you discover their betrayal, the shock catches you totally off guard, and your body’s response feels as though it reacted separately from […]
Share When You’re Vulnerable By John Howell / a couple of years ago See, when Satan dangled his bait before my hungry eyes, and desperate heart, I opened wide my mouth and prepared to take a big greedy delicious bite. Imagine, after all the time I’d been following Jesus, after all the time I’d spent studying the Bible, after all the time I’d received godly counsel, after all the experience I’d had through the years doing wrong and learning how to do right, there I had found myself about to fall hook, line, and sinker for the devil’s tantalizing, scrumptious-seeming bait.
Share Pearls For Him By Kaylynn Schrack / a couple of years ago Pearls for Him I know you have heard the story about how a pearl is created by one tiny sand particle rubbing the inside of the oyster to create this beautiful thing, but I have a new spin on it. Our lives are like the oyster shell, when we have friction rubbing in us we […]
Share Terms and Conditions By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago Terms & Conditions In the last few years, the Internet has become an integral part of our everyday lives. We use it to communicate with loved ones, share pictures and daily activities on social networks, learn what is happening in every country of the world, purchase new toys and sell the old ones. If you […]