Share ” Helping” By Lynne Conley / a couple of years ago Helping Scripture Text: But he answered and said, It is not meant to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. Matthew 15:26 KJV The woman of Cannan came out to meet Jesus on the coast of Tyre and Sidon. She was crying to Jesus, “’ Have mercy on me, my daughter is […]
Share KISS: Keep It Simply Simple By Don Doran / a couple of years ago KISS Good morning! Start your day with a praise to Him. In a sales class many years ago, the instructor told us to KISS! We were all a bit taken back until he explained it meant, Keep It Simply Simple! He went on to show us we sometimes make things a lot more complicated than […]
Share Forgive & Forget? By Holly Settles / a couple of years ago Forgive & Forget? Over the past several months, someone very close to me has endured a painful hardship. I’ve listened to the struggles, knowing that the only thing I could do was offer support, encouragement, and prayer – because that is all I have to give, being an “outsider” to the situation. On the other […]
Share Treat Me Like a Dog! By Don Doran / a couple of years ago I hope you are having a great day today! Do you have a dog? We do and one of the outstanding characteristics of a dog is their desire to please. When we come home from being gone for any length of time Molly is so happy to see us. She will bark a greeting, wag […]
Share You are in Good Company! By Don Doran / a couple of years ago Good morning! It is a beautiful day to praise the Lord. Many times we seek instant gratification. We want results now! We are a microwave society and want all of our benefits right here and now. However, again, God does things differently than we do and He does it in His own time. Most of […]
Share Impatience Will Always Birth An Ishmael By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago Gr’ma, Gr’ma, Gr’ma, GR’MA!!!! Caleb’s impatience was coming through. I had promised him that we would go downstairs and play after I put Baby Nathan down for his morning nap. Caleb has the patience of a 3 year old and although he may understand the word “later,” later occurs to him much sooner than it […]
Share Five Hours at Water Gate By Phyllis Corbin / a couple of years ago FIVE HOURS AT WATER GATE NEHEMIAH 7:73 – NEHEMIAH 8:1- 12 The end of Nehemiah 7 and the beginning of Chapter 8 is somewhat reminiscent of the spirit the Pilgrim Fathers must have had when their first harvest was reaped in Jamestown. They and their American Indian friends gathered for a great celebration that since […]
Share When God doesn’t want us to know. By Michael Winskie / a couple of years ago “And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed til the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried, but the wicked shall […]
Share It’s The Power Behind The Story!!! By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago Every year, after Thanksgiving, the controversy begins. Should I say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays? Is it Christmas Vacation or Winter Break? Can we sing Silent Night or should we stick with Jingle Bells for the School musical program? Should we chance setting up the Nativity Scene in front of the court house, a Christmas […]
Share A Sure Thing! By Don Doran / a couple of years ago Good morning! I hope your week is off to a great start and that you enjoyed your weekend. We are always looking for a “sure thing.” Something that we can know for certain is going to work to our benefit, but sadly enough there are few sure things in life. In fact one man said […]