It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness how I yearn for you all with affection of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:7-8, emphasis added Are you a partaker of grace? Sometimes I think we just graze at grace. Rather than sitting down at the full table the Lord has offered us, we wander around nibbling at the ... [Read More]
{Joy Day 2} Making my Prayer with Joy
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:3-6, emphasis added Do you make your prayers with joy? Paul's heart was filled with gratitude for this church in Philippi and in his prayers he shared that joy. It's easy in ... [Read More]
{Joy Day 1} Grace and Peace
Welcome to my first "official" 31 Days series. *I did share some reflections from my own journey of faith every day in October last year.* We'll be spending just a few moments every day journeying through the Book of Philippians. I'll share some verses, a thought or two, and a prayer. My hope and prayer is that you will be encouraged and challenged to live the joy-filled life Christ promises us (John 15:11). Let's jump in! Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints ... [Read More]
Easily Distracted
I first read Your Girl: Raising a Godly Daughter in an Ungodly World by Vicki Courtney in June 2004. I knew then that I would buy anything she wrote! Since that time I've devoured Five Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughter, The Virtuous Woman: Shattering the Superwoman Myth, and Logged On and Tuned Out: A Non-Techie's Guide to Parenting a Tech-Savvy Generation. She has challenged me and mentored me in my role as a mother but also as a women seeking the face of God. When I had the ... [Read More]
Let Down the Nets
The final session of .MOM was Priscilla Shirer ... and she was fantabulous! Using Luke 5:1-11 as her text, Priscilla shared how Peter had left his boat after a disappointing and unsuccessful night of fishing ... and yet Jesus used that very boat to teach the crowds, and Peter, AND US!!, "He sees you! We serve a God who sees the deck of disappointment on the boat of your life. We serve a God who sees the boat of our circumstances and He cares!" With a challenge to consider what boats we have ... [Read More]
Beautifully Devastating
Angie Smith is amazing. When she spoke last year at a conference I attended, I was moved beyond words. Giving expression to the depths of despair and the heights of hope, she reminds us to trust God with the hurts and sorrows and longings of our hearts. This past weekend at the dotMom conference she described motherhood as "beautifully devastating." Oh my word! Isn't that exactly right? Devastate means "to lay waste" ... oh y'all, isn't that just what motherhood does to us? It lays ... [Read More]
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