This week our one-word prompt is: TOMORROW. You can check out all the other great posts, or submit your own Five Minute Friday creation, right here: Five Minute Friday Link Up 03/20/2020 Now on to the topic at hand. It’s been quite a week; we’ve taken a real wild ride this past week, and it Read More
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ACTIVE In God’s Word- FMF
This week’s one-word prompt is: ACTIVE. You can read today’s link up posts, and add your own if you would like to join us, here: Five Minute Friday 10/18/2019 Setting the timer for 5 minutes. And … GO The word “active” makes me think of “action”, and it reminds me we need to be active Read More
FMF – Giving Testimony
Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. Psalm 66:16, NIV Our one-word prompt this week is : TESTIMONY. If you would like to read more posts from this weeks link up, or submit your own, you can go here: Five Minute Friday Link Up 09/06/2019 Read More
Five Minute Friday – My View of God
The one-word prompt this week is: DISTANT Here’s the link up for this week: Five Minute Friday Link Up for 07/19/2019 I’m having a bit of trouble getting started with the prompt this week. There’s nothing stirring around in my brain this morning. I read through a few other posts from the link up today, Read More
Five Minute Friday – REWARD
Here we are again for Five Minute Friday. It seems this week has flown by (again), and now we are heading into another weekend. Our one-word prompt this week is: REWARD. Here’s the link for this week’s link up. Setting the timer for 5 minutes. And … GO! “God is not unjust; he will not Read More
Why I Believe In God
Belief is universal among humans. We feel the need to believe in things outside of ourselves, that are bigger than we are. We believe in many things; some people believe in UFOs and aliens, some believe in ghosts, some believe in other supernatural things. I believe in God. Before you get upset, I am not Read More
Five Minute Friday – CROWD
So here we are … at another Five Minute Friday. A time when several of us gather together to write for five minutes flat about a new, one-word prompt each week. This week’s prompt is CROWD. So here we go … Starting my timer! This prompt makes me think of the story in Luke 5 Read More
Morning Devotions
I am not very good at morning devotions. I have tried for years to be like the “super spiritual” with a dedicated morning quiet time. You know – those people that get up an hour early, awake and eager to get into the Word, no trace of grogginess as they bounce out of bed and Read More
Depending On God – 5 Keys To A Blessed Life
Matthew 5:3 – “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (NIV) Or, to say it using other translations: NLT – “God blesses those who realize their need for Him.” GW – “… who recognize they are spiritually hopeless.” CEV – “… who depend only on Him.” NCV – “… Read More
Patience – Lessons From My Garden
Here is the first lesson in which God used my garden to remind me of something important. He reminded me to have patience. This is a lesson that I really needed to learn, as I struggle with being patient sometimes. And He used cucumbers to do it – God can be SO creative sometimes. He Read More
Tithing As A Widow – Can You Afford It?
Does “tithing” strike a chord with anyone? Tithing may be a sore subject with some people. Others may embrace this philosophy wholeheartedly. Either way, I want to write about what I believe … and I believe this is an important part of your financial planning. I have seen first-hand how important this piece of my Read More
Words from God – Hearing God’s Voice Through The Bible
Have you ever felt you are hearing words from God? It may not be an audible voice, but there are many ways we can hear from God. I want to share a passage of Scripture I have “claimed” for many years. This is a passage that has special meaning for me since way back in Read More
Anxiety – Don’t Let It Control Your Life!
I want to take a minute and share with you some notes from a sermon at our church a couple weeks ago. This topic hit close to home, because it was about anxiety and worry. And with all that has been happening lately, I have been returning to my worrying habits. It’s easy to start Read More
God’s Goodness In Unexpected Places
Sometimes God’s goodness shows up in interesting ways, to demonstrate His love and care for us even when we are not expecting it. We can just be going through our day, and suddenly we are faced with another example of God’s goodness. Here’s my recent example – Two weeks ago, my youngest daughter needed a Read More
Worry is Useless!
I want to take a minute and share with you some notes from a sermon at our church a couple weeks ago. This topic hit close to home, because it was about worry. And with all that has been happening lately, I have been returning to my worrying habits. Worry has been my modus Read More