Encouraging My Faith Always a good reminder! Feeling the need to strenghten my faith by reading God`s working in other Christians` lives, I decided to re-read the biography of George Mueller (1805-1898). This man`s life of faith as he began orphanages in England is truly amazing. He never asked for any money, but simply told people what he knew God was leading him to do. As he did so, God always blessed with what was needed. Many times, God sent money from individuals who said it was to be used for a specific purpose that Mueller had told no one about yet. On one occasion,Read More →

Failed Expectations A few years ago, during some very tumultuous times for our family, I found it rather easy to rely on the Lord and believe that He was working all things out for our good. Daily, I would beg Him to show me what He wanted me to learn from all we were going through. I can honestly say I never felt closer to Him than during those times. However, once the greater part of the burden wad lifted, and at first it looked like our family could get the spiritual help to heal from what we’d been through, that didn’t happen and IRead More →

Conquering the Pain of Betrayal I started working on this devotional over a year ago, but found myself unable to complete it. I really didn’t know how to proceed as our family has been through so much betrayal over the last few years, and I was still grappling with dealing with it. I knew the Lord wanted me to get the victory over it, so I was hoping that by studying the issue, the healing that only the Lord can bring would finally bring peace. Yet, as it often is with the Lord, the answer was very simple. Most of the peace I so desperatelyRead More →

And All the Plenty Shall Be Forgotten Context: Genexis 41 & 47 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. Genesis 41:29-31 It is amazing how we can read portions of the word of God over an over, yet all of a sudden see something we’ve never seenRead More →

Chocolate Surrender  Chocolate Surrender??? Yes, you read right. Several years back, God used chocolate to teach me, again, the concept of surrender. I’m going to subtitle this lesson as: Whatever It Takes! A few years ago, I was totally addicted to chocolate. It was really bad! I HAD to have a dark chocolate bar every day or I got really cranky!!!! I was getting really cranky too as I knew this was getting expensive and it just needed to stop! I finally couldn’t take it anymore and went to the Lord sincerely in prayer, “Lord, whatever it takes, take the desire for chocolate away!” IRead More →

Change Where It Is Needed  I’ve heard over and over that we are either entering into, in the midst of, or coming out of tribulations and troubles, and the Scriptures concur: When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: Isaiah 43:2-3a Yes, we are going to go through hard times. God said, “When”, not “If”. So this being the case, thereRead More →

He Is my All Sufficiency Sitting at my laptop with barely enough energy to type (from low blood sugar), I feel quite useless as the rest of the family buzzes around getting things done. Our youngest doll – Carolyn – piggy tails and all, was first doing a puzzle and chattering away, but now is helping Abigail and Melissa with the laundry, folding tea towels and such; Cynthia and Sarah took over from me making lunch; and Brianna is practicing guitar. It just seems the norm lately: doing a few hours work then having no energy for the rest of the day. It has beenRead More →

Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang! Did you ever have that nagging feeling the Lord is trying to tell you you shouldn’t do something, or maybe it was a case of all doors being closed to a particular event happening. Sometimes we listen and sometimes we don’t, but praise the Lord we listened this time! For a week or so, we’d heard an odd “bang” in the back end of the 15 passenger van. We just figured it was something loose on the muffler, tail pipe, etc. or something loosed under a seat. However, the light “bang” turned into a full blown “Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang” onRead More →

“Fear Not” People, especially women (me included), tend to be fretful; as irritating as that can be to ourselves and others, it is part of our sinful nature. I am one of the first to say how easy it is to forget that God is in control of EVERYTHING, especially when things are not going the way I planned. (Hindsight is 20/20…) Like Thomas after Christ’s ressurection, it is easy to have a “show me” faith, however; the Lord does not want us to be so. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except IRead More →

Clearing Our Vision Here are some general points that I hope will help each one of us to keep our focus right and seeing what we should. 1. Keep your sin confessed– daily – more if you need to! If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Psalms 66:18 2. Keep on your Spiritual knees Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Keep studying and meditating on the Word of God – Simply reading it is not sufficient! We are commanded to study, memorized, hide inRead More →