Thoughts By Gail Rodgers

2025-04-02

Stepping Up

Father God, You alone know how inadequate I feel for the task You are calling me to. Help me to have the courage to say “yes”.

2025-03-24

Is it Your Planting Season?

What opportunity, relationship, project, ministry or other “seeds” has God put in your pocket waiting to be planted?

2025-03-18

What Are You Bringing?

What does your presence bring to those you encounter? You can’t manage anyone’s responses to life except your own. However, paying attention to your own responses will help you think about what you are bringing to encounters you have with others.

2025-03-12

Feeling Uncertain

God knows that these 5 steps will take us a long way in experiencing His wonderful grace. Name your uncertainty and pray the following prayer.

2025-03-01

What Do You Do With Worry?

Sometimes things seem big. Sometimes things are big! Yet God tells us to worry about nothing! It seems impossible to us. “Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything: tell God your needs and don’t forget to thank Him for His answers.” Philippians 4:6 (Living Bible).

2025-01-01

A New Year Blessing

Happy New Year. Join us this year in choosing to intentionally build growth into our individual hearts and strength into our faith.

2024-12-31

A Sure Thing

Lord God, Thank you for Your incredible promise. Help me to keep it in full focus as I walk through this whole year. Whether things around me blossom or shrivel I am determined to stay green and fruitful as I intentionally and fully trust You every single step of the way. I pray this with thanksgiving in the strong name of Jesus, amen.

2024-12-27

Loving Through Conflict

Christmas events can sometimes give rise to relational conflict that mars the peace of the season. Conflict often reflects unmet needs. No one likes to be thought of as needy. It’s easier to think of others as needy;

2024-12-14

More than Just a Baby

Sometimes that manger scene seems so irrelevant. I pondered how the Baby Jesus impacts my life. He is…so much more than just a baby!

2024-11-30

Advent

Advent is a time to prepare our hearts for Christmas. It’s a wonderful tradition that moves us beyond the tinsel to remember what is truly important. It helps us make room for Jesus in our lives that often have “no room in the inn”.

2024-11-29

Be Calm. Be Strong. Be Thankful!

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” Colossians 3:15

2024-11-28

More than Gratitude

Becky had often heard the little saying, "have an attitude of gratitude", and for the most part she did. She could count her blessings and generally found a thankful spirit. But this - there was no thankfulness in this!

2024-11-27

Do You Know?

“… Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.” Jeremiah 31:3

2024-11-22

Satisfied

Spiritual fast food is great for those crazy days now and then, but if it is your steady diet your soul will be malnourished.

2024-10-28

Be Careful of What You Neglect

If your life is chaotic and your spirit is dry… if panic is becoming more often present in your heart and mind than peace… check what you are neglecting.

2024-10-14

A New Song

We talked about the song in our hearts and how busyness and life’s general challenges can tend to drown out the music at times.

2024-10-12

Peace and Thanksgiving

If it feels impossible to be thankful where you stand right now ask God to help you to say “thank you” to Him that He alone can give you peace. Thank Him for His love and His care and His power to lead you today through the maze of your life.

2024-10-05

Shadows

You can have no fear when shadows cross your pathway. “Even though I walk through

2024-09-21

What’s the Tone in Your Home These Days?

What’s the Tone in Your Home These Days? By Gail Rodgers. “A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Proverbs 15:1

2024-09-17

What’s That Smell?

…God …through us, spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 2:14

2024-08-30

Desire of Your Heart

Susan just “knew” that if God would give her the desire of her heart she would be happy. If this one thing could happen, she believed she would be content.

2024-08-03

Make Your Deposit

God invites you to deposit your life into His hands or His account. He wants to use your life to touch others and bring you fulfillment in the process.

2024-07-28

Forest Fire

The tongue is also a fire. “Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue is also a fire….” James 3:6

2024-07-19

Inject Hope

Father God, You know just what I need. And I need to proclaim your love and faithfulness every day.

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