Thoughts By Women

2023-08-03

Fear

Fear is something that we all experience at some time in our lives. Our bodies cope by sending a surge of adrenaline rushing through us as a “flight or fight” mechanism and we feel ‘wired’. 

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2023-08-02

Eating Machine

My 13 year old son is an eating machine. He is 6 feet tall and wears a size fourteen shoe. He has been growing like a weed and doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon.

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2023-08-01

God is Huge

"Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path." Proverbs 3:5&6

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2023-07-31

When Our Failures Haunt Us

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9)

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2023-07-30

Waiting God’s Way

How are you at waiting? I am talking about the kind of waiting we do

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2023-07-29

Living a Life of Gratitude

Are you living a life of gratitude to your Savior, who died to set you free? Are you diminishing the price He paid for you by the choices you are making?

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2023-07-28

Squawking or Singing

What is it that turns my melodies of worship into shrill complaint or depressed moaning? Is it the stress of an overfull calendar?

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2023-07-27

The Power of Encouragement

“Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.”  Proverbs 12:25

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2023-07-26

You Don’t Know What You are Missing

What are non-believers missing out on? What do we have that they don't have?

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2023-07-25

Walk in Love

Just as a small child imperfectly mimics a parent’s actions, disciples of Jesus copy Him. In these verses in Ephesians, lies a key way to imitate God: walk in love.

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2023-07-24

When God Seems No Where to be Found

I just moved into the hood. Parenthood that is. I’ve never been this tired, nor have I ever felt this much love in my entire life. If you’ve got a little one (or many kids) yourself, you know exactly what I am talking about. The book of Esther is quite interesting to me because it does not mention God even once.

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2023-07-23

The Hand that Holds My Hand

Every time we choose faith in our intimidating circumstances, we are winning the battle. Day by day we can pick up the smooth stones and hurl them at the giants in front of us—toppling them to the ground.

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2023-07-22

Why God is Smiling at You

God is pleased with us based on what Christ did for us; never because of what we do for God.

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2023-07-21

Friend of the Poor

When we get quiet before God and sit at His feet, we are reminded of Jesus, a friend of sinners and a friend of the poor.

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2023-07-20

Hope for the Bone Dry

God doesn’t just want a part of us ? He wants all of us! Half-hearted service will not meet our spiritual needs.

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2023-07-19

Fast Of Words: A Different Kind of Fast

The problem is not my mouth but my heart. Proverbs 4:23 says "Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life."

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2023-07-18

How is Your Heart Today?

How is your heart today? Can you say with the Psalmist, “Create in me a new heart and renew a steadfast spirit within me” Psalm 51:10

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2023-07-17

Expecting God to Speak

“So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.” Acts 10:33

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2023-07-16

STEPS and STOPS

We can never determine all the why’s of God’s leading. But we know this . . . His own, silent answer to our why’s have a greater meaning than we could ever comprehend.

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2023-07-15

Worship the Lord Your God

Do you feel the passionate heart connection that marks worship?  Each day your Abba Father in Heaven awaits that type of connection with you. 

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2023-07-14

A Better Perspective

Our frame of reference comes from a variety of circumstances and situations: upbringing, environment, health/wellness, family unit, economic status, culture, safety, tragedy, disasters and the list goes on.

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2023-07-13

Just and True

A lot of people talk about right and wrong these days, as if they were random or variable things. If no absolute truth exists, then the powerful determine what justice is.

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2023-07-12

Talking to God!

“Always keep on praying” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Our granddaughters, Mercedes (age five) and Tia (age

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2023-07-11

Absolute Rock

"He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken." Psalm 62:6 Friend, it's a harsh world some, maybe you, might be facing. Lean on Jesus the Rock to get you through.

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