Thoughts By Women

2023-05-11

Lifted Up

Why are you cast down today? God gives us hope. We can cling to it. Hold on and believe it.

2023-05-10

Precious

Poem: Precious. Precious Lord the One who gives Life and sustains me I pause..... Just to love on You..... to bless You ....Make You large in my life.

2023-05-09

Open Wide

Imagine if a baby bird decided he would rather fend for himself. How far would he make it from the nest? How soon would he require the sustaining influence of his mother’s care again?

2023-05-08

Kindness is Contagious

“Be Kind and compassionate one to another”, the Bible tells us. Why not today? It doesn’t have to be a meal—it could be a smile, opening the door for someone, or offering to baby sit, weed someone’s garden—

2023-05-07

Peace I Leave With You

What difficult experience do you find yourself in right now? What are you dreading? Can you visualize Jesus in that situation?

2023-05-06

Impatient Heart, Be Still

Have you ever been caught up in any web of impatience? God is a God of time and order. He requires us to uphold that very important Christian virtue – patience.

2023-05-05

What’s on Your Mind?

Guarding our thoughts, being sober-minded, and meditating on eternal truth will produce a transformation the Bible calls the “renewing of the mind.” (Romans 12:2)

2023-05-04

Seeing Like Jesus

Even Christians with dedicated “world vision” grow weary of the world’s needs. We quickly turn the magazine pages so as not to gaze too long on the sad face of yet another child with a cleft lip.

2023-05-03

The Fruit of Our Lips

God calls us to openly acknowledge Jesus as our Lord and Messiah. The apostles rejoiced because their disgrace came from being aligned with Jesus.

2023-05-02

So Much More

The truth of the gospel is this: there is more to life than what we are facing, suffering or rejoicing in right now.

2023-05-01

What is Best?

Discerning what is BEST leads to fruitful living that pleases God. The instruction is specific.

2023-04-30

God is Our Comfort

Isaiah 66:13 “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you…” In our culture comfort is revered. We are made to feel that we’re entitled to the good life of health, success, and happiness especially if we’re Christians.

2023-04-29

My Weakness, God’s Strength

But when chemo made me helpless as a newborn kitten, I finally realized control was an illusion. I humbly learned that I had no power of my own. I had zero strength and learned to lean fully on God for the first time in my life.

2023-04-28

Love: Answer to Hostility

Is there someone in your life that is hurting you but who needs your love and your blessing? How will you begin returning good for evil?

2023-04-27

The Debt We Always Owe

Recently, the Lord enabled me to get out from under a debt that would have taken years to pay off. As soon as it was paid, I logged into my account to look at the zero next to my loan and to bask in the feeling of "Paid in Full."

2023-04-26

Nothing On My Own

The Spirit shows us God’s goodness, his glory, and his power. The Spirit reminds us of Jesus’ obedience, his sacrifice, and his love. By revealing God’s character and reminding us of God’s commands, the Spirit guides us to do nothing on our own, but only the will of the Father.

2023-04-25

Cling to the Lord

Are you clinging to the Lord? When you are clinging to Him, you will go where He is going and fit into His way. It is an act of the will.

2023-04-24

Hope in the Wait

We may not know what’s coming next, but God does. Our waiting and our future is in His hands.His safe, strong, and more than capable hands.

2023-04-22

God Restores Us

Have you ever been in a situation where you feel like life will never be the same again? Your emotions or circumstances are in disarray?

2023-04-21

I Choose to Give Thanks

But where was the joy in my life? Defeat and depression clung to me. Jesus exuded a joyful confidence no matter what happened in his life. He lived each day in joyful obedience to the Father.

2023-04-21

Jesus Is Risen. He Is Risen Indeed

This Easter be blessed to know and appreciate the many ways Jesus is present for you, even if you think He is just the gardener.

2023-04-20

How to Recognize the Counterfeit

It’s hard to know what is true anymore! Father, please help me to take hold of what is true in a world that has so much that is false and counterfeit, and to know that your Spirit’s work in me is real,

2023-04-20

Touched by the Risen Lord

Walking where Jesus walked, was for me a wonderful preparation for the Easter season.

2023-04-20

Jesus is Alive in My Life

We go through the motions of celebrating that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day. But what difference does it really make to our lives today?

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