Thoughts By Women

2021-09-23

Caring For Others

A devotional on praying for others and bearing their burdens.

2021-09-22

Draw Your Focus Back

Life is full and good. Even so, I need to be aware of choosing my focus or I can get bogged down with details and concerns and end up being unproductive and unfruitful.Life is full and good. Even so, I need to be aware of choosing my focus or I can get bogged down with details and concerns and end up being unproductive and unfruitful.

2021-09-21

Our True Power Source

Are you running around "changing light bulbs and turning on switches" and have neglected to plug yourself into the Power Source? Are you hoping to "fix" your life and then come to Jesus?

2021-09-19

Praying the 23rd Psalm

The 23rd Psalm. As you cultivate your personal communion with God in prayer, let him lead you to pray this psalm for others.

2021-09-17

Hardship

How many times has a day started out so wonderfully, only to be “dampened” by circumstances beyond our control?

2021-09-16

God Knows Me and He Loves Me

Often we hide our true selves from people. We put on masks. We pretend. We people please. Why? We want to be liked. We want to belong.

2021-09-14

Don’t Waste It

2 years ago my husband was diagnosed with an extreme health condition, and instead of getting mad at God, I asked Him for help

2021-09-13

Wholehearted Trust

"What must we do to do the work of God?" Jesus replied, "Trust..." God asks us to trust that He loves us. that He is with us this moment

2021-09-12

Lifelong Learners

Jesus, I want to learn from you. I want to think right. I want to hear the Spirit’s voice and obey.

2021-09-11

In the Waiting

If you’re waiting on a promise given to us by God, He will surely fulfill it for you. The key is to be patient and pray in the waiting. “And while staying with them he ordered them not ...

2021-09-10

Taking Jesus with You

As long as Christ is in you, you can take Him anywhere you go!

2021-09-09

Journey Through

Where are you at in your journey? How are you turning your valley into a place of springs?

2021-09-08

God is Bigger

Dear friend, the Bible says, God "will never leave you or forsake you.” So when life’s trials seem overwhelming, remember this. God is bigger than whatever you’re going through.

2021-09-07

You Can Hope Again

When your heart has been shattered, it’s hard to make sense of all the broken pieces.

2021-09-06

God Is Present with You Now

Thank you, Father, that when you say “never will I forsake you,” you mean never. You are with me now.

2021-09-05

Great Expectations

I don’t understand God sometimes! To be honest, it’s really most of the time. Why doesn’t He clearly reveal Himself to me? Why does He often leave me guessing at who He is and what He is doing?

2021-09-04

The Waiting Side of Faith

Everything we do, we do by faith. As faith is enabling us to trust and wait, it is also building more faith to help us wait on Him for the results.

2021-09-03

Peace I Leave You

You and I don’t have the responsibility of making decisions that will affect world peace or war, but Jesus did provide the possibility for us to have inner peace and He wants us to do whatever we can to make peace with those around us.

2021-09-02

Who Stands With You

Sometimes, living in our fearlessly independent society, we forget that we don’t have to rely on self. We don’t need the perfect credentials to walk in the call God has for us.

2021-09-01

Take Your Cue from Fear and Trust God

Fear stalked me like a lion seeking prey, ready to pounce at any moment. It was a paralyzing terror that threatened to overwhelm me, especially in the dark hours of the night.

2021-08-30

One Way

How can we know we are on the correct path, even if it seems to have changed names? By letting someone else drive...God

2021-08-29

God is Faithful

Do you feel confident today that God is always faithful? That He is exactly who He says He is? Aren’t you glad He doesn’t change His mind or get PMS or forget about His promises?

2021-08-28

The Listening Heart

Dear LORD, as we come to you, listening for your still, small voice, we ask that you help us also to listen for the silent voices of others so that we may bring your love and comfort to them.

2021-08-27

Beauty Out of Ashes

Even as we pray for restoration and new life for the suffering people and land, may the sunsets remind us to look to the loving Creator who makes all things new, who brings beauty out of ashes.