By Peggy W. Lester – We have just celebrated the holiday of Thanksgiving here in the States. At this time of year, people express more thankfulness than any other time of the year. We have programs giving turkeys, food, money, etc. All of these programs are good; it is good
By Nancie Carmichael – A year ago before Christmas I wandered the shopping center, looking at sweaters… books…games. Gift-giving can be such a delight, but such a conundrum. Since “gift-giving” is one of my love languages, I have a thing about wanting to give my children, my husband the perfect
By Marcia Moston – It was a small country church in northwestern New Jersey—tiny, by Southern church standards, but the clanging Sunday morning bell did manage to rouse forty or fifty of the faithful. Wednesday night prayer was another matter altogether. Only a fistful of die-hard believers showed up for
By Olga Hermans – We have a beautiful painting in our living room from Ron DiCianni. It’s called “Simeon’s Moment”. It is one of my favorite paintings. It must have been such an awesome experience for Simeon to hold the Son of God in his arms! For Simeon it was
By Janelle Alberts – I love the bombardment of this season’s cheery props – Advent wreaths and Christmas trees and chimney stockings and of course there’s that guy who, after all this time, kids still wonder, “Is He real?” You know. Jesus. I remember as a child, staring at the
Submitted by Deb DeArmond at http://mypurposenow.co/ By Mona Shriver – Do you ever mourn that you’ve disappointed God? You made a wrong choice. Responded in a way that you know did not glorify Him. Didn’t read your Bible or pray enough. I have. More times than I’d like to admit. Last week
By Beverly Lewis – There’s been a revolution in my head. I’ve become increasingly aware that my intellect typically leads when I’m in “business mode”. I think that’s true of many of us. After all, it’s our intellect that we sharpen and develop in preparation for success. And that’s good.
By Karen Lembo – Do you remember that sappy song Kodak used in their old ads: “Good morning yesterday…you wake up, and time has slipped away…”? It may be a bit overly sentimental, but there’s nothing like breaking out old photos and home movies during the holidays and reliving special memories
By Shari Johnson – I Corinthians 11 vs. 3 “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.” And so it was that Paul opened up that can of
Perhaps you have or have not read the book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie dubbed “The grandfather of all people-skills book.” Job’s friends really should have read it. No matter how many times I read their words of disdain I find myself saying, “Oh you
By Carol Doyel – We all love Thanksgiving and all that it represents; the dinner, family gathering together, the turkey, the beauty of a fall day, but what is the true meaning of thanksgiving? Most of us know something about the history of Thanksgiving and how it came to be
By Maryann Ehmann – As a very accepting, adaptable and patient person, not wanting to be demanding, controlling, or ungrateful, I have often crossed over into the land of settling and not going for what I really want. In fact, for years and for a variety of reasons, I didn’t
By Olga Hermans – One of the things that all of us know about an eagle is, that they are always up in the air or sitting somewhere on the top of a tree in the mountains. But we never have to stop our car for an eagle, because it
By Lynn Mosher – What is one of the best elements about Christmas, aside from the obvious of Jesus’ birth? The presents? The tree? The food? Nope! For me, it’s the music! I love all the Christmas music. So many wonderful carols have been written over the years. Do you
By Byron Wicker – Dear People Who Keep Company with God, When I was a young believer a prophetic minister was giving words of knowledge to several of the young men in our church. My turn came and he said, “Count your blessings and be thankful.” That was it. I went home disappointed
By Susan Lawrence – I regularly travel, and since I live 90 miles from the airport, I usually stop close to the airport on my way home so I can get a fountain drink. Sometimes I’ll splurge and treat myself to a chocolate milkshake at a diner on my way
By Karen Jordan – Excuses, excuses, you’ll hear them every day. And the Devil he’ll supply them, if the church you stay away. When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses. (Kingsmen, “Excuses”) I can
By Karen Lembo – (References taken from NIV) Last year, shortly before Thanksgiving, I purchased two amaryllis bulbs, prepared the prepackaged soil as instructed, and planted the bulbs in identical pots. I placed them on either end of my mantle and considered how beautiful they would look for Christmas. One
By Deborah McCarragher – As Christmas approaches I began thinking more about His mother Mary, and what she might have been thinking as she awaited the birth of her firstborn Son. Mary and Joseph were in Bethlehem because of the census that Caesar Augustus had decreed. The lush fields and
By Deborah Bateman – Matthew 5:7-8 Blessed [are] the merciful: For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed [are] the pure in heart: For they shall see God. This is the third lesson of the Beatitudes series. We are going to look at Matthew 5:7-8 If you have been following the series
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