Prayer
Advent Devotional: Day 1
“For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of scriptures we might have hope.” Romans 15:4 ESV The news comes and the anxiety starts. My mind starts racing and the planner in me starts to panic. I learned early in life if I over…
Advent Devotional: Introduction to Week One – Hope
Isaiah prophesied about the Messiah in approximately 740 BC. God’s children heard it and, I would imagine, got fired up about a Savior coming to rule them. Their sights were on an earthly King, but that was not God’s plans. He knew we needed more than a physical governor. The expectation would have been like…
Hello God
How is your image of God? Has it stayed the same since you became a Christ follower? Have you framed Him with worldly characteristics? How about trust? Do you trust God completely? Enough to open your hands completely in every single situation? I became a Christian at the age of eleven. I had no idea…
Angel Oak Tree
Have you ever looked at trees and marveled at how a small nut could produce a tree as big as the Angel Oak Tree? I was sitting on the porch looking at the tree tops here in Birmingham. Noticing all the branches reaching out and somewhat up. Then in my mind’s eye I saw the…
Words & Conversations to ourselves and others…
Our words carry weight. They can help build a wall so others cannot get in, as well as tear down that wall. Ephesians 4:29 “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”…
The Dark Place of Fear
I read of another suicide today. Those headlines only tell part of the story. They tell of the battle lost. They tell that fear won and God’s kingdom has another hole in it. People judge based on the facts they read. Someone who seems to be successful took their life is the fact they read.…
Woman of Faith
I have been asked how I came to have such a strong faith in God. My answer had always bee “oh my Mom.” Until recently. “But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are…
Fears…
“Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God, I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 What do you do when you are in the midst of fear? How do you not allow that fear to…
What sermons are you preaching?
Francis of Assisi’s young apprentice was disappointed when he felt his mentor had not preached a sermon while they visited the locals in the village. Francis answered his disappointment with this: “People have watched us, listened to us. Every word we have spoken, every deed we have done has been a sermon. We have preached…