Have you experienced a series of bad relationships? Does it seem like you are always a victim of the old bait-and-switch when it comes to dating? Have you grown past the available pool of bachelors? If it seems like you can’t find the right guy, take heart! God has plans for you and they may…
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So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper. Say a quiet yes to God and he’ll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games…
Read more Today’s Pondering~A Bad Penny
I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty. ~Job 27:11 NIV~ It is so frustrating to scroll through the Facebook feed and read comments and arguments against Christians. Knowing that this is not what Jesus intended when he walked on this earth all those years ago, seeing what…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Who Do You Think You Are?
Where You go, I’ll go Where You stay, I’ll stay When You move, I’ll move I will follow You. Chris Tomlin~I Will Follow I often think about the words to this song and wonder if I could be that devoted to my God. I claim that I am and I certainly want to be; but…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Somebody bring me some water…
Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls. ~Proverbs 25:28 NKJV~ I used to carry myself like a tough girl…always cussing people out and daring anyone to call me out of my name. I was angry about everything and I wanted to make sure that everyone knew…
Read more Today’s Pondering~To each, His own…
And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. ~Genesis 35:2 NKJV~ At what point do we decide that we’ve dwelt in the past long enough and it is time to really move on? What is…
Read more Today’s Pondering~How About Now?
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. ~Matthew 5:13 NIV~ There are those who cannot function in our society unless they are looking at things from…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Going gray…
So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” ~John 8:17 NKJV~ Holding onto opinions about a person based on something they did in the past is not walking in love. Yet, there are so…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Love changes everything…or at least it should
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ~1 John 5:14 NIV~ I didn’t write much throughout the month of November because I was struggling with the notion that I had nothing to say. I was caught up in a process of trying very…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Willing to obey
The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about. ~Luke 18:34 NIV~ It’s funny how pain brings out the absolute worst in people. At a time when the commonality of our suffering should bring us together, the pain of loss…
Read more Today’s Pondering~We meet again…