Does your church still have “testimony time?” When we changed churches and began attending a larger congregation this year, I was worried that some of the wonderful personal moments that are apart of a smaller church would be missing. That hasn’t happened. Recently, Pastor John gave us the opportunity to testify about what God is doing in our lives. I left that night with a lump in my throat and my faith built up. God…
“I don’t think the way you think. The way you work isn’t the way I work. For as the sky soars high above earth so the way I work surpasses the way you work, and the way I think is beyond the way you think.” Isaiah 55:8-9, MSG Do you bounce back and forth between worry and trust? My word, I do. Recommitting to my decision to trust God in certain situations is not…
My friend, Wendy Blight, is releasing a new Bible Study, I Know His Name: Discovering Power in the Names of God. Wendy teaches how the very names of God reveal His character and heart. Wendy is a member of the Proverbs 31 Ministries’ First 5 Writing Team and serves as the Proverbs 31 On-Line Bible Study Small Group Ministry Training and Development Coordinator. She is the author of 3 books and most enjoys helping women, through…
Mrs. Fordham asked me on the first day of piano lessons, “What kind of music do you want to learn how to play?” I said, “Hymns.” One of the first ones she tried hard to teach me was, My Jesus I love Thee. I struggled to make my fingers work (maybe children’s fingers aren’t as set in their ways). Mrs. Fordham was a saint. In the end, we both decided that playing the piano was…
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