When we encounter false accusations, should we speak up for ourselves? It is my tendency to do that, but if the accuser is convinced that they are right, there is very little one can say or do to change the scenario. From experience, I believe there are several ways to handle false claims. Option #3…
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light (Psalm 36:9). A few years ago, my husband and I took a trip to St. Augustine, Florida. Did you know it’s the nation’s oldest successful European settlement in the United States? Colonial America began in St. Augustine, 55 years before the…
How fast can change happen? Immediately. I spent the past few days on a rendezvous with God. It’s something I do at least once a year, and I lay all activities at His feet. The LORD took me to a passage in which I had missed a detail before. It’s found in John 6:16-21. The…
It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him (Deuteronomy 13:4) Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross,…
An Old Testament professor of mine once said, that the Old Testament boils down to one thought. “You do good, you get good. You do bad, you get bad.” And that seems to be the case with the Kings of Judah and Israel. If they honored God and tore down the altars to idols, they…