5He arrived at a city in Samaria called Sychar. Sychar was near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s Well was there. Jesus sat down by the well because he was tired from traveling. The time was about noon. John 4:5-6 GWT This brief passage in Scripture is full of […]
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Lift Your Spirit
That’s a four-letter word: wait. And we drop that bomb on everyone in our sphere when it’s to our advantage. Maybe it’s just not convenient for us to deal with something, so we offer a casual, “I’ll get to it — just not now.” We look at the pile of projects calling our attention and […]
Tho’ts for Thursday
4-6 The misfits among the people had a craving and soon they had the People of Israel whining, “Why can’t we have meat? We ate fish in Egypt—and got it free!—to say nothing of the cucumbers and melons, the leeks and onions and garlic. But nothing tastes good out here; all we get is manna, manna, […]
The Wood Chips in My Shoes
Today would have been my brother’s birthday. He was my only biological sibling, two years younger than I. At the age of 9, he was diagnosed with an incurable neurologically deteriorating illness. At the time of the diagnosis, there were only 100 possible known cases throughout the United States. Schilder’s disease became the word of […]
“Freedom Found in Christ” by Guest Writer: Rochelle Bauer
We are all born into this world as sinners. As a baby, we obviously don’t understand what that means and during that timeframe, we aren’t purposely sinning. But nevertheless, we are born as slaves to sin. As I examine my own sinful desires, an image pops into my head. I imagine myself in shackles sitting […]
Lift Your Spirit
20 But he did not doubt or waver in unbelief concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and empowered by faith, giving glory to God, 21 being fully convinced that God had the power to do what He had promised. Romans 4:20-21 Amplified Bible People may not sit still long enough to hear a sermon, but they’ll certainly bend an […]
Titus Two 