There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13 NLT Maybe you’ve noticed that I’ve spent considerable time and space talking about the importance of living life in community with other Christ Followers. I believe that the culture in which we are presently living deems it necessary to […]
Category: hope
“Being of One Mind Doesn’t Mean Yours is the Only One in the Room”
Knee surgery was a humbling experience. Not because of the obvious temporary disability, but because of the sheer fact that this “independent woman” had to swallow her pride to ask for help to accomplish the simplest of tasks. At a young age, mama taught me how to scale the kitchen counter to get to those […]
Reading Digest: “You Are More Than You’ve Been Told” ~ Hosanna Wong
This is my current read and it’s hard to put down. Hosanna’s down-to-earth delivery pulls me in every time. The environment around us, cultural ‘norms,’ trends, comfy old habits, familiar traditions, scripts that we picked up along the beaten path … they all affect how we think about ourselves. Especially when we’re trying so hard […]
Lift Your Spirit – “This is Jesus”
But if we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. Then the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us from every sin. 1 John 1:7 NCV How has your week been, Sweet Friend? Has it been a phenomenal week of victory? Maybe it’s been one […]
“It Is Finished” – Spoken Word Poetry by Gloria Umanah
When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and [voluntarily] gave up His spirit. John 19:30 Amplified There is very little that can be said after those three defining words. With that declaration we were all set free. And with all gifts that are freely given, it has to […]
Lift Your Spirit – “Battle Belongs”
The hardest battles – the ones with the most at stake – are fought in the unseen realm. Whether you are dueling with mental or emotional circumstances, the most fallout is actually not all that visible to the naked eye. We are spirit and body beings – GOD created us that way. The tangible and […]
Titus Two 