Jehovah Jireh. Yes, He is our provider, but there are times when Christians think this means health, wealth, happiness, ease and comfort. And this line of thinking leads me to ask the question: What about my neighbor here in Uganda, whose husband skips out when it’s time to pay school
__________________ God’s name is Jehovah-Jireh…which means “The Lord will provide” __________________ I have to be honest with you and say there are some stories in the Bible I’m a little uneasy with…today’s story is unfortunately one of them. You see, I struggle with the idea of Abraham willingly sacrificing Isaac…the
One of our greatest joys at Love God Greatly is to connect with women from all over the world {ah, internet, you are a beautiful thing!}. And my, oh my, has God done some major connecting! Did you know that Love God Greatly Online Bible Studies are in over seventy countries worldwide? You read
I can almost see Paul as he finishes the book of Galatians. Like a loving father, he has something important to say and he wants to make sure those who are reading get the magnitude of his words. No longer content to dictate the letter to a scribe, Paul writes
There are really only two ways about it. Paul lets us know in no uncertain terms that what we sow, we shall reap. In our verses today: “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to
I am a rule keeper. I LOVE knowing what is expected of me and if I’m meeting those expectations. And if I find out that I’m not, the anxiety begins and I unknowingly go from being a free woman in Christ to an enslaved woman to other people’s expectations and
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.” Galatians 3:13 Have you read – really read – all the verses for today? Have you soaked in them? Meditated on them? If not – STOP, take a moment and do so now. Are you
I grew up in a bi-racial family… typing that sounds weird to me because I never saw my family that way. After my parents divorced my mom later remarried and my dad, technically my step-dad, just happened to be half Cherokee and half Mexican…but fully my dad. I never saw
I have lived in many places around the world. Things look very different from culture to culture: worship styles, what is acceptable dress, appropriate behavior, and on and on the list goes. I’ve had many conversations about what is ok and not ok in Christian circles. Some think it is no
I woke up this morning to the sound of my phone ringing. It was an early morning phone call… the kind you don’t ever want to get. The kind you witness through TV or the movies but pray you don’t ever receive in real life. That was the kind of