Tag: Week 1 // Monday

A Heart for God

One of the greatest children’s songs we sing is:   Jesus loves me. This I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong, they are weak, but He is strong.   Yes, Jesus loves me. x3 The Bible tells me so.   I love singing it

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Introduction to The Fruit of the Spirit

Deep down, every woman who loves Jesus carries the same desire to live a life that bears good fruit. That heart desire is no accident. God placed it there. The Bible is full of real men and women whose lives were transformed by staying close to God. Over the next

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Stripping Away the Unnecessary Layers

My best friend did some savvy shopping and purchased an old chest of drawers for her daughter’s bedroom. I stopped by, and she was delighted to show me the beautifully refinished piece of furniture on display. After I “oooh-ed and aah-ed” at how lovely it looked, she showed me the

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Laws of Freedom

Have you ever stopped to consider all the things you’re able to do by driving a car? This may seem like a silly experiment, but let’s try it for just a moment. Take a quick inventory of all the things you’re able to accomplish through driving a car or traveling

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Remembering Truth

“Then I said, I will appeal to this, to the years of the ’right hand of the Most High” I will remember the deeds of the Lᴏʀᴅ, yes, I will remember your wonders of old.” – Psalm 77:10-11  I have cried out to our Lord more in the last two years

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Take A Step Back and Remember

I taught 5th Grade for ten years at the same elementary school, in the same classroom, teaching the same subject every single one of those years. One could say I had grown incredibly comfortable in my role and could teach 5th Grade Language Arts sitting down with my eyes closed

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Turning to God for Wisdom

I have always been the peacemaker in relationships. In high school, I would try to mediate between my parents and siblings if they were in an argument. In college, friends would come to me for wisdom and counsel when they were going through a difficult situation. But if I’m being

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Anticipation in Waiting

I recall as a child looking forward to Christmas with so much anticipation. Would I get the bike I was wanting? What about the new baby doll? As I grew into a teenager, I was waiting on a  new outfit or piece of technology. My anticipation grew week after week

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Cease and Celebrate

Recently I received a distressing email from a friend who has served as a classroom teacher for over four decades. I had asked her how she planned to spend her summer, and she indicated that she was going to take the weekend off to rest but would be working on

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A Radical Reversal

Before he ever wrote, “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,” Paul was known by another name: Saul. And back then? He wasn’t writing letters to build up the Church. He was traveling city to city trying to tear it down. When I read Ephesians 1:1,

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