February 29, 2012, at 9:00 am

Answered Prayer

Today is your chance to brag about God for a bit. I’d love to hear how God is working in your circumstances through answered prayer. I’d especially love to hear from those who compiled our Blog Candy prayer list a few weeks ago. How has God worked in those people’s lives through your prayers? You [...]

February 28, 2012, at 9:00 am

A Schedule for Prayer

If you are anything like me, the list of thing you’d like to pray about is far longer than the amount of time you have to set aside for prayer. That is why a schedule of prayer is helpful. While some requests naturally require daily – or even hourly prayer at times! – many things [...]

February 27, 2012, at 9:00 am

Help Me, Lord

Help me, Lord, to see You are about me. You are my hope

In my laying down and rising, in my travelling and arriving, Help me, Lord, to see You are about me. You are my hope.

In my sorrow and enjoyment, in my work and unemployment, Help me, Lord, to see You are [...]

February 24, 2012, at 9:00 am

Blog Candy: Actual Candy This Time!

I am giving away some adorably-packaged chocolates to anyone who answers the questions for this week’s blog candy. All you have to do to win is answer the following question here in the comments section by midnight on Sunday, February 26th:

What song, book, or Scripture is God using to speak to you right now?

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February 23, 2012, at 9:00 am

Prayer in the Bible

Here’s a great list of what the Bible teaches us about prayer…

God is moved by our prayers. (2 Samuel 24:25) God listens to our prayers. (1 Kings 8:28) There are many postures for prayer, including kneeling and spreading our hands upward toward God. (I Kings 8:54( God relieves distress in answer to prayer. (Psalm [...]

February 22, 2012, at 9:00 am

Getting by…

When I was a child, I can remember my grandmother saying “I’m getting by…” whenever someone would ask how she was doing. This was her way of saying that although life wasn’t perfect, she was managing just fine.

In some areas of my life, I’m just “getting by” right now. They aren’t perfect. I don’t [...]

February 21, 2012, at 9:00 am

Peaceful Relationships

I’ve been reading some things about peace lately. I’m sure many of us would sign up for more peace in our lives if there was a sign-up sheet for things like that. It seems that’s probably the only way we’d want it in our lives because many of us spend an awful lot of time [...]

February 20, 2012, at 9:00 am

All About Books: Reading, Borrowing, Reporting

I set a goal to read 100 books last year. I came just shy of the goal by 2, reading a total of 98. This year I am trying to get to 100 again, but it’s not going so well. After a short burst of reading in early January, I’ve slowed down considerably. I’m already [...]

February 17, 2012, at 9:00 am

Words of Conviction

I read this the other day and had to sit still for a moment after reading. I pretty much did the opposite of this for the entire day leading up to reading this! Sometimes I wonder why God bothers with us at all. We get it wrong far more than we get it right but [...]

February 16, 2012, at 9:00 am

These are a few of my favorite things…

I’ve done a list of “favorite things” on my personal blog from time to time, but have never done one here. I thought it would be fun to find out what a few of your favorite things are. If you’d like to share, list your favorites of the moment in the comments section.

Here are [...]