Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Matthew 7:24 Most of us can call this passage to mind about the wise and foolish builders. My husband and I are currently in the process of watching a house being built. There is so …
A Woman of Prayer
The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. James 5:16b-18 Prayer doesn’t require …
I Will Rejoice!
I realize it may be dramatic to admit, but there have been times in my life that this verse has been my anthem. Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle …
Decisions that Become Defining Moments
Time is passing by at the same pace every hour of every day, but some moments seem to linger more than others. If you’ve lived long enough, you can look back and see decisions that become defining moments. Maybe your look back is in regret of a bad decision, in pain because of a difficult decision, or in gratefulness of …