Renee Gill Spiritual Warfare occurs within us every day. Fighting Satan’s evil lies....“I am not good enough.” “Look what she has!”“I wish we could go on that vacation...” “Why does this always happen to me?”I just have moments where bouts of depression or unworthiness hit me and they seem to paralyze me. Satan whispers, “Why keep trying?”. …
Spiritual Warfare: How do you stop feeling like a failure?
Debbie Bayer Have you ever scrolled through Facebook or Instagram and you do an eye roll when you see a post from someone who is telling a snippet about their lives and everything about them seems peachy and wonderful? And you think... "Really? Why do they have it so good when I am over here …
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Spiritual Warfare: The Battle is Real
Steph Montgomery Do you ever feel “STUCK?” You know you want to change a behavior and you pray for it often, but when the test is given to prove yourself again, you fail… Can you relate to this? I’ll pray so hard for God to give me the gentleness and patience I need to handle …
October’s Theme: Spiritual Warfare
What does Spiritual Warfare mean? It means that we are in a constant battle with the world and the schemes of the devil. Satan is always looking for a way to get a foothold on us and he uses worldly views and our sin to wage a war against us. However, the Apostle Paul, reminds …
Love: Meredith’s Genius Advice
Jill Hudson As Christians being led by the Holy Spirit, we are called to further God’s kingdom here on earth and be a light for those around us. Wow! That’s a tall order! How can we accomplish that on a daily basis? Believe me when I say that I don’t think God is resting the …
Love is a Decision
Renee Gill When I first thought about this theme of Love, I instantly thought about marriage. My husband, Steve, and I went on a faith-based “Engagement Weekend” through our church before getting married. It was a weekend full of discussing topics and sharing thoughts to set us up for a successful marriage. One of the …
What Does Love Really Look Like?
Debbie Bayer Why is it so difficult to love people? When I read verses in the Bible about love, such as in 1 Corinthians 13, I see that love is supposed to be patient and kind, that it does not envy, that it is not proud, and that it has no record of wrongs. I …
Love: Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About
Jamie White Bonnie Raitt had a well known tune in the early 90’s with the main line, “Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About...How about Love?” Don’t we all have a soft spot ready to hear anything about love? There are so many aspects of love. I love my grandchildren differently than the way I …
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Love Unconditionally
Steph Montgomery Throughout my life love has meant different things to me. When I was a teenager I used to daydream a good portion of my days about the perfect man that would sweep me off of my feet, like all the romantic movies I would spend time watching. I would get pulled into how …
Loving is a Gift From God
Emily Bayer Jesus replied:“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV) That’s it! …
