Mary Rooney Armand
“You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘Lord’, and you are right because that’s what I am. Since I, your Lord washed your feet you ought to wash each other’s feet.” -- John 13:13 (NLT)Please Pray:Dear God,I want a relationship with you. I am thankful for the sacrifice of Jesus to give...
Carol McLeod
I was engaged! I had met him – the man of my dreams and I was head over heels in love with this blue-eyed young man with a southern drawl. Our wedding was only three months away and my heart was overflowing with joy. There was only one challenge to...
Jesus wants to be your first Love, Treasure, & Passion. Because He loves you more than anything else He created. And because you are His treasure & passion.
I hugged my pink stuffed poodle to my chest. We were about to have a serious conversation, even though I would be the only one talking. My ten-year-old self looked into his black button eyes and confided the empty ache that I dare not admit to anyone. I didn’t say the words out loud. I didn’t need to. We were close like that. Read more...
Jesus wants to be your first Love, Treasure, & Passion. Because He loves you more than anything else He created. And because you are His treasure & passion.
What are the keys to intimacy with God ? How can we have the closest possible and most intimate fellowship with God ? And oneness and unity with Him ? And a
The Keys To Intimacy With God - Part 2
Tombstones are often interesting reminders of what people accomplished in life. One that is very interesting is in Wisconsin. It reads: “He bowled 300 in 1962.”
In Jeremiah 2:2 God says “I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the desert” Jeremiah 3:14 – God speaks to His people after they had left Him: “Return, faithless people, declares the Lord, for I am your husband.” In Jeremiah 3:20: “But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you have been unfaithful to Me.” We Are God’s First Love We are God’s 1st love, and He wants to be our 1st love and have an intimate personal relationship with us. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.” Psalm 100:5 “For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” 1 Chronicles 28:9 “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. Our relationship with God will not be very good if we are not as committed to Him as He is to us Keys to Intimacy With God – #2 – Love Deuteronomy 6:5 says “Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” 1 Timothy 1:12-14 “I thank Christ Jesus our LORD, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.
Stacey Barkley
“… train yourself in godliness, for the training of the body has a limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.” -- 1 Timothy 4:7-8 (HCSB)When my children were little, I was disciplined in...
I got spoiled and took it for granted. I love Chinese food! When I lived in the Chicago suburbs and worked in downtown Chicago, I had several excellent Chinese restaurants around me. Within a five-…
When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on them. They were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36
Carol McLeod
An Excerpt from Overflowing: The Father enthusiastically gave to Jesus the fullness of His power. It never ceases to amaze me that this one intentional decision brought pleasure to God. As I have prayed over this passage, wondered over it, and wrestled with it, there has been a relentless question t
The Bible says that God is a "father of the fatherless" (Psalm 68:5 NKJV). Psalm 27 says, "When my father and my mother forsake me..."
Sheryl H. Boldt
If we’ve recognized Jesus’ death on the cross as payment for our sins, we can call God (with all the excitement the exclamation points imply), “Abba! Father!”
One of the greatest biblical teachings about God is that the God of the Bible is a God who reveals himself to humans and who wants to have a personal relationship with human beings. In his desire t…
Mike Genung
This is the second of a three-part series on healing the heart. In part one we looked at bringing down the walls and barriers that block our healing. Now we move into the heart. With nearly every man and woman I’ve worked with, regardless of Read More
Understanding we are sons of God will cause us to relate to Him very differently than when we approach God with a slave mentality.
The Parable of the Rich Fool is found in Luke 12:16-21. Below is the parable and surrounding context that provides an explanation of this parable. The meaning seems straightforward, but we will see…
This morning, the Lord reminded me of a critical part of my burnout and people-pleasing story. He reminded me of when I left the church and checked out on Him for almost a year and a half. I am not…