Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?” John 10:32, NLT I love the implication of this verse. I don’t love that Jesus might get killed here. If you are a follower of Christ then you know he hasn’t done anything to deserve being stoned. … Continue reading Done, by Debb Hackett
Wait on the Lord. Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord. Psalm 27:14 Probably one of the hardest things for us to hear or be told to do is, “You’ll have to wait!” In a world full of instant everything—instant coffee, instant breakfast, instant pudding, microwaves, … Continue reading Wait, by Ginger Williams
“And now, Lord, for what do I expectantly wait? My hope [my confident expectation] is in You” (Ps. 39:7 AMP). Great Expectation Almost fourteen years ago, we welcomed an angry sibling pair, ages five and seven, into our home. With my husband’s support, I stopped working to focus on the needs of our children. We … Continue reading Expectation, by Becky Antkowiak
Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you. Deuteronomy 4:2 Friends – I apologize if this is garbled. I have an acute case of wedding brain. My daughter was engaged Easter weekend and within a month we have … Continue reading Add, by Melissa Carey
Returning the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. Mark 14:41 NIV ‘Three’ is a rhetorical device — we find our speech patterns littered with ‘this, this and that’. Our stories have Three Little Pigs, … Continue reading Third, by Catherine Hutton