I can still remember being sequestered in the “Bride’s Room” of our church just moments before the organist began to play for the early arrivals. As I sat in front of an oversized gilded mirror trying not to wrinkle my dress, I daydreamed about the man who would become my husband by day’s end. He was everything I had ever hoped for: handsome, Read more…
A Momma’s Prayer
page and so many of my FB Friends liked it, I thought I’d share it with you too. This is a picture of my son and I having coffee at Starbucks last weekend, just before I took him to the airport to fly back to his home. (If you’re not one of my facebook family, please pop over and click “like.”)
It has been said that to have a child is to have your heart go walking around outside of your body for the rest of your life. Read more…
The Power of Your Prayers
The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective,
(James 5:16b NIV).
G. Campbell Morgan tells a story about the power of one woman’s prayers to stir a revival in her home church.
“There are saints of God who for long, long years have been shut off from all the activities of the Church, Read more…
Everything is Possible for Her who Believes
Everything is possible for him who believes, (Mark 9:23 NIV).
Once, a distraught father had an unruly son with multiple physical and emotional problems. Many people even said the boy was possessed by a demon. The dad had tried everything, but the boy continued to demonstrate anti-social behavior: throwing himself in the fire and then in water. Read more…
Trusting God to Answer Your Prayers
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given you, (John 15:7, NIV).
I am blessed with some very special nieces and nephews. One of my favorite people in the world is my niece, Grace Anne. After college, Grace Anne served two years with a mission organization, Read more…
Sit Down and Be Quiet
“Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish,” (John 6:11 NIV).
Have you ever noticed this pattern in the gospels – the disciples get in a bind and Jesus bails them out. It reminds me of the old fifties program, Read more…
Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:12 NIV).
When God created man, He stepped back and said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Read more…
A Mother who is a Prayer Warrior
A Mighty Warrior
Today’s Truth
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth (3 John 1:4 NIV).
Friend to Friend
Proverbs 31 introduces us to the mother whose children rise up and call her blessed, as a “wife of noble character” (NIV), “an excellent wife” (NAS) and “a capable, Read more…
A Mighty Prayer Warrior
Today’s Truth
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth” (3 John 1:4 NIV).
Friend To Friend
Proverbs 31 introduces us to the mother whose children rise up and call her blessed. She is a “wife of noble character” (NIV), “an excellent wife” (NAS) and “a capable, Read more…
Giving our Children to God
Today’s Truth:
“Everything is possible for him who believes” (Mark 9:23 NIV).
Friend to Friend
Once, a distraught father had an unruly son with multiple physical and emotional problems. Many people even said the boy was possessed by a demon. The dad had tried everything, but the boy continued to demonstrate anti-social behavior: throwing himself in the fire and then in water. Read more…