The Ascent
Doors close, Doors open
Entrepreneurs, like the ones who raised me, seem to have a sixth sense. They anticipate the unforeseen and uncover diamonds in the rough. They see potential where others see a dead end. To some degree or another we all have this inner longing to do something, to be...
Empty Jars, Flowing Oil
The prophet Elisha was summoned to the home of a widow. When he arrived he learned of her tragedy of losing her husband and all of the debts that had piled up that she needed to pay. She was at risk of losing her sons to slavery, if she could not pay her debts. Elisha...
BE SOBER
1 Peter 5:8 (AMP) says, "Be sober [well-balanced and self-disciplined], be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone to devour." Sobriety is a way of life. A way of life that...
Blessed Inheritance
Pastor Eric Johnson of Bethel Church, in his sermon Running with an Inheritance said, "How do we grow value for something that cost us nothing?" We have a great inheritance Christ followers! Our inheritance is eternal life. A life free from pain and suffering. A life...
Self-Sufficient in Christ’s Sufficiency
My youngest daughter has been learning to ride her bike without training wheels. My husbands intense focus on her mesmerized me as I watched him run along side of the bike. As she picked up speed he watched her every swerve, pedal and tilt to keep her from falling...
Fallen Apples
In the Amplified Bible, Galatians 5:22-23 reads, "But the fruit of the Spirit (the result of His presence with us) is love (unselfish concern for others), joy, (inner) peace, patience (not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting), kindness, goodness,...