Do you desire strong, healthy and close relationships filled with love and joy? When we bring joy into the relationship realm, it blesses and builds those we love. Negative attitudes and actions erode a relationship but joy, gratefulness and appreciation…
God’s Word is power packed with promises of joy. In their new devotional: Growing a Joyful Heart by Karen Whiting and Pam Farrel (AMG), readers are invited to cultivate and delight in God’s gift of joy. We are commanded to…
I am grateful! I had another birthday this month. I am very glad to have the opportunity to celebrate. Last fall, I had an episode in the ICU that included a near death experience, I was placed in a medically…
While we all seek to give and receive love 365 days a year, there is ONE BIG Day each each we celebrate love: Valentine's! We are currently teaching through the bible on LOVE in our Living Love-Wise Community weekly Zoom…
Each year, The President of the United States, (of both parties) gives a State of the Union Address to inform the nation of the status of the health of America. No how you feel about politics, it would be a…
One of the common prayers, we pray over those we love is "God please send your favor, favor, favor!" Our friend, author Robyn Dykstra recently wrote a blog explaining her view of God's favor: I lost track of my little…
…whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant… (Matthew 20:26) We have been married AND in ministry 42 years! The day we got back from our honeymoon, we taught a youth ministry class and then stayed there…
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Cor 15:57 ESV) We all desire victories, small and great, in our life and the lives of those we love. What is victory? We…
My friend, Sharon Jaynes, is a bestselling author of numerous books. She is the founder of the popular devotional, Girlfriends in God, and she is also my kindred heart sister in Christ. We were both raised in volatile and chaotic…
I’m glad from the inside out, ecstatic; I’ve pitched my tent in the land of hope. (Acts 26:2 MSG) This is my “Verse of the Year” for 2021 and my “Word of the Year” is HOPE! As we all deal…