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Faith

SOAP: Taste and see that the Lord is good

August 25, 2009

Scripture: Psalm 34: 8
Taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
Observation: Try out the Lord. You will see that He is good and those who turn to Him are blessed.
Application: I came upon this verse through Chapter 13 of The Power of a Praying Wife, where we [...]

SOAP: A love tsunami

May 14, 2009

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 3:12
And may the Lord make your love grow and overflow to each other and to everyone else, just as our love overflows toward you.
Observation: With God’s guidance, your love can grow to immeasurable qualities that you can share with all around you.
Application: I want to be a love tsunami.
I want my love [...]

Me? A prayer warrior?

March 17, 2009

A friend of mine just called to ask me to pray for her and some of her family members.
That was the whole purpose for her call.
I am so honored to be one that she called. No one has ever called me just for that purpose.
I am a regular gal who just happens to publish my [...]

It’s good to be prayed for

February 22, 2009

Sorry to end that sentence with a preposition, by the way.
I am one super-tired, but satisfied, cycling mama this evening.
Today I rode in the Tri-County Hillhopper, an official training ride for the BP MS 150 ride from Houston to Austin in April. Both my husband and I passed on the opportunity to ride the 67 [...]

This from a girl who didn’t understand the whole “praying for strangers thing” about a year ago…

January 15, 2009

Wow. I am so moved I can’t even write/ type. Bear with me.
A friend of a bloggy friend has a child with cancer. Yes, I know that unfortunately there are many, many children and grown-ups out there with cancer.
But this family has already lost one child to cancer. (And yes, I know there are [...]

It’s faith that brings the healing

October 30, 2008

Scripture: Mark 5:34
He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
Observation: This is Jesus talking to a woman who, looking for healing after years of bleeding and suffering, merely touched Jesus’ clothes and was healed. She didn’t even need to talk with him, for she [...]

Yet I will rejoice

August 6, 2008

Scripture: Habakkuk 3:18-19
18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to go on the heights.
Observation: Many of the verses before this one talk about destruction, yet Habukkuk’s faith remains strong.
Application: Even when [...]

What is faith?

July 14, 2008

Today I read Hebrews 11 and, wow, I’m really enjoying Hebrews. It covers a lot of fantastic points about being a believer.
 If you haven’t read it, I recommend you give it a go. Read the whole thing or, if you want to follow along with me, there are only two chapters left after today. I’ll [...]

Sin, forgiveness and growing together

July 13, 2008

This morning some of my reading covered Hebrews 10. I’ve really enjoyed all the Hebrews readings, but they have presented me quite a challenge in trying to stick with my journaling format. So I’m breaking out today.
Hebrews 10:17
Then he adds:
“Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
(The part in quotations also comes from [...]

My story

July 7, 2008

A part of my reading today took me through Psalm 73, which compares the earthly success of the wicked in comparison to the eternal rewards of the righteous.
 Yikes, just typing wicked vs. righteous sounds pretty big to me. I don’t see myself falling completely into either of those camps, yet that’s how we are described. [...]

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