2020-10-27
Quit Time
Has your Quiet Time become a Quit Time? Becoming quiet is not easy. It takes practice and discipline to repeatedly bow before the Lord.
Read more..Thoughts By Marilyn Ehle
2020-10-09
Give Jesus Your Boat
Master, help us give up our boats which are really only symbols of our own accomplishment. Help us trust you with all that we have and are and then expectantly wait for all that you wish to do in and through us.
Read more..2020-09-15
What am I Doing?
"I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me." John 5:30 Economic uncertainty sends us into the world of “what ifs.”
Read more..2020-08-24
God’s Question
God’s first recorded question is one that rings down through the ages: “Where are you?"
Read more..2020-08-09
Walking on the Mountain
Two hikers, bone weary from trudging toward the peak of a majestic mountain, pause when one says, “I think we’re on the wrong path; we’ve stopped making progress. Maybe it’s time to turn back.”
Read more..2020-05-02
The Covid Road
You can walk the Covid road knowing the peace that is absolutely beyond understanding. It’s God’s sure promise.
Read more..2020-04-08
Jesus the Nazarene
Have you experienced family situations such as are described above? What is your immediate reaction when friends or family do not appreciate your experiences? How might your reactions change if you remembered that Jesus, too, experienced such misunderstanding?
Read more..2020-03-26
Christians and the Corona Virus
We are called to live sacrificially so others can heal, prosper, and find peace with God.
Read more..2020-03-21
Beginning Again
As we grow toward spiritual maturity, as we are being transformed through the renewing of our minds and obedience to the whispers of the Holy Spirit, may we always have the fresh attitude of beginning. Again.
Read more..2020-03-14
Impossible Instructions
Lord. Please help me keep my eyes on you and my ears tuned to your “Be still.” Exodus 14:13 “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today.”
Read more..2020-02-25
Security Systems
God promises to never leave or forsake us, to be with us wherever we go, to light the path ahead of us and surround us with His love. We experience that security not by pushing buttons but, by trusting in Him.
Read more..2020-02-18
Winding Roads and Center Lines
What is your center line? What has kept you on course while following Jesus? My center line for staying the course? “I have loved you with an everlasting love…” (Jeremiah 31:3)
Read more..2020-02-04
Unthinkable Instructions
What sea faces you? Before God gives the command to move on, he asks us to be still. Stop long enough to hear God’s sure whisper, “I will fight for you.”
Read more..2020-01-29
Who Do People See
When I read that God is “compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love,” I can ask myself if those same characteristics are becoming more a reality in my life. Am I looking at difficult people with compassion?
Read more..2020-01-25
The Danger of Strength
Success and strength can become dangerous when uncoupled from reliance upon our Creator God, when we assume autonomy instead of recognition that all we are and all we accomplish are from the hand of a gracious God.
Read more..2020-01-08
Slow Down: Work in Progress
Often we are impatient with the speed with which God works. Christ followers are taught that spiritual growth is a lifetime affair.
Read more..2019-12-15
The Sacrifice of Praise
Why is praise called a “sacrifice”? I believe it is because true praise given in the less-than-ideal situations of life indicates that I sacrifice my right to grumble about people, circumstances and God; I willingly forsake action which ‘comes naturally,’ is ‘only human’ and which ‘everyone’ indulges in.
Read more..2019-12-03
Learning to Cast
Casting my anxiety on God will take practice. Instead of discouragement when we find ourselves worrying about the same thing we have given over to God, we simply do it again knowing that our wise and gracious Father understands that we are novices.
Read more..2019-08-18
Jewels from Junk
Too often we see ourselves only as ordinary junk. Perhaps we have not grown up with affirmation or, much worse, we have been abused and heard shouts that we are nothing but junk. We compare ourselves to those who possess more, who have attained more, who appear more beautiful or handsome. We s
Read more..2019-06-10
Christian Civility
Jesus calls Christians to words and actions that go far beyond civility, even civility. His call is life altering, indeed it is death to self.
Read more..2019-05-31
A Squawking World
“One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen,” and the squawking magpies remind me to not only see the souls’ longings, but also hear them. I am called to be an imitator of God as I listen: “Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear” (Isaiah 65:24).
Read more..2019-04-30
When God Seems Too Big to Love
“If you have seen me, you have seen the Father.“ John 14:9 Dan’s earthly father
Read more..2019-04-01
“What Do You Want?”
“Turning around, Jesus saw them (two of John’s disciples) following and asked, “What do you
Read more..2019-02-22
Tangled Cords
Tangled cords cause frustration. If not carefully held separate while being pulled, they quickly tangle into infuriating snarls that take long minutes to unscramble.
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