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-- Home Contributors A Note From Deb A Note From Barbie A Note From Chelle A Note From Dawn A Note from Diana A Note From Genny A Note from Ginger A Note From Janice A Note From Laura R. A Note From Leigh A Note From Lisha A Note from Nicki S A Note From Nikki A Note from Satin A Note From Susan C. A Note from Susan S. A Note from Susie K. Contributor Guidelines Life Questions? Do all religions lead to God? Does God Exist? How can I deal with past mistakes? How can I really change? How do I find peace? How do I find purpose for my life? If God is good, why is there evil and suffering? Is Jesus God? Is there a real right and wrong? What about all the wars that have been caused in the name of Christianity? Subscribe About Us Faithful Prayers For Our Children Link To Us Our Blogroll Statement of Faith Contact Us Advertise Trading Flaws for Grace Written on October 3, 2018 by Kathy Cheek in Blog , Kathy I am flawed. Every day I miss the mark. Every day I lose patience and say things the wrong way which means I should not have said them at all. I keep messing up. Last week I forgot to pray for someone I assured I would remember their prayer request. I saw her at church and the stress of her situation was written across her face and I was reminded that I need to pray. I was also reminded of my negligence. I stand in the line at the grocery store and chit chat with the cashier or another person in line with me and forget to share the Lord in some way when God opens the door and gives me a moment to open my mouth and be a light in a dark world. When I get in my car and pull out of the parking lot I shake my head disappointed in myself because I let that moment slip out of my hands. I have negative and critical thoughts about someone and then I am filled with guilt. I should know better. I do know better, and yet…there were those negative and critical thoughts exploding in my mind. The list is endless. There is bad news and there is good news. Bad news : I have flaws and I mess up—consistently. I am not perfect. Not even close. Sometimes I am just a big mess. Good news : I am a sinner saved by grace. Then the good news gets even better. There is someone who is perfect. Jesus is the perfect one. He perfectly loves me every day. He loves me although I am flawed and when I miss the mark. I am desperate for this kind of love and He offers it to me freely every day. Continue Reading » 0 Comments - Leave a comment! 10 Ways to Beat Selfishness Written on April 27, 2015 by Ginger Harrington in Ginger Selfishness can be an uncomfortable topic. We want to think we are better than the pettiness of selfish actions and attitudes. Yesterday I realized things I was upset about really came down to…being too caught up in my own interests. Busted! Nothing? Do nothing from selfish motives or self-conceit. Nothing ? Oh, this is hard! Self-focus is the natural default setting of our sin nature. If we could see a print out of our motivations over the last week, we’d be shocked at how pervasive selfishness is in our thinking. There is a striking contrast in the progression of verses in this passage. Continue Reading » 4 Comments - Leave a comment! How to Fight (Daily) Discouragement Written on April 24, 2015 by Dawn in Blog , Dawn P , Devotional There’s a saying about the little things in life. It’s the little things, so the saying goes that can end up being the big things. This can be true in relationships, careers, and attitudes. A teensy mouse can terrify a huge elephant, and so the story goes, one young man with the proper vision took down a giant who had defied armies. The unnoticed dripping faucet by day rings out like a maddening racket in the quietness of night, when one longs for quiet and sleep. It’s the little things we are thankful for, we rejoice in and the little things heaped upon us that can undo us in one moment. Continue Reading » 4 Comments - Leave a comment! Yelling Is A Choice Written on April 22, 2015 by Molly Huggins in Blog , Devotional , Molly Yelling is a choice …. Yelling is a choice. I am struggling. This is my ongoing battle as a mother. I am impatient, I want my girl to hurry up. I am learning that being on time is never more important than speaking kindly to her. Getting schoolwork done is never more important than living and breathing patience. Obedience is not effective when enforced by fear, by volume. When my frustration wells up in my throat and swells my voice and she hasn’t stopped moving, but never in the direction I want her to go, when I send her for shoes and she comes back barefoot with pen and paper … …. Continue Reading » 2 Comments - Leave a comment! The Simple Truth Written on April 19, 2015 by Susie Klein in Devotional , Susie K. If I could only write to you one more time, I would tell you this little story. I sat in large circle with the rest of our church staff. I was with my favorite friends doing one of my favorite things. We were praying for one another and listening for the individual messages that God wanted to share with each person in the circle. We loved that God still speaks and this trusted group of people enjoyed the freedom to be His messengers with one another. I listened to the prayers and messages given to my friends. “The Father has designed you to carry influence with governmental leaders.” “God is going to use you to help free women from the slave-market.” “You are so full of creativity. Continue Reading » 6 Comments - Leave a comment! Rest, Rejoice, Refuel Written on April 16, 2015 by Dawn Boyer in Dawn B , Devotional Sometimes we can lose the view on our journey and we need to remember the importance of learning to rest, to rejoice, and to refuel our souls. It is easy to forget the simple significance of this and soon find the evidence of its lack felt deep. Taking the time to rest, rejoice and refuel in my day has not always been my habit. Yet, I have found, through those hard life lessons, this pattern has powerful results. More importantly, it keeps my heart close to the Father, the sole source of wisdom and peace which leads me to live out faith before those I love. Continue Reading » 1 Comment - Leave a comment! Friendship and Why Your Friends Need You Written on April 11, 2015 by Diana Rockwell in Blog , Devotional , Diana “And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men. And being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven.” Mark 2: 3-5 In Mark 1:40-45 Jesus filled with compassion, touched the leper and he was healed. In Mark 2 , Jesus returns to Capernaum. Jesus meets many at a house. Can you imagine the excitement to hear Jesus speak, to be touched, to see his penetrating eyes? Continue Reading » 3 Comments - Leave a comment! For those of us who can never get our acts together Written on April 7, 2015 by Susan Stilwell in Devotional , Susan S. I hear voices inside my head. Not schizophrenic voices, but the kind of self-talk that makes me feel less than . Voices that tell me I’m not good enough, not spiritual enough, not humble enough… That everyone around me succeeds in pleasing God, but that I don’t measure up because I can’t get my act together. We all hear those accusing voices from time to time, and we often try to drown them out by trying harder. We strive, adopting personal disciplines such as quiet times, tithing, fasting and serving in one form or another. We pray and read our Bibles and we do good things. 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