At first glance, this chapter seems like an impossible to-do list, one at which we are sure to fail. Good thing we don’t have to do it on our own. My infomation chart has two columns: one for me and one for how I interact with others. God + Me How I Relate with Others… Read More
Dig into Romans with Me (Week 26-Romans 12:3-21)
How many books have been written over the years about relationships? I wouldn’t even begin to try to count them. Obviously, we humans need help in this arena. Romans 12 is all about relationships, first and foremost about how we relate to God. Once we are in this relationship, it will transform our ways of… Read More
Dig into Romans With Me (Week 25-Romans 12:1-2)

Paul packed so much into the first two verses of this chapter that I couldn’t fit any more into my thinking. Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights… Read More
Kathie’s Roman Digs (Week 18-Romans 8)

God did what we couldn’t because HE LOVES US!God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature. Romans 8:3 (TPT) Verses 1-8 Verses 9-17 Verses 18-30 Verses 31-39 The Father sent His Son in human body, who fulfilled the requirement of the law for… Read More
Faith Grows in Wilderness

Recent history reveals our world’s constant disarray. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Vietnam War decimated a land and its people. In 1989 the Soviet Union (USSR) fell apart, and chaos reigned for years. In 2012, nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran became a part of the world landscape. Today terrorism is… Read More
I was just thinking…

If you’re sitting in a coffee shop alone without a phone in your hand…you are a very unusual sight in this day and age. Nobody would say, “A penny for your thoughts…” For one thing, that small amount would be insulting. For another, who just sits there thinking? That’s just strange. Meditation. We usually connect… Read More
Bible Doodle: Romans 8:28

These words come from the song “Oceans” by Hillsong, and this is my prayer. TRUST is a concept that is easy to understand, but often really hard to do Your experiences may have led you to believe that you are the only one who really knows you and will take care of you. But God… Read More