I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Philippians… Read More
Blink
“Ready for a surprise? You blink twenty-five times every minute. Each blink takes one-fifth of a second. So if you take a ten-hour automobile trip, averaging forty miles per hour, you’ll drive thirty-three miles with your eyes closed!” (Chuck Swindoll, Insight for Living, http://www.insight.org) This is the first paragraph of a July letter from Pastor… Read More
Do you know yourself?
Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. Psalm 100:3, NLT God thought you up. He designed you the way you are on purpose—for HIS purpose. Remember Saul of Tarsus? His blueprint was of an impassioned, deep-thinking, driven zealot. And that’s what he was—a fanatic dedicated to persecuting people until God… Read More
Philippians 4:2-3 Are you holding a grudge?
Do I choose to list my grievances? Does it matter if they are due to the chip on my shoulder or the other person’s actions or words? Can I really change how I feel? Do I want to? I can’t do it myself, but God’s Holy Spirit lives in me and is just waiting for… Read More
Is there a mothering gene?
A young man recently commented about the amount of patience it took to care for an under-the-weather two-year-old fulltime for a few days. He said that he thought women must have some kind of “mothering gene” that surfaced when needed. After a good laugh and composing a facetious list of latent genes that we all… Read More
Jesus calms the storm
As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water. Jesus was… Read More
Pulverizing brick walls
I am a child of God, baptized with the Holy Spirit. He lives inside me, yet I still often try to box Him in. I don’t listen to His quiet voice or open the eyes of my heart to hear/see the walls that I construct to block His light. Unless I see through Holy Spirit… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 