Our family is being shaped by the ministry of Open Doors which is a group that reaches out to families of persecuted Christians. In the World Watch List 2019 (a compilation of the top 50 most persecuted Countries) they list each country's population, who their leader is and the rate of persecution. There are three ways to pray for that country and for the Christians in that ... Read More »
When Prayer is Hard
Oh, my friends, there will be times when praying is flat out hard to do. For lots of different reasons. Sometimes it's a time issue. Other times it's the position of our hearts - weary hearts can neglect to pray or refuse to pray. But press on. Tell God you don't feel like praying and tell him where your heart hurts. Don't wait for things to be perfect to begin praying. Pray ... Read More »
Summer Give Aways!
Because Summer can be hard to stay in routine when it comes to Bible Study and Prayer I want to do some giveaways that might help someone stay committed to daily reading and prayer. In this Give Away Package the lucky winner will receive two Bible Studies by one of my favorite study helps out there - She Reads Truth. The studies are Romans and Open Your Bible. Your other book ... Read More »
Don’t Waste your Wait
If you’re in a current season of “wait” be encouraged that there are those gone ahead of us that also had a season of waiting and they found great things that came out of that very wait. I was the baby of the family with 12 years difference between me and my siblings. So sometimes I got left waiting because they forgot me. Ha! I’m glad I can laugh about it because it ... Read More »
Interactive Easter Egg Hunt
So we did something different at church today and we're still alive to tell about it. We did a huge indoor Easter Egg Hunt for our Sunday morning service. It was awesome! Kids and adults heard the Gospel story through lifesize resurrection egg objects. Then we let the kids loose and they snatched up about 2,000 eggs in the auditorium. So here's a picture dump for ... Read More »
Connecting scripture…
Have you ever been through a season of life where certain things trigger your thoughts back to that time? Maybe it's a song, smells, objects or pictures. Ice cold cokes from a Coleman cooler will always take me back to days on the lake. The smell of fried okra cooking lands me back in my Grandmother's kitchen gathered with the family. One of the coolest things for us as ... Read More »
Parenting isn’t for wimps
*I wrote this post weeks ago and forgot about it. I found it sitting in my drafts and God knew I needed to be reminded of what I knew in my head but needed to know in my heart once again. One of the hardest things in parenting is to watch your kids grapple with life and faith. It's incredibly awesome and incredibly scary all at the same time. We've always wanted our kids to ... Read More »
Bible Study Tales
The question was this: If you had 5 hours to spend and you could do anything what would you do? It was an ice-breaker for a women's study we just started. We had just found our "partners" and now we had three questions to ask them and would later introduce that lady to the rest of the group. This was by far the most interesting question because the answers were such a wide ... Read More »