All posts for the month January, 2019

Verse of the Day and Devotion – 1/17/2018

by Bible League International Verse of the Day and Devotion “You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and […]

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Just Relax

by Rebekah Beene Occasionally I will wake up in the night with a cramp in my foot or calf. Last night I woke up from a deep sleep with a cramp in the tendon on the front of my leg. It ran from the big toe almost to the knee.  That made it […]

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Gems From Pastor Jim – 1/15/2019

by Jim Hughes Eccl. 4:12-13 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. There is strength in numbers. By ourselves we are too weak to stand for long. The opposition is too great […]

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Foundations

by C. J. Peterson Certain characteristics are instilled within us from birth. Given to us by those who we chose as friends and from the family to which we are born. This foundation is the filter through which we see the world. Inevitably, there are rocks and pebbles, sometimes even boulders within the […]

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Faith Sets the Bow – 1/11/2019

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon “And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud” (Genesis 9:14). Just now clouds are plentiful enough, but we are not afraid that the world will be destroyed by a deluge. We see the rainbow […]

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Verse of the Day and Devotion

by Bible League International Verse of the Day and Devotion Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. – Psalm 33:1 NIV The thing about those that are righteous, those, that is, that are in right-standing with the Lord, is that they know what to […]

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Faith’s Checkbook: Gaining by Giving – 1/9/2019

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon “The liberal soul shall be made fat” (Proverbs 11:25) If I desire to flourish in soul, I must not hoard up my stores but must distribute to the poor. To be close and niggardly is the world’s way to prosperity, but it is not God’s way, for He saith, […]

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Gems From Pastor Jim – 1/8/2019

by Jim Hughes Eccl. 4:9-10 Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labor. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble. I worked in a factory for […]

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A Challenge for Indies

by Precarious Yates One of the best things about being an indie author is the whole idea of creative control. We get to tell the story we want to tell in the way we want to tell it. I tell you what, this was a major draw for me to delve into independent […]

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Faith’s Checkbook: In Calm Repose – 1/4/2019

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon “I will make them to lie down safely” (Hosea 2:18). Yes, the saints are to have peace. The passage from which this gracious word is taken speaks of peace “with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground.” This […]

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