by Joy Bollinger | Christian Living
Recently, we spent a week in Missouri to prepare my mother-in-law’s belongings for auction. It was a daunting task as Michael and I worked tirelessly every day, from early morning into late at night. My job was to take everything that was brought to me and clean,...
by Joy Bollinger | Christian Living, Faith
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 NIV What does God say about the heart? The heart is mentioned 830 times in the King James Bible, so we can assume that God wants us...
by Joy Bollinger | Christian Living, Faith
One Sunday morning as Michael and I were driving to church, I commented that just in the first mile, I had counted three self-storage businesses. I laughed and said that we had paid our fair share to store things, until we eventually sold what we could and then gave...
by Joy Bollinger | Christian Living, Obedience
The sovereign, infinite and eternal God has purposes that are often beyond our understanding, for His thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9). His commands and instructions are not without purpose, for His will is to spare us from unwanted consequences, as...
by Joy Bollinger | Christian Living, God's Love, Repentance
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours.Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all. (I Chronicles 29:11) I was reading Psalm 147 when...
by Joy Bollinger | Christian Living
My mother always stressed the importance of setting goals, aiming high for desired results, and then striving to achieve them. As I was praying and asking God to help me set goals to think on those things that are pure and righteous; speak what edifies; do those...
