Lessons to Live By

Lessons to Live By

The story of David and Goliath contains many lessons. However, I have pointed out six lessons to demonstrate God’s power and the power of having faith and trust in the sovereignty of God, who always brings victory to the faithful and obedient. LESSON ONE: David was...
The Heart Is A Reservoir

The Heart Is A Reservoir

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...
What Are We Storing?

What Are We Storing?

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...
“I AM HE”

“I AM HE”

“I AM He; I AM the First, and I AM the Last. My hand laid the foundation of the earth and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together” (Isaiah 48:12-13). As I pondered this scripture, I became even more awed by our Creator’s...
Roots that Run Deep

Roots that Run Deep

On February 13, 2019, the sound of chain saws and wood chippers awakened me out of a much-needed sleep. The snowstorm of December 9, 2018, had deposited as much as nine inches of heavy, wet snow on parts of East Tennessee and various parts of the Carolinas....
A Faith that Takes Risks

A Faith that Takes Risks

By faith, Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith, he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob,...