Posts in this category focus on God’s Word, dig into its meaning, and apply it to our lives. God’s Word is living! Let’s dig to find the strong roots that are able to grow us to enable us to flourish!
Can you believe it’s been a month ago since we first broached the topic of one of Jesus’ names being A Wonder?!? If you missed that post, check out “Wonderful Counselor…OR Wonder and Counselor,” posted on December 7, 2020! It’s the foundation of the… Continue Reading ““…My Name…Is Wonderful!””
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Happy New Year! We ended last year, celebrating the wonder of Jesus–A Wonder–as displayed in the Judges 13 story of the Old Testament. It would do us well to begin a new year–a year many look forward to as being different than the last…a… Continue Reading “Wonder–Where is the Focus of Your Offering?”
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Posted on December 21, 2020
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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Has someone done something special for you lately? It may have been small; it may have been sizeable. Whatever it was, did you feel the desire to offer something back? Maybe someone opened the door for you, and you offered them a verbal “Thank… Continue Reading “Wonder–Worth Celebrating”
Category: God's WordTags: Angel of the LORD, Appreciation, Awe-Inspiring, Beauty, Celebrate, Celebrating, Celebration, Character, Connection, Created Uniquely, Creator, Decorated, Designed, Excitement, Exciting, Family, Focus, Gift, Give Attention, Give Thanks, Goat, God's Character, God's Son, Head, Heart, His Purpose, Hospitality, Humanity, Icing, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Man, Manoah, Manoah's Wife, Meat, Messenger, Molds, Offering, Praise, Prepare, Prepare a Meal, Recognize Him, Saved, Share, Sugar Cookies, Together, Truths, Valued Guests, Wise Men, Woman, Wonder
I know we have been marinating on a similar theme for three posts already, but the LORD has made it clear that He wants us to know Him for Who He is! Today, we are going to continue looking at Jesus, A Wonder–a name… Continue Reading “Wonder…Son Will Judge”
Category: God's WordTags: A Child is Born, A Son is Given, Abundance, Abundant Control, Abundant Peace, Alone, Angel of the LORD, Appeared, Attention, Authority, Awe, Body of Christ, Busy, Christ's Birth, Christ's Mission, Comparison, Confirm, Confusion, Constant Noise, Content, Control, Correlation, Counselor, Destructive, Do It Well, Encourage, Encourage One Another, Establish It, Everlasting, Everlasting Father, Father Time, Focused, Foreshadowing, Forever, God Answers Our Prayers, God Hears Our Prayers, God Shows Himself in a Way That was Clear to See, His Kingdom, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joy, Joyful, Judge, Judgment, Justice, Know God, LORD of Hosts, Main Contact, Manoah, Manoah's Wife, Mighty God, Names of Jesus, Nazirite, Need to Do, Need to Know, No End, Order It, Originator of Time, Pray, Prayer, Prince of Peace, Quiet, Recognize Him, Rest, Serve God, Set Apart, Shoulder, Solely Focused, Son, Son of God, Source of Wisdom, Spirit of God, Stand in Awe, The Coming of Christ, Theophanic Angel, Trust, Want to Know, War, What God is Directing Us To Do, What Kind of a Man, What We Are Equipped For, What We Have Been Called To, Wisdom, Won't End, Wonder, Wonderful, Zeal
Posted on December 14, 2020
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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At the end of our last post, “Wonder–Too Good to Stop There,” we left our Old Testament story, taking a look at the Angel of the LORD; His appearance was jaw-dropping…VERY jaw-dropping; it inspired the woman He spoke with to stand in an abundance… Continue Reading “Wonder–The Story Continues”
Category: God's WordTags: According to God's Will, Angel o, Answered Prayer, Appearance, Ask in, Att, Awe, Believed, Carry Out, Charac, Child, Confidenc, Constant State of Prayer, Crave Knowledge, Craving, Creation, Deepening Relationship, Desire to Know, Discern, Distracted Mind, Don't Miss a Thing, Dou, Doubting Thomas, Forgive, God Heard, God Hears Our Prayers, God Lis, God's Authority, God's Glory, God's Power, God's Purpose, Godly Fear, Hear What You Have to Say, Hold a Grudge, Incline Your Ear, Interact with God, Jaw-D, Jesus, Jesus Remains in You, Joy, Kno, Lack of Faith, Lean, Lean in, Listening, LORD, Man of God, Manoah, Message from the LORD, Mind Blowing, Missed Him, Much Faith, Names of J, Nudge, Obedience, Obey, Old Test, Pattern of Wonder, Perfect Timing, Petitions, Pray, Prayed, Prompt, Purpose, Recognize Him, Remain in Jesus, Responsibilities, Responsible, Responsible for Doing it, Reverence, Right Thing, See Clearly, See with Your Own Eyes, Seek First, Sin, Source of Knowledge, Source of Wisdom, Spirit of God, Strong Sources of Knowledge and Wisdom, Teach, To Me, Truths of Scripture, Unable to Comprehend, Want to Know, Watchful, Wisd, Without Doubting, Wonder, Wrong Sources of Wisdom
Posted on December 12, 2020
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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When you wonder about something, your mind tends to drift through various possibilities, and it is, sometimes, hard to wrap your mind around. Without the Spirit of God’s help, we can’t be sure of any of the possibilities. All we know is we crave… Continue Reading “Wonder–Too Good to Stop There”
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Posted on December 7, 2020
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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Many times, over the last year, I have gone to God, asking for wisdom. Whether it was to surgically remove the growing tumor in my brain or not; if switching schools for our son was where the LORD was leading us; how to best… Continue Reading “Wonderful Counselor…OR Wonder and Counselor?”
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