Getting the kids caught back up in school from being out with Covid, post Covid cleaning, Christmas shopping, decorating, plans with family, parenting…There are many things that are occupying my brain space, yet God keeps reminding me this season of joy. “But the angel… Continue Reading “Where’s My Attention/Emphasis This Christmas?”
Category: LifeTags: Approval, Attention, Aware, Bends Toward, Emphasis, Excitement, Fear, Forgive, Good News, Grace, Jesus, Joy, Messiah, Share, Shepherds, Support
Written by Guest Writer, Stacey Hill Michigan, USA; September 2000 We announced to our family that God had overwhelmingly showed us that the way He would expand our family was through an international adoption from the country of Ukraine. Our peace in this decision… Continue Reading “Fear Not”
Category: KidsTags: Abandoned, Adoption, Afraid, Answered Prayer, Author and Perfector of our Faith, Believe, Children, Confidence, Do Not Fear, Enemy, Excitement, Father of Lies, Fear, God the Father, Helper, Love, Paralyzed by Fear, Peace, Power of God's Spirit, Refuge, Safety, Self-Control, Spirit of God, Strength, Support, Troubled, Value
Posted on January 30, 2021
by Michelle Taylor Baum
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“If you do well, will you not be accepted?…” Genesis 4:7a NKJV Have you ever looked at what you’ve done and felt like you didn’t measure up? Truth is, we all have, ’cause truth is, we all don’t measure up…to God’s standards. Thank the… Continue Reading “What or Whom Do We Fear?”
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I couldn’t hold it in. I was overflowing inside from celebration, pride, excitement, praise…every positive emotion you can imagine! I felt like my heart was going to explode; so, I shared our good news with a group of believers: our daughter had accepted Jesus… Continue Reading “How Do We Respond to Good News?”
Category: LifeTags: Abundance of Honor, Accept, Accept as Truth, Accepted Jesus as Savior, Angel of the LORD, Angry, Athlete, Believers, Blessings of God, Brag about God, Brag about God's Abilities, Brag about God's Achievements, Brag Profusely, Bright Eyes, Celebrating, Change, Change in Someone's Heart, Character, Child of God, Close Ourselves Off, Cold Water, Construct, Convince, Crave More, Craves, Craving, Criticism, Deception, Deep in Someone's Heart, Desires, Desperate Need, Develop One's View about God, Disappointed, Ears, Emotions, Encourage, Encourage One Another, Excited, Excitement, Exerting, Eyes, Faint, Fear, Fulfill Physical Needs, Fulfilling, Give Honor, God was Present, God Working in One's Life, God Working through Them, God's Character, God's Hand of Provision, God's Kingdom, Good News, Hear, Hears, Heart, Idea, Impact, Impacts Others, Influence, Influential, Inspire, Inspired, Interactions, Jealousy, Jesus, Joy, Judge, Judges, Judgment, Lack of Reply, Light, Lives, Look, Luminary, Manoah, Messenger, Mind, Opportunity, Overwhelmed, Physical Body, Pleasant to Someone's Ears, Positive Affect, Positive Emotion, Positively Affect People, Power of God's Spirit, Praise, Pride, Proof, Refreshing, Reply, Report, Respond, Response, Root, Satisfaction, Seep in, Sets a Light Off in a Person's Mind, Share Good News, Sharing, Show, Show Christ, Show Jesus, Silence, Someone Believes, Someone Believes is True, Soul, Source of Good News, Spiritual, Teaching, Testimony, Thought, True, Trustworthy, Truth of God's Word, Wanting, Watch a Person of Influence, Weary Soul, Whole Person, Will, Wonderful, Wrestling Inside
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
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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