Several times last week, I visibly saw the LORD answer my specific prayers…those numerous “smaller” questions to answers about big decisions we’ve been praying over for a while. My heart’s full!! “Come, hear, all you who fear God, and I recount what He did… Continue Reading “Answered Prayers…and Prayers in the Waiting”
Category: LifeTags: Answered Prayer, Attend, Certainly, Corrections, Family, Feel, Focus, Follow, Goodness, Graciously Guide, Keep Record, Kids, Kindness, Mercy, Needs, Praising God, Prayer, Prayers, Pursue, Recount, See, Service Dog, Silent, Stability, Strength, Surely, Tally, Truth, Waiting
Are you thinking, “Really?!? This, again?!? I’ve read/studied 1 Corinthians 13 so many times and heard sermons galore on love; I don’t need to read your post on it, too! Other things are calling for my time.” Before you exit out of this, please… Continue Reading “Love: The Key Ingredient–Part 2”
Category: MeaningTags: Abide, Actions, Bears, Believes, Brokenness, Continually, Empowered, Endure, Endures, Expectation, Faith, Hope, Listening, Love, Move Toward the LORD, Pray, Read Scripture, Safe Place, Storms of Life, Trust God, Truth, Under God's Authority, Under God's Protection, What God Prefers
Physical connection…That’s what some people believe strong love is. There are parts of this that are true…making time and making effort produces strong love, but a key element is missing from this equation. If this element is absent, love becomes whatever you want it… Continue Reading “Love: the Key Ingredient”
Category: MeaningTags: Action, Against Sin, Anger, Blessings of God, Celebrate, Compassion, Controlled by God, Cooperate, Effort, Enabled, Favor, Forgiveness, God is Love, God's Character, Hurt, Kind, Love, Obey, Offenses, Passion, Patience, Physical Connection, Practice, Retaliate, Serve, Share Joy, Share What God has Done, Share Who God Is, Spirit of God, Time, True Love, Truth, Useful, What God Prefers
Today is full of many opportunities that we choose to invest in or slam the door on. If you’re a parent, you know you have different opportunities to make time for your kids, but even during that time, you have the choice of how… Continue Reading “Encourage or Harden?”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Close, Deception, Declare, Encourage, Evil, Give Evidence, Harden Your Heart, Instruction, Listen to His Voice, Not a Part of God, Opportunities, Resisting God, Sin, Spirit of God, Stubborn, Testifies, Today, Truth, Unbelief, Walk in the Spirit, Warnings
If you do an internet search on “life source,” you may find everything from blood donation centers; to donations for organs, eyes, and tissues; to organic grocery stores; to water filtration systems. What do you think of when you hear “life source?” What is… Continue Reading “What (or Whom) is Your Source of Life?”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Abundance, Accomplishes His Will, Branches, Disciple, Fruit of the Spirit, Fruitless, God the Father, Jesus Christ, Joins, Life, Obedience, Producing Fruit, Pruning, Real, Removing Sin, Seal, Son of God, Source of Life, Spirit of God, Spiritual Growth, Sun, Truth, Value, Vine
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?”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Accept Jesus as Our Sin Sacrifice, Acceptance, Accepted, Afraid, Amazing Faith, Believe a Lie, Bridged the Gap, Burnt Offering, Buy a Lie, Christ, Christ's Sacrifice, Communicate with the LORD, Comparison, Confidence, Confirm, Created, Decision, Die, Don't Measure Up, Drew His Attention To, Emotionally, Excitement, Face to Face with God, Faith, Faith in God, Father, Favored, Fear, Focus, Focused, Forgiven, Forgiveness, From the Heart, Gave Freely, Genesis, Glory, God's Favor, God's Goodness, God's Graciousness, God's Holiness, God's Love, God's Power, God's Presence, God's Standards, Godly Fear, Goodness, Grace, Grain Offering, Have a Relationship with the LORD, Heard, His Ultimate Work, Holiness, Insights, Jesus, Judges, Lie, Life Decisions, Light, Listening, Live, Live in Confidence, Live Out Jesus' Character, Look at Decisions as a Whole, Look at Jesus, LORD, Love, Made Right with God, Manoah, Manoah's Wife, Measure Your Worth, Miss, Missed Him, Not Worth Much, Offerings, Others-Focused, Physically, Pleased, Prepares, Pride, Proves Your Worth, Receive the Father's Forgiveness, Reply, Respect, Respected God, Respond, Right, Right Decisions, See Me, See My Face, Separated, Serve God, Served Well, Shared, Show, Show and Tell, Show Thankfulness to God, Showcases God, Shown, Spirit of God, Spiritually, Tell, Thank, Thankfulness to the LORD, Thoughts, Told, Truth, Unforgiveable, Unholy Actions, Value, Vantage Point, Weight, Weren't Commanded, Whole Truth, YHWH, Your Actions
“Truth.” “Would you trust your mom, best friend, or a stranger the most with a secret?” Truth or Dare…This game has been around for centuries, though it has been called different names. In fact, one version was played as entertainment at Christmastime. Some people… Continue Reading “Truth? Dare? The Heart Revealed”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Admitting Sin, Ask for Forgiveness, Be Cautious, Be Faithful, Broken Spirit, Build Up, Close to our Hearts, Confessing Sin, Confession, Crave Knowledge, Dare, Dwelling Place, Embarrassing, Embarrassment, Encouragement, Examine the Heart, Exercise Wisdom, Faithfulness, Fellowship with God, Forgiveness, Fortify, God's Character, Guilt, Integrity, Know God, Know the Ways of God, Knowledge, Known by God, Living, Love, Love God, Make it Stronger, Pride, Quality Materials, Repentance, Secrets, Shame, Sin, Solid Walls, Speak Life, Speech, Spiritual Dwelling, Strengthen, Strong Foundation, Truth, Wisdom, Words of Life, Wreck
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