Spring has sprung and apart from our seasonal allergies on the attack, I’m so excited for the beauty of the trees and flowers, as well as for the beautiful, warm sunshine. Here in East Tennessee, we have the Dogwood Arts Festival. This year the festival is from April twenty-second through the twenty-fourth, so if you’re local …
I’ll be spending four weeks each month on a chosen topic, however, there will be an extra week each quarter so I will either extend our topic or talk about something else. This month I’m choosing to talk about something else. I want to give you a personal peek into my devotional time so I’m going to …
When most of us think of comfort, we think of warm blankets, soft pajamas, a hot drink, or of someone offering us a loving heart when difficulty comes. And those things are comforting, and Holy Spirit certainly brings those types of experiences into our lives. However, there is another aspect of comfort that not everyone is aware of and that …
Gone are the days of paper maps, but I sure do remember my dad stopping the car, pulling out his map, and working to figure out where we were and how far we had to go. Maps were especially helpful when one found himself in the middle of a small town that was unfamiliar. Now we have …
John 14:26 in the (The Passion Translation, TPT) reads: But when the Father sends the Spirit of Holiness, the One like me who sets you free, he will teach you all things in my name. And he will inspire you to remember every word that I’ve told you. The phrase sets you free in the Aramaic means the redeemer …
The Holy Spirit is an important person within the Godhead. He takes on many roles in the life of the Jesus follower. I chose to talk about Holy Spirit for the month of March because March is typically very windy and Holy Spirit sometimes shows up in the form of a wind as He did when the …
February 21, 2022 Valentine’s Day has come and gone but the love of God remains forever. God’s love remains because He is love–His essence is love–and He is eternal. He has always been, and He will always be. Sometimes when I start pondering God’s eternal existence and His ingrained nature, my brain starts to hurt. …
February 14, 2022 Are you beginning to be saturated in the love of the Father? I hope and pray you are because when we receive His love, we are forever changed. There is no one quite like a father to speak life-changing words, whether positive or negative. Whatever your earthly father spoke to you and …
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February 7, 2021 We talked last week about the love of the Father and about the way He goes after the ones who are lost and alone to rescue them. When He goes on this search, He is not angry, and He is not looking to punish the one who has strayed. He is heartbroken …
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January 31, 2022 Welcome to the month of February, which is the month of love! While we certainly celebrate the ones we love; our spouses, children, family members, and friends. We must first celebrate the foundational love of God as our Father. Not everyone is comfortable calling God Father, either because they had a father …
