Refugee Haven

By Beth | November 20, 2015 | Comments Off on Refugee Haven

  You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.        Leviticus 19:34 It was an interesting Facebook day.   I first saw this photo of…

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God’s Messengers

By Beth | November 13, 2015 |

Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke to the people with the LORD’s message, “I am with you, declares the LORD.” Haggai 1:13   God is a Communicator. How much do you and I trust Him to speak to us?  Earlier this week, I wrote,  “Hearing God.”  When God speaks it is not like…

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Hearing Him

By Beth | November 10, 2015 |

  John 10:27, ” My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”   I believe I’ve been nudged by the Lord to have what I think will be a very difficult conversation with someone. How hard is this going to be?( Only as hard as I make it.) I keep…

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Piety and Persecution

By Beth | November 6, 2015 |

  “Bus stop Christianity” was a phrase used by a previous Pastor of mine. He would talk about people who had received salvation who were now just waiting for Christ to return. “Got my ticket; just waitin’ on the bus.” As they wait they are especially mindful not to do anything that might ruin their…

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Prayerful Communication

By Beth | November 3, 2015 | Comments Off on Prayerful Communication

  For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. Job 33:14   I always say it was the conviction of sin that God used to save me – and so He did. He made Himself known to me through prayer. I had heard a sermon that “everyone” was…

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Bumper Sticker Theology

By Beth | October 27, 2015 | Comments Off on Bumper Sticker Theology

  “I AM LOSING FAITH IN THE HUMAN       RACE one person at a time”   Do people know they reveal their theology in the bumper stickers? I mean, some do it quite deliberately, you know, fish with little feet. But, the one above is the one I saw today (just for the…

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