Bad News Made Good

By Beth | December 2, 2014

My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back,  let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. James 5:19-20   Bad news can be hard to hear but good to know. Consider…

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Thanks in the Little Things

By Beth | November 28, 2014

  Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.  1 Thessalonians 5:16 – 18   A few years ago some friends started a ministry. They left a regular paycheck to build a ministry without much cash or support at the time.…

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Influence

By Beth | November 25, 2014

  And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17   Two friends with two different theories for living the Christian life. Friend #1. Go to work and live the Christian life without speaking up about it.…

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Comforting Words

By Beth | November 21, 2014

  This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. Psalm 119:50   Years ago we visited a church. It was early in my own Christianity and I had not studied Psalm 119. The Pastor clearly compared the man who stands in the pulpit telling stories and jokes, rarely relating them…

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Forgiven

By Beth | November 18, 2014

  …as far as the East is from the West, so far does He remove our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12   I’m a list keeper. Almost every day I make a list of what needs to get done. I’m even one of those who adds things I do that weren’t on the list just…

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Voter’s Guilt

By Beth | November 11, 2014

“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is…

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