Debbie's blog! Yes, I am doing this. It seems to be the thing to do now. How fun!
I'll share the books I've been reading, reflections that have helped me through different aspects of my life. I hope that you will find something that you can use in your life and may also enjoy these books.
Today Nancy DeMoss is talking about No Holding Back in THE QUIET PLACE. “For in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.” 2 Corinthians 8:2. ” The righteious is generous and gives.” Ps 37:21. Nancy talks of sacrificial giving.…
Read MoreAnd I will manifest my Holiness among you in the sight of the nation’s.” Ezekiel 20:41. If God’s people started to live like the redeemed people we are, I believe lost sinners would be falling all over themselves to repent and believe the gospel, drawn to Christ by selling the relfeciton of a Holy God…
Read MoreIn Nancy DeMoss’s THE QUIET PLACE, she talks of fighting the good fight. 1 Timothy 6:12 says, “Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called. ” What does it mean to fight the good fight of faith? Urging believers to commit themselves unreservedly to the call…
Read MoreI love the thought, A MOTHER’S LEGACY, “She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.” Proverbs 31:12 As we think of Mother’s Day approaching how do we celebrate our mom’s? We think of mom’s job of caring for her children as they are growing up regardless if they are working…
Read MoreLoyal Opposition by Nancy DeMoss in THE QUIET PLACE. PSALM 118:6 SAYS “ The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” The forces of Satan and evil are arrayed against the kingdom of God and His people. When you feel swallowed up and overwhelmed by the forces…
Read MoreToday I am reading Healthy Proportions by Nancy DeMoth in her THE QUIET PLACE. “I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others, I mysellf should be disqualified.” 1 Corinthians 9:27. Have you ever been in the process of telling others something and you feel convicted by the Holy Spirit? That…
Read MoreA great reading A QUIET PLACEPby Nancy DeMoss this morning. Circumstances does not make us who we are. That would mean we are all victims and that is what Satan wants us to feel like. Our circumstances merely reveal what we are. They “squeeze” us, forcing what’s on the inside to come out. We can…
Read MoreKnee to Knee Conversation: When a couple comes in for counseling, I like to get them connected with each other. The sex life can be dependent on how connected the wife feels toward the husband. They say that “sex begins in the kitchen.” Not really but if the wife feels loved and connected to her…
Read MoreOne of the things that married couples learn in counseling that is helpful is to lower their expectations. Women will read romance novels and watch hallmark movies. Men look at models and sometimes even pornography. Women and men get a sense that everything has to be perfect. And usually perfection is doing things his or…
Read MoreMy mother was very critical as I grew up. Probably because her mother was critical as she was growing up. The Bible says in Proverbs 21:19 “Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.” Proverbs 27:15 says “A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a…
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