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 shares another nugget from her father. Give Liberally. She says, God honors generosisty. “Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the fistfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats I’ll be busting with wine.” God does promise that all your needs will be…
Read MoreInvest Your LIfe in The Quiet Place, Nancy DeMoss shares another nugget her father passed on to her. Psalm 90:12 says “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Her dad says ‘Don’t spend your life – invest it.’ Do we squander our life on things that do not matter? How…
Read MoreRomans 14:12 says ” So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.” In Taking Responsibility, The Quite Place, Nancy shares how she didn’t get along with her mom as she was growing up. Do any of us? Her dad’s nugut of truth is 1) you must honor your mother and…
Read MoreLittle Things Matter “Do not be decieved: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that he will also reap. (Galations 6:7) Whether it’s an eating habit, a work habit, a spending habits, or any other pattern that’s become ingrained in your lifestyle, those small choices from early in life now require a level of…
Read MoreRomans 12 : 1– MSG “God helping you; Take your everyday, ordinary life- your sleeping, eating, going-to work, and walking – around life – and place it before God as an offering. Fix your attention on God. Readily recongnize what he wants for you, and quickly respond to it. God brings the best out of…
Read More1 John 4:16, ” So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” As I go through life, I feel God calling me to step out in His love. Am I doing…
Read MoreThe reading this morning is John 20 about Jesus’ resurrection. I noticed Mary’s confusion at the tomb being empty and then a surprise visit from Jesus before he assended. Later Jesus appeared to the disciples and then Thomas. They believed because they saw with their own eyes. They were confused at first but then Jesus…
Read MoreI am reading John 18 where Jesus was arrested and accused. He knew what was coming and I can imagine that even though he knew, there must have been a dreaded feeling. I too have a feeling of dread. I have a very hard task in front of me on Sunday. Today’s reading in The…
Read MoreUnforgiveness – it is like drinking poison and hoping someone else would die. Have you drunk the poison of unforgiveness? What have you been hoping to accomplish by clinging to your resentment, by holding on to the right to “punish” your offender? What blessing might you be forfeiting by withholding mercy? I am choosing…..”Blessed are…
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