Friends, let's live a life and lifestyle, where Jesus gets the reward of His suffering.
Friday, April 26, 2019
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Responding vs. Reacting
I’ve been pondering lately some aspects of prayer taken from practical parenting and life situations. As a parent I’m continually challenged with my strong-willed children to respond and not react. It used to be temper tantrums and now as we enter the teen years, motives can get more calculated. Often as a parent I will find myself in what I call a “swirl” and I am reacting to a situation instead of responding. Responding tends to pause, take a breath and listen to the voice of wisdom.
Have you ever thought
of this concept in regards to prayer? Sometimes the enemy of our souls, will throw something cruel at us or
those around us and we react even in prayer. We may begin to pray out of anger,
or anxiety, unbelief or fear. These prayers will seldom produce good
fruit. But what if instead, we respond,
and our response was focusing on the redemptive work of God. We pause, take a breath and listen to the
voice of wisdom, the voice of God and partner with Him.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Grace
"Grace never gives permission for sin to be expressed.
Grace always positions us to be empowered to live
outside of human reach.
Grace is the enablement of God to live as Jesus would live."
~ Bill Johnson
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Love This Song
We just started singing this song at church and I absolutely Love it! It's one of those deep intimate songs between us and Jesus . . .
https://youtu.be/4BhTAJ49MQ0
Video: Cody Carnes - "Nothing Else"
https://youtu.be/4BhTAJ49MQ0
Video: Cody Carnes - "Nothing Else"
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Julie's Spring Break
Our Julie got to visit from Washington for her Spring Break this year and we had a fabulous time together. There were tears when she left. Aside from our memorable trip to Mexico, here are a few memories from our time together . . .
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Mexico
We just got back from a little family get-away to Mexico. It was one of those wonderful trips where we were upgraded to a seventh floor suite with panoramic ocean views, three bedrooms and four bathrooms, an entertaining kitchen and an extra free night. We took in the local shopping, food, spent hours on the beach, laid in the sun, fireside chats and trying to drum up a melody without a guitar, picked up sea shells . . . .so fun! I have this thing for infinity pools and the place we stayed at had a beautiful infinity pool that started surrounded by cactus and day beds and ended at the ocean - so beautiful! Loved the favor surrounding our time together. It's always been Julie's dream to go to Mexico and so this was a "first" for her. Here are a few family pics I thought I would share now that I am finally figuring out how to use google photos on my blog. :-)
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