Weekly Blog Post

Week 48, Monday Ellen Olford Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:10 The most important decision for me to make, day by day, is to do God’s will. By my surrendering to the Spirit, reading and studying the Word of God,…

Week 47, Weekend Rita Salter The Lord said to Abram: Go out from your land, your relatives, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. . . . So Abram went, as the Lord had told him. Genesis 12:1,4 (hcsb) The call is not that literal for all of us. We aren’t…

Week 47, Friday Rita Salter But Jesus paid no attention to what they said. He told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.” Mark 5:36 (ncv) Fear not! These words are repeated throughout God’s Word from Genesis to Revelation and are generally followed by a message that we are about to embark on an unfamiliar…

Week 47, Thursday Rita Salter Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives. Matthew 11:28-29 (ncv) Temperatures had been rising, volunteer loads…

Week 47, Wednesday Rita Salter He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 (nkjv) Where am I dwelling? Sincere faith means taking God at His word. There is no point in asking God to increase our faith if we do not believe His…

Week 47, Monday Rita Salter I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. Psalm 32:8 (nasb) When God called me overseas six years ago, I didn’t have a clue what that really meant, I just knew that He told me to…

Week 44, Wednesday Dorothy Patterson And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Philippians 2:8 (nkjv) The pattern for godly traits is found in the life of Jesus, who humbled Himself to make atonement for our sins on the…

Week 46, Weekend Mary Mohler He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 How do you respond when the waiting is over? Resolution itself often brings relief. Certainly, there is joy if the result is one for which you have hoped. There…

Week 46, Friday Mary Mohler For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. Psalm 37:9 (esv) We turn to the Psalms again to find that we should wait expectantly. There will be results. Expect them! Yet we know that a day is like one thousand years…

Week 46, Thursday Mary Mohler Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! Psalm 27:14 (esv) Here we find a directive that suggests our waiting is to be an active waiting—not a “put your head in the sand” mentality. Charles Stanley wisely said, “Waiting [on the Lord] is…