Weekly Blog Post

Week 43, Tuesday Marilyn Kirkpatrick Older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. [They are] to teach what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, pure, good homemakers, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s…

Week 43, Monday Marilyn Kirkpatrick All these were approved through their faith. Hebrews 11:39 (hcsb) I recently sat in a hospital room with a dear friend and mentor as we waited for her husband’s imminent death. When I arrived, there was another couple there with her, one of many of her peers. Before the afternoon was…

Week 42, Weekend Ann Iorg For we are His creation—created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 (hcsb) When I think of God the Creator and all He has made, I am amazed. There is such variety, color, and diversity all around…

Week 42, Friday Ann Iorg “Don’t call me Naomi, call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter. I left full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has pronounced [judgment] on me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?” . ….

Week 42, Thursday Ann Iorg By faith Rahab the prostitute received the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed. Hebrews 11:31 (hcsb) Rahab was a prostitute, yet she is in the lineage of King David and Jesus (see Matthew 1:5). God searches for those who really believe in Him. He is ready and…

Week 41, Thursday Karyn Wilton For I hope in You, O Lord; You will answer, O Lord my God. Psalm 38:15 (nasb) Is there someone in your life who you are patiently waiting to come into a saving knowledge of our Lord and Savior? Are you standing at the gates of heaven, rattling them frantically as…

Week 42, Wednesday Ann Iorg As He was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth. His disciples questioned Him: “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man or his parents sinned,” Jesus answered. “[This came about] so that God’s works might be displayed in him.” John…

Week 41, Weekend Karyn Wilton Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. . . . Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near. James 5:7-8 (nlt) When I was a little girl, my elder sister drowned. I am told that I would ask my parents when she was…

Week 41, Friday Karyn Wilton Be patient with everyone. See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people. 1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 (nasb) My daughter asked me a question while we were driving home from school one day: “Do you ever…

Week 41, Wednesday Karyn Wilton But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me . . . Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life. 1 Timothy 1:16 We could not encourage our hearts to be patient in any…