Week 35, Wednesday Crystal Schwartz I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. John 16:33 (nlt) My first real job was working for a Christian organization. I grew up in church…
Those are the most accurate words I could use to describe my predecessor in Women’s Ministry. From almost anyone’s account, she could (and did) do it all. She was a gifted teacher, a loving friend, and could cast a vision for dreams bigger than anyone would reasonably consider taking on. She had a heart for…
Week 35, Tuesday Crystal Schwartz And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. Hebrews 10:25 (nlt) The writer of Hebrews is encouraging God’s people to persevere in the midst of great hardship. They were meeting opposition from…
Week 35, Monday Crystal Schwartz “Five different times the Jewish leaders gave me thirty-nine lashes. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea.” 2 Corinthians 11:24-25 (nlt) I had just started seminary, fresh out of college….
Week 34, Weekend Melanie Redd Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband. Ephesians 5:33 (nasb) At a dinner for my husband’s job, we had the chance to sit with my husband’s boss and his wife. As…
Week 34, Friday Melanie Redd Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered—how fleeting my life is. You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is…
Week 34, Thursday Melanie Redd When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:4-5 (nlt) While on vacation one year,…
Week 34, Wednesday Melanie Redd You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock. Isaiah 26:3-4 (nlt) During our Vacation Bible School, we sang many of the same old VBS songs with lots of…
Week 33, Weekend Lori McDaniel For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan . . . as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, . . . that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty, that you may fear…
Week 33, Friday Lori McDaniel Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 (nkjv) “Fear not” are words encouraging us toward a healthy realization that God is adequate…
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