Weekly Blog Post

Week 19, Friday Eydie Thomas For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 (nkjv) The day will be etched in my memory forever. It was Friday, August 19, 1988. My dad dressed, ate breakfast,…

Week 19, Thursday Eydie Thomas My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother; for they will be a graceful ornament on your head, and chains about your neck. Proverbs 1:8-9 (nkjv) My mother loved antiques. She loved to collect them. She loved to shop for them. Our…

Week 19, Wednesday Eydie Thomas But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 3:14-15…

Week 19, Tuesday Eydie Thomas Her children arise and call her blessed. Proverbs 31:28 The morning started out like any typical Sunday morning in our household. I went around waking up each of the girls, letting them know that we needed to leave at 8:45 to make it to church so that I would be there…

Week 19, Monday Eydie Thomas But the father said to his servants, “Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry.” Luke 15:22-23 (nkjv) The lie was…

Week 18, Weekend Debbie Stuart We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you. 2 Chronicles 20:12 I am learning a valuable life and leadership principle from God’s Word that can be summed up in two words: Who knows? We find it in Esther 4:14 where Esther puts everything on the line…

Week 18, Friday Debbie Stuart When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.” Exodus 3:4 I recently got lost on a short drive from Plano to Denton, Texas. The crazy thing was I had the directions in…

Week 18, Thursday Debbie Stuart His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” John 2:5 I’ve been known to be just a tad on the hardheaded side. The words strong-willed and stubborn put it mildly. The Bible calls it “stiff-necked.” (I don’t prefer that term.) There’s nothing wrong with taking control and getting…

Week 18, Wednesday Debbie Stuart Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” John 4:39 It all started with my mother. She married young and found herself in a hopeless situation. One Saturday morning her neighbor, Jean, invited her to church. She…

Week 18, Tuesday Debbie Stuart We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 On March 19, 2009, one day before our ladies’ retreat at Prestonwood Baptist Church, my husband, John Mark, was taken to…