Weekly Blog Post

Week 52, Wednesday Janet Wicker   For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:15 (nasb) The wonderful spiritual reality of adoption whereby God has made every believer a member of His…

Week 52, Tuesday Janet Wicker   But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.” Matthew 14:27 (nasb) Jesus had spent the day healing, teaching, and even feeding the large crowd of over five thousand that followed Him. He ordered the disciples to get into the boat to…

Week 52, Monday Janet Wicker   In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. Psalm 56:11 (nasb) Fears are huge when you are little. In my child’s mind, each car trip over a bridge brought with it a possibility to crash over the side into the deep, murky water below! I…

Week 51, Weekend Marge Lenow   For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 Every year my husband erects a Christmas sign in our front yard…

Week 51, Friday Marge Lenow   Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 Years ago, I carpooled with a lovely woman from Iran whose young son suffered from asthma. Frightened as she watched him struggle to breathe, she shared…

Week 51, Thursday Marge Lenow   She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21 Before the birth of my first grandchild, I daydreamed about who she would look like. Would she have her mother’s natural curls…

Week 51, Wednesday Marge Lenow   You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will…

Week 51, Tuesday Marge Lenow   When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying…

Week 51, Monday Marge Lenow   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light…

Week 50, Weekend Carolyn O’Neal   There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 When thinking of seasons, we visualize seasons of the year, each with its distinctive characteristics. Our lives reflect seasons too: new life, growing, changing, and aging. The seasons of life can be like…