Bible Studies for a Woman's Life
SUMMER! The season for fun in the sun, rest and relaxation, joy and refreshment. The season when kids are home. All day long. Family vacations. Extra time with extended family. Lots of togetherness. Not a lot of routine. I want summer to last forever. On the other hand, I'm kind of worn out from all …
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By Katie Kafka Five twenty in the morning, the relentless buzz of the alarm forces minimal awareness. I am by no means a morning person. With the sun on the verge of a rise, I wrestle through pillows and sheets with shallow levels of perception and yet enough ambition to activate the snooze option. Repeat …
My dream for summer is sunshine, rest, and lazy days (or at least a more relaxed schedule). I crave extra time to connect with family and friends and neighbors, to travel, to invest in the things that matter to me most. Glory! But too often my summer dreams fall short of reality. Faced with more …
By Sheryl Murray Thriving . . . quite an appropriate summer blog theme--a time of plants sprouting and reaching for the sky and young animals newly born and developing. That’s how I want my faith to be each day. I really want to be thriving--growing daily and reaching for the Son. But sometimes I find myself striving …
Tumbleweeds tell a story. Whether they’re plastered along a fencerow or bouncing down a highway, they speak of a dry and rootless life. They are the fruit of a barren wilderness. Jeremiah used them as an example when bringing this message from God: “Cursed is the strong one who depends on mere humans, who thinks …
Where are you today? Are you THRIVING or are you STRIVING? Because our striving tree is not real . . . alive . . . or free, it also will never be fruitful. It looks great on the outside, but has no future. God has made living things to reproduce themselves. He’s planned a future …
THRIVE! . . . it’s becoming one of those power words. The popularity of that word has placed it on new products like tablet computers, health foods, fitness centers and even banks. Advertisers are telling us if we have their “stuff,” we will thrive. I happen to notice when God talks about thriving, He uses the …
Today we hear from Marlys Burgett, Director of Women’s Ministries. These were her words to us October 19, 2010 during Titus Women worship time. About 3 weeks ago, Shereen and I left Titus Women and went to visit Jill Truckee in the hospital. She had just delivered her new baby boy, Andrew. We entered the …
May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope! (Romans 15:13, The Message) Green hope is what makes us thrive. It’s not just for those already living successfully who …
