purpose

The Daily Purpose Giver

Have you searched for something or started toward a room for a specific purpose only to find another treasure or remember another task to tackle? I shared with you a few posts ago that I planned to hunt deep into the bowels of our storage room (AKA the garage) for a book by Brother Lawrence. Well… I forgot. That is I …

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The Lord's Prayer

Father

Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name,your kingdom come,your will be doneon earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread,Forgive us our debts,as we also have forgiven our debtors.And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.(Matt. 6:9-13) Our Father…  This way of addressing God in prayer was new to the people in …

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Beth Moore, emotions, follow your heart, soul

Spirit Side Up

For just a moment, let’s think of ourselves like triangles. Imagine each point of the triangle being labeled as body, soul, spirit. If the triangle is sitting on its base, only one point is “up.” Imagine that point being the one in present control of us. For instance, when distinguished from the spirit as in 1Thessalonians 5:23, the soul represents …

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Beth Moore, callings, morning prayer, spiritual warfare, strongholds, Victory

Strongholds

We don’t like to talk about them. We may not even know we have one….but all of us do. Beth Moore’s definition: “A Stronghold is anything that exalts itself in our minds, pretending to be bigger than our God. It steals much of our focus and causes us to feel overpowered. Controlled. Mastered. Whether the stronglold is an addiction, unforgiveness …

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