It’s March. That means March Madness, moving our clocks forward, longer days, spring fever, and marching. Yes, marching. This is the thing that I noticed about March years ago when I lived in New England where spring didn’t sprung until June and snow threatened until May. March was a month you just have to march through to warmer days, summer …
How Jesus Taught Us To Pray
Do you ever need to be encouraged to pray? I do. I mean, I pray all the time. I talk to God all through my day, but I must confess, I do have days when I don’t feel my prayers worthy or that they make much difference. And at one time in my life, after a great disappointment in …
The Holy Spirit Blessing in You
“God loves me.” I say this all the time when good things happen. When circumstances are good, it’s easy to feel God’s presence and His favor, but when times get hard, it’s not so easy. Sometimes frustration, discouragement, or grief makes it impossible for me to feel the presence or love of God. When earthly blessings prevail, we feel …
When You Can’t Choose Joy
I was raw a few weeks ago. Sad. Lonely. Struggling with life. We all have our days, don’t we? Those moments when we can cry at the slightest mistake, unkind word, or challenge. During that raw week, I kept hearing the saying choose joy! It’s popular these days. I’ve probably taught it myself, but to be very honest, I couldn’t choose joy. …
How to Know God’s Voice
How do we know when God is speaking to us? It’s not always His voice, right? Sometimes those thoughts can be our own. So, how do we discern between our inside voice and Holy Spirit speaking? Hearing God . . . Not A few years ago I thought God told me I needed dreams, vision, and future aspirations. At …