hard work, purpose, surrender

Carry Your Purpose Daily

Google Images “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it” (Luke 9:23,24). What did Jesus mean when he said to take up our cross daily? What does that look …

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goodness of God, problems, purpose, thankfulness, Trust

Taking the Power out of Problems

The learning possibilities are limited only by your willingness to be teachable. In faith, thank Me for your problem. Ask Me to open your eyes and your heart to all that I am accomplishing through this difficulty. Once you have become grateful for a problem, it loses its power to drag you down. (Jesus Calling, December 18). “Therefore we do not …

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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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camarderie, fellowship, Mary, purpose

The Purpose

It’s always good to reevaluate why you are doing what you do. As I was going through my archives I found this post. This was my mission statement, I guess. I don’t post many blurbs from my book anymore, but I hope to bring this blog back to the Marys and to other Biblical characters who were used by God …

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faith, obedience, purpose, Trust

God’s Statistics

I have a confession. Every day, sometimes several times a day, I check the stats of my blog. These stats tell me how many pages have been viewed for the day, week, month, and all time. It has been amazing to watch the growth lately. Since obeying the Lord’s nudge to write six days a week, the stats have soared …

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