Bible. Faith. Life.
Bible. Faith. Life.
Bite of Bread, Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit of God is given to us so that we can become participants in God’s compassion and so reach out to all people at all times with God’s heart.” ~Here and Now, Henry Nouwen Let it soak in. [bctt tweet=”The Holy Spirit of God is given to us so that we can become participants in God’s compassion …
Bite of Bread
So much pain floods the headlines. Terrorist attacks, political turmoil, and threats to our future. Natural disasters break our hearts and stir our philanthropy, and that gives me hope when hatred seems to be winning the war. All the world needs is love, right? The Bite of Bread is not just about love this week, but it’s about God’s presence, …
Bite of Bread, prayer
“For this reason we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding” (Colossians 1:9). [Word Study] Fill: Pleroo: to fill. Transitively, to fill, as a net with fish (Mt 13:48), as a house with a perfumed smell (Jn 12:3); to fill up …
Bite of Bread
Sometimes my prayers feel empty, vain, and repetitious. I find myself praying the same prayers over and over again mostly for safety, health, wisdom, and to be used by God. These prayers aren’t for me most of the time. I pray them for my children. Sometimes it’s hard to know what to pray for others, isn’t it? Do you struggle …
Bite of Bread
My husband served in the US Army for twenty-two years. He’s been retired from the military for almost eight now, and even though we feel far removed from those days, they are etched into our hearts. As we walked together the other morning trying to get a little exercise before our day got busy, we passed American flags lining a …
