Olivia's Thanksgiving Greeting ~ 2007 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Last week as William was bagging our groceries he asked, "Are you getting ready for Thanksgiving Day?" When I answered, "Everyday is thanksgiving day!" he said, "I wish...." Not hearing what he had wished, I asked...
TODAY is a portion of my inheritance~a small part of what God, my Father, has promised through His Son for eternity. How I spend it proves where it came from. It is an allowance given to sustain me here in this wilderness; and while here on this earth to prepare me...
Father, Son and Holy Spirit In the morning hours, visit ~ Wake me with a gentle breeze, Or however you may please. Search my heart and know my thoughts; Reveal to me what is of naught. Remove that which you see as strange; And by your own design, arrange ~ A place...
(God's grace and God's glory are real in our lives according to the value we place on Christ. To experience the extent of God's grace is to know Jesus Christ. To see God's glory is to look diligently to Christ, His Son. This article enabled me to see how precious...
"To reveal his Son in me." Galatians 1:16 From this revelation begins spiritual life – a life proceeding from God, and holding communion with God, and tending to the glory of God. The honor and happiness of our souls ariseth from this revealing of Christ in us. O...
"Stir up the gift of God which is in thee." 2 Timothy 1:6 How can this be done? Answer. By looking as well upon thy own great poverty and wants, as upon the riches of grace which are in Christ for thee, and so drawing near to God through him in faith. But it is...
THIS is what I have. THAT is what I don’t have. THIS is what is near. THAT is at a distance. THIS is my own life. THAT is Life in Christ. THIS is within my reach. THAT is beyond my grasp. THIS is what I want. THAT is what God says I need. THIS is sin and misery. ...
"The Spirit also helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us." Romans 8:26 God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. God hath many...
"The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; and that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again. 2 Corinthians 5:14, 15....