by Jodie Stevens | Dec 21, 2015 | Choices, Happiness, Hope, Love |
How would Jesus want us to celebrate His birthday this Christmas? How about pulling our hair out because our calendar is too full? Agonizing over finding the perfect gifts? Maxing out the credit cards buying them? Living in a state of dread awaiting the January...
by Jodie Stevens | Dec 14, 2015 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Hope, Patience |
“In the history of the Christian church, the tendency has been to avoid being identified with the sufferings of Jesus Christ. People have sought to carry out God’s orders through a shortcut of their own. God’s way is always the way of suffering— the way of the...
by Jodie Stevens | Dec 4, 2015 | Choices, Fear and Anxiety, Hope, Love |
After the recent tragedy in San Bernardino The New York Daily News touted the headline “God Isn’t Fixing This.” When God sent His only son Jesus Christ as a sacrifice He ‘fixed’ the problem of sin through forgiveness, atonement, and...
by Jodie Stevens | Nov 30, 2015 | Hope, Love, Thankfulness |
Like many people I’d heard about the Father, Son, Holy Spirit Trinity for years but never gave it much thought. In John 17:5 when Jesus is about to be crucified He says: “Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.” I admit...
by Jodie Stevens | Nov 19, 2015 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Happiness, Hope, Love, Patience |
What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. When they walk through the valley of weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings. They will...
