by lijadmin | Sep 13, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love, Living for Jesus - Service, Discipleship & Evangelism
A few years ago, an associate pastor asked me to speak to a small Wednesday night gathering. As we sat on the front row waiting to get started, he leaned over and asked, “What’s your favorite hymn?” I smiled and answered him without hesitation. He immediately sprung...
by lijadmin | Sep 7, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love, Living for Jesus - Service, Discipleship & Evangelism
Devotional reading: 1 Kings chapter 17-19 And the angel of the Lord came back the second time and touched him and said, “arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.” 1 Kings 19:7 This thing called life requires us to prepare for the journey...
by lijadmin | Aug 30, 2020 | Living for Jesus - Service, Discipleship & Evangelism
Each month I serve Jesus by serving at a food drive at my church. I see a lot of the same people, mainly the elderly. These are people who worked hard all of their lives. They sacrificed so much for their families for many years. Every morning, before we serve...
by lijadmin | Aug 9, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love, Living for Jesus - Service, Discipleship & Evangelism
Have you ever stood totally blown away by someone’s overwhelming, unexpected kindness and goodness? My mind drifts back to a dreaded weekend right in the middle of May 2009. I had been invited to a three-day spiritual retreat, which I begrudgingly accepted. I was...
by lijadmin | Jun 28, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love, Living for Jesus - Service, Discipleship & Evangelism
Learning to Laugh He looked to be around four years old. Wisps of reddish blonde hair stuck out from underneath his light blue baseball cap. Busy hands shoveled sand into buckets and scooped chips out of a bag. Dark blue swim trunks extended from his waist to just...
by lijadmin | Jun 22, 2020 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love, Living for Jesus - Service, Discipleship & Evangelism
STONES OF REMEMBRANCE “Take 12 stones, one for each tribe out of Jordan. That this will be a sign among you when your children ask what mean this stone you will answer-God cut off Jordan before the ark of the covenant- this shall be a memorial for the children of...
