Friends Are there hurts that are heavy on your heart this morning? Give them to God and let His healing presence restore you once more. +++ My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. Psalm 51:17 - NIV Well, if you have been following my … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Pine
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Monday Motivation: Grudge
Friends Have you ever seen a bald eagle? I have, and I will never forget it. What an amazing creature! What an amazing God we have! +++ Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13 - NIV His … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Grudge
Monday Motivation: Cracks
Friends Are you, like me, a fan of flowers? What’s blooming in your yard? How about your soul? +++ Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. Isaiah 64:8 - NIV I adore Vinca. It’s my favorite flower. Every spring, I … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Cracks
Monday Motivation: Pears
Friends How is the garden of your soul this morning? Are you bearing good fruit? +++ But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23 - NIV At the back of our property … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Pears
Monday Motivation: Home
Friends There’s no place like home. May the God of love and grace bless your home today. May His love live there always. +++ My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest. Isaiah 32:18 - NIV This week marks 32 years since the day the moving van … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Home
Monday Motivation: Smile
Friends What’s your face like today? Is it weighted down with a frown or lifted with a smile? A smile is better! +++ The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Smile
Monday Motivation: Withered
Friends Are you facing unexpected challenges today? Are you uncertain about the path ahead? Be encouraged. We may be uncertain and even afraid, but God has a good plan for us as we place our trust in Him. +++ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Withered
Monday Motivation: Thorns
Friends Are you walking in sunshine or being pelted by rain? Either way, our Lord is still by your side. He will never leave you nor forsake you (Hebrews 13:5). +++ And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Thorns
Monday Motivation: Uncertainty
Friends It’s a new day! Let us begin it with our confident hope! +++ I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 - NLT How do … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Uncertainty
Monday Motivation: Risen!
Friends Happy Easter! Christ The Lord is risen! Alleluia!!! +++ He is not here; he has risen!... Luke 24:6a - NIV Was there a chill in the air that morning as they rose in the pre-dawn light? Were the birds fluttering in the trees, singing their morning song, or were they, like the women, somber … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Risen!
