Friends What’s your favorite? Sunrise or Sunset? +++ Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. John 20:1 - NIV There’s something incredible about a sunset, the dappling golden light, … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Promise And Praise
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Monday Motivation: Hope Returns
Friends Happy Easter! He is risen! He is risen indeed! Praise God! Jesus is alive! +++ “So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”” John 20:2 - NIV … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Hope Returns
Monday Motivation: Shaking Things Up
Friends Jesus’ love for us is unshakable, unstoppable, unchangeable. He came to love us, to heal us, to save us. His love for us never fails. Let these thoughts give you hope today! +++ Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Shaking Things Up
Monday Motivation: Risen!
Friends Are there particular images that come to mind when you consider the Easter story? Each year, certain scriptures circulate through my mind, and I have to say that the story of Mary Magdalene is always among them. It’s as if it’s not quite Easter unless I retrace her steps toward the tomb. So join … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Risen!
Monday Motivation: Joy Resurrected
FriendsHappy Easter! Jesus is Alive! He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! +++Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.John 19:25 – NIV Have you ever found yourself living in a nightmare? Your situation seems surreal, like you stepped from this world into another … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Joy Resurrected
Monday Motivation: Hidden Grace
Friends I am pondering grace this morning. God’s grace is always with us in the sunshine and the storms. +++ At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Hidden Grace
Monday Motivation: Paradise Found
FriendsHoly Week is upon us! The parade of Palm Sunday has passed. Now our gaze shifts to the cross. Upon that hill so long ago and so far away, Jesus paid the ultimate price, and because of His sacrifice, you and I have the promise of paradise. To Jesus, we sing, “Hosanna, Hosanna in the … Continue reading Monday Motivation: Paradise Found
Faith Beyond Sight 