Entries Tagged as 'prayer'

February 20, 2008

One Step Closer To Jesus

Father, I pray for all those close to me.    Those in our family.    Our friends.    All You have brought into my life and across my path.    Please bring each one, one step closer to Jesus.    We are all in different places on our journey down here.    Some are caught up in doubt that You even exist.    Bring [...]

February 1, 2008

Persevering

     On January 1st (or was it the 2nd), I said God gave me the word “Perseverance’ for this year and that my goal was to read through the Bible. So far, I have kept it up. PTL! I realize it has only been a few weeks but for me that is victory! Also, on [...]

January 25, 2008

I’m back

I can’t believe it has been so long since I posted! In the meantime, I finished my long-term job and I finally got well! PTL! I had some virus for 6 1/2 weeks. Anyway, life gets so busy. Our small group started meeting again this Wed., after a long break. Our teacher gave us this [...]

December 7, 2007

A Senseless act of violence

The people of Nebraska are grieving this senseless act. It is hard to imagine someone being empty enough, callous enough, self-centered enough to walk in a public place and randomly shoot people. Hundreds of people have now lost a loved one. No one can take their place. There are so many hurting hearts. So many [...]

October 26, 2007

Our Greatest Resource

Prayer is our greatest resource! To be able to talk to the Lord God Almighty is such a privilege. Thank you Jesus for making it possible. How would we make it through difficult times without being able to say to someone, “Will you pray for me?” How awesome it is to be able to call [...]

October 22, 2007

Lessons Learned in the Forest

Saturday I spent 4 hours in the forest. Walking, praying, thinking. It was a beautiful day!So peaceful. Here are some things I learned - true both physically and spiritually:
Exercise your muscles to stay strong.
If you get off track, turn around and go back to the spot where you took a wrong turn - make it [...]

October 12, 2007

ATV Riding

We have had ATVs for about 5 years now. I have never been an extremely confident rider. But after an incident about a year ago that left both me and my quad on our rear-ends, well I have been more nervous. Anyway, we are going riding this weekend in a forest. Beautiful ride but it [...]

August 16, 2007

Praying for your children

For anyone who is a wife or mom, I want to recommend two great books to help you in praying for your family. Both are by Stormie Omartian. The Power of a Praying Wife and The Power of a Praying Parent. Both books give many different prayers to pray covering many issues and needs. The [...]