Focus Upward
Influence
A Five Minute Friday Challenge
Influence: to affect, to sway; to move a person to action.
As I have begun this year with a new word and looking for "delight" in things, the Lord is showing me how I allow circumstances and other people around me influence me. I have allowed them to affect or sway my attitude and (confessing now), not always in the . . .
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Delight
My "One Word" for 2019
A New Year brings freshness and expectancy. As a "planner", I want to know what is going to happen next. However, I'm thankful that God, in His infinite wisdom and mercy, allows things to unfold. He prepares me and will sustain me through the ups and downs of life if I will let Him.
I’m not a person who makes a list . . .
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A New Year
Happy New Year! As I grow older, it seems as if the years are going by faster. As one year closes with memories, another one opens with great hope and expectation. I like to spend the last few days of the old year and the first few days of the new year, reflecting on God's faithfulness.
My "one word" for 2018 was "Courage". I . . .
Praise
A Five Minute Friday Challenge
Potential
A Five Minute Friday Challenge
It's Friday...what a joy to sleep in and wake up to a new day...a day full of potential. Jesus, what do You have in store for me today as we partner together? I'm learning that this life is not so much about choosing A or B, but listening for Your voice, seeing where You are working, and joining You in that work.
Thank . . .
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Loyal
A Five Minute Friday Challenge
Loyal to the end
Faithful, trustworthy and true
Jesus my anchor.
He is my teacher.
May I be loyal to Him.
Faithful to Jesus.
"Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and . . .
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Under Construction
I don't know about you, but some days on my commute to work, I don't expect God to speak. Unless it's because I need to be kinder (in my mind) to my fellow travelers. However, recently, I did hear His still small voice revealing to me a truth that was manifest in a road closure and fixing of potholes.
For 3 weekends recently, a . . .