8/28/2014 + 1 Day – A date deemed worthy of displaying on my right wrist. See, it was eleven years + one day ago that I stopped running from God’s call. Yet, it’d be the day after that my life began to align with God’s will. I’ve shared this testimony before, but I could notContinue reading “Eleven Years + One Day”
Category Archives: Daily Devotional
Are you playing or preparing?
Have you prepared for what you’ve been praying for? No, really. Have you? Many times, we pray for God to give us without realizing that sometimes, His giving to us means we also have to give … um, how can I type this? It means we, too, have to give up some stuff. You know,Continue reading “Are you playing or preparing?”
BUT GET UP!
You’re weary You’re tired You’re at your wit’s end You’re sick You’re depressed You’re suicidal You’re grieving You’re in debt You’re in sin You’re contemplating … BUT GET UP! But, a conjunction which is used to indicate the impossibility of anything other than what is being stated. Beloved, life may be at its hardest, but get up.Continue reading “BUT GET UP!”
Hello July!
Wake up, wake up, wake up! It’s the first of the month. So get up, get up, get up and cash your checks and come on! Or whatever #BoneThugsNHarmony said 😂 Seriously, today kicks off Temple Church’s first giving campaign! For the past year, God—along with the M.R. Davis Public Library—has provided a space forContinue reading “Hello July!”
When ‘I Do’ Gets Difficult: Holding On to Faith When Marriage Doesn’t Go as Planned
By Alexia Jones When we get married, we stand in front of people we love, and we say the words we’ve heard a hundred times: for better or worse, in sickness and in health, for as long as we both shall live. And we mean it. But no one really talks about what “worse” canContinue reading “When ‘I Do’ Gets Difficult: Holding On to Faith When Marriage Doesn’t Go as Planned”
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