When you go to a special event or someone’s home for dinner, it’s not unusual to for a plate of cookies to be present. Cookies are a crowd’s favorite. They may come in all sorts of shapes and sizes—some with frosting, sprinkles, or chocolate chips. Regardless of their flavor, they’re sure to disappear. They’re just … Continue reading God’s Cookie Plate
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Jesus, Our First Love
Have you looked around at our culture lately? It’s filled with increased crime, perversion, lies, and selfish ambition. We could blame many things, but the root of it all is that people do not allow love to determine how they act. It’s all about gratifying self. Jesus said this would happen in the last days … Continue reading Jesus, Our First Love
God’s Paintbrush
Doubting God’s promise to perfect that which concerns us is what dries up God’s ability to finish His work. Like a painter’s hands tied so he cannot move his paint brush, God is unable to finish the projects He begins in our lives. When we get impatient and frustrated because the finished work isn’t appearing … Continue reading God’s Paintbrush
Supernatural Strength
Our natural instinct is to consider ourselves as self-sustaining, able to handle every situation that comes our way. We think we have all the strength we need in and of ourselves. Unfortunately, believing this makes us a failure because we were never designed to take care of ourselves. We don’t have what it takes to … Continue reading Supernatural Strength
The Power of a Choice
As many choices as we face every day, we often forget that we’re not the only one who has had to make them. God has also been faced with choices – one especially that will impact us for eternity. Though our choices might be based on our needs and desires, God’s choice was based … Continue reading The Power of a Choice
Happy New Year!
Happy 2016! Pardon my absence, but holidays and baby-related doctor appointments have taken priority over blogging in the last couple of weeks! We're living in the last days, which holds some stressful events for those who don't serve Jesus. Watching the news is enough to make anyone nervous. But for those of us who know … Continue reading Happy New Year!
Christa Madrid 