believe, faith, growing, Spiritual legacy, testimony, truth
(For Part I of my story, read Spiritual Legacy: I Once Was Lost. For Part II of my story, read Spiritual Legacy: What Difference Did God Make?) I was 16 when I relied on God for the first time. It was more like I threatened God, telling Him that it was His...
Bible, God, grace, growing, Holy Spirit, idols, Joshua, worship
We sprinted through the book of Joshua yesterday in Bible study. With only one documented screw up (Joshua 9), Joshua was one of Israel’s most faithful leaders. He was big on Bible reading and made it a priority for his people to know the Word so they could...
believe, David Crowder, faith, God, growing, hope, Isaiah, love, prayer, Romans, trials, truth
This blog focuses on tying the Bible together with real life. And real life, as you may have noticed, is full of struggle, discontent, and confusion. That being the case, most of the posts you read here address the undesirable effects of being human. I try to make...
Bible, blessings, discipline, God, growing, Job
I don’t often have never thought to myself, “I’m so thankful the Lord is using this event in my life to correct foolishness in my heart. What a blessing!” I’m just not a take-discipline-with-a-smile kinda girl. I prefer to whine and...
faith, God, growing, Job, tragedy, worship
I just read Job 1. You know, that uplifting account of this righteous guy that Satan attacks because God is confident that Job will still praise Him. And verses 20 and 21 stopped me in my tracks. Job has just learned that he has lost all of his children in a...
Bible, faith, God, growing, happiness, Heaven, service
My chief objective in life is to meet my needs and satisfy my wants myself right now. Call it human nature. Call it self-preservation. Or call it what it really is – sin. In no way, shape, or form is my approach to life biblical. Nothing in it speaks of serving...
