Has your gut dropped about what’s ahead? Maybe you’ve lost a little sleep, too? We dread potential situations. When the check engine light comes on, we’re sure the car is about to blow up. Or
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Category: Testimony
Don’t Get stung!
Life contains difficult choices. One of those choices is whether or not to defend yourself. When someone else has spoken despairingly about us – whether verbally or in writing –the natural instinct within most people
Read moreIt’s time to forgive yourself.
Every day we forgive people for one thing or another. Maybe they bumped into you and caused you to spill your coffee. Perhaps they filed the wrong paperwork and you got chewed out by the
Read moreWord of the Day: Strange
Has anyone else noticed how strange life can be sometimes? One minute you’re drowning in painful and confused emotions, then the next you’re on top of the world looking down at something beautiful. It happens
Read moreGiving Thanks in Difficult Times
We are to give thanks always and for everything. We are in His care, under His management. We are His sheep and He is our Good Shepherd. He will and does take care of us and we need to remember and have faith in Him to do so.
Read moreThe Grace to Embrace
By Cathy Mayfield CHANGE WAS BEGINNING Before my eyes, change happened. And so, her nonfiction fairytale came true. The wedding guests went home. The decorations dismantled. The couple left for the rest of their lives.
Read moreLearning to Love the Process
I’m slowly but surely learning to love the process of the seasons. Summer. Fall. Winter. Spring. Or, if you’re in the good old Sunshine state… Summer. Summer-ish. Su-wait no it’s cold. Summer. Needless to say,
Read moreLet me tell you about it…
Well, hello Inspire a Fire readers! It’s been quite a while since we last “spoke” and I’m happy to be back on your screens. In the past year a lot has happened in my life,
Read moreTrusting God for the Next Step
God provided in an unusual way. The summer following college graduation, while preparing for seminary, I worked as children’s minister. God would challenge me in the coming years to learn to trust Him financially step
Read moreWho pays the price for freedom?
July is a month filled with reminders of our freedom and how blessed we are to live in a country that fosters it. As a former military kid, I’ve experienced the price of this freedom
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