"All of life is business with God…" John Calvin
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. —Psalm 34:19 To My Lisa, We were young mommies together, you and I. introduced by a friend who thought we’d get along well—how little she knew the plans God had for us. During the years of mothering small... Continue Reading →
Originally posted at Women of Purpose. 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if... Continue Reading →
Originally posted at Women of Purpose. 5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the... Continue Reading →
Originally posted at Women of Purpose. 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent... Continue Reading →
Originally posted at Women of Purpose. 4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from... Continue Reading →
Originally posted at Women of Purpose. 11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's... Continue Reading →
Originally posted at Women of Purpose. 28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him. 3 See what... Continue Reading →
Originally posted at Women of Purpose. 18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they... Continue Reading →
We're 8 days into the New Year and I may have gotten the hang of writing 2019 on forms and letters. In the spirit of new beginnings, I have begun a new read-through-the-Bible plan, re-committed to walking the dog daily, started exercising a little beyond the walk, am making healthier eating choices (which, frankly, after... Continue Reading →
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