A Message from Tonilee Have you ever prayed, "Lord, May Your will be done." Many women over the years have said to us, "I don't know how to pray, so I just pray for God's 'will' to be done." Jonah knew the will of the Lord, but rebelled against it. Even Jesus asked for …
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Because the Power of Hope Women’s Conference is approaching, I have been praying a lot about Hope. What is our definition of hope? What is God’s definition of hope? Hope is not a fruit or a gift of the Spirit. So how do we have it, keep it, get it? Can we “hope” that our …
Tonilee and I have had the privilege over the past several years to work with and assist numerous organizations in the areas of marketing, business development, social media and branding. Non Profits, especially ministries, have one major common cause...serving the Lord through serving others. After spending some quality time with the executive leadership team at …
It seems pretty easy to define circumstantial depression; it's depression that was caused by hardships or difficult life circumstances. So if we change the circumstances, will the depression lift? Looking at the life of David on the run from Saul to running the Kingdom did bring a major change in his circumstances. David's prayers changed, …
Pastor Norm Shoemaker gave a remarkable devotional one morning last week. He proposed that if the birth of the church was at Pentecost, then the conception of the church was at the cross of Christ. In John 19:26-27, the Scriptures say, "When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, …
Me, go back to school? Well, that is exactly what I did. I applied for the Master of Ministry's Program at Point Loma Nazarene University and got in on 12.12.12 at noon. I know all those 12's must be significant in some way... My first week of class just ended and I have to say …
Like many of us, there is situation in my life that I desperately want to change. As a result, my mind takes me down a variety of routes to find hope for it to work out or be different. Each time, I come up with the same answer: a dead end. I have sought the Lord …
I can still remember sermons from 1979 when I first came to Christ. The Book of Revelation seemed like a Twilight Zone episode as I heard Pastor Chuck Smith teach on the mark of the beast. He quoted from Revelation 13:16-17 referring to the antichrist, "He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, …
My aunt is struggling with a comment that someone said to her, “Let’s make sure we do the Christian thing in this situation.” In frustration and confusion, she said to my mom, “What does that mean?” I do not know all the details of their situation but I have thought about this statement a lot. …
Last week, I picked up the USA Today newspaper. On the bottom corner, there was a USA Today Snapshot that was entitled: How often we read the Bible? I was surprised by the results: At least once a month 53% Rarely 22% Never 24% Don’t know 1% These percentages …
