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 …
Continue reading A Time of Reflection: Jonah and His Journey of Obedience to God’s Call
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 …
Yesterday, I was talking with a woman who was explaining to me why she left a certain church. She basically felt like she could not bring others to her church because they would be judged for their appearance and lifestyle. She felt like her church was more like a club than a church. If she …
I was driving my son back to college and he asked me how do you share the Gospel with someone? It seems like such a difficult thing to bridge the gap in any relationship to share Christ. But the truth is that if you know the Lord personally, then you are just introducing one friend …
We recently received an email from one of our devotional readers and wanted to post a conversation he had with his friend who had a question about the phrase "The Lord took a person home" that we talked about in the devotional of 12/3/2010, "Our Perspective Matters"..... ....A friend of mine, who's name is Ray, inquired …
The more I look around, the more I discover that people are struggling. When there is no margin in our lives, we have no ability to cope with broken cars, crying kids or sick pets. We are crying for more time, better organizational skills and support but if we miraculously had the ability to schedule …
In July 2005, TL and I hosted our first women’s conference in San Diego, California. I remember it well. It was an experience that has mixed emotions attached to it, for lots of reasons. I can honestly say that the courage it takes to step out and host your own event is truly from heaven …
Bobbye and I spoke at Professional Women’s Fellowship last week. The topic was “Depression and the Holidays.” No one wants to think that the holidays could be associated with depression. We want to think that it is a time of joy and peace. However, the holidays can also be very stressful. We already have no …
