Jesus loves you with an everlasting love. I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself. Jeremiah 31:3 (NLT) So often we take for granted the love of God. We often feel like there is no hope for us but I say to you…
Tag: thoughts by Mary Pinckney
Can we talk?
As I sit and pen my thoughts this morning, I am reminded of Jesus’s experience in the Garden of Gethsemane. It was at that place He had to make one of the toughest decisions in His life. Should He go forward to the cross, knowing that this was what He was destined to do? Or…
Courageous Living
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. – Hebrews 12:1 · It takes…
Decision, Decisions, Decisions
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Sometimes I wish it was easy to make decisions that would satisfy everyone and leave us in a good place as…
It’s in the waiting….
Sometimes we just need to stop, breathe and listen to what God is saying. Life can be so busy at times that we miss the important instructions we need to go forward. Give yourself permission to sit still and enjoy the stillness of the moment. That brief pause may hold the key to the breakthrough…
Passionate pursuit
Passion is significant fuel that helps you persevere despite obstacles, fear, and discouragement. If you are passionate about a goal, you can tap into that passion as a source of energy that will see you through to the finish line. Valorie Burton, Why Not You? Prayer: Lord, may our passion be seen and not just…
What’s driving you this year?
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is…
Don’t let your dream die
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 (NLT) I want to speak to those of you that have stopped dreaming. You have had setbacks. You have encountered disappointment. You have been told it won’t work. I say to you DREAM AGAIN! There is still hope for…
Is Your Attitude Ruining Your Relationships?
“Let your gentle spirit be made known to all men.” Philippians 4:5 (NASB) We live in a society that is filled with hurting people, many of whom go unnoticed on a regular basis. Have you stopped to take notice of the people around you? We often get so consumed with meeting the next deadline, competing…
Freedom Friday!
..if the Son sets you free, you will be absolutely free. John 8:36 God has opened the prison doors for you to walk out into the freedom He promised through Christ. You no longer have to be bond by the chains of your past. Let it go. Today is your day! Today is the day…