Encouragement
Mom’s Top 10 Recipes
Click to download the PDF with 10 of mom’s recipes ranging from Bohemian Coffee Cake to Kugelis. Well maybe not HER top 10, but the 10 I was able to find.
Faith
5 Secrets to Quickly Connect with God (when you’re on the spot!)
In order to speak a word of encouragement (a prophetic word – i.e. what you sense God is saying), we must connect to the Source of Blessing, the Living Word. When your mind is engaged in the task at hand, we want to sense His impressions. Here are five ideas on how to connect when you feel distant. (more…)
Encouragement
Which road are you taking?
Robert Frost wrote:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
There are two roads that we can choose in relating to others. The first road is the road of…
Reminiscing
A Song that Revives the Past – Helpful or Hurtful?
As I was researching symbolic literature last night for my upcoming workshop on “Unlocking Your Dreams”, A poem / song caught my attention. Soon I was YouTubing it to find a choral group that may have performed it recently. I wanted to hear it again. I remember singing this selection years ago in the Elmhurst College Men’s Glee Club. The song?…
Encouragement
Have you heard the “New Beginnings” word once too often?
For the first time, I heard something different this month about entering into a “New” season. The difference was, when you move into something new, something old has….
Listening Prayer
Is Prayer A 4-Letter Word?
A 4-letter word for Prayer? How about h-a-r-d? l-o-n-g? a bore? a drag? a HAVE-to?
Is prayer supposed to be that laborious? It is a struggle or a joy for you? Let’s think about that. How do YOU explain prayer to a non-believer, or what is their concept of it? I expect a common explanation from a non-believer might be: “Talking to a non-existent spiritual being, who if He was present, couldn’t care less about me. God is the good energy around us. It God was a person, He doesn’t even know I exist.” Suppose you believe that God is personal, and that we can communicate with Him. I expect you’ve heard prayer described this way:
Encouragement
Three Steps to Conquer That Overwhelming Task
What is that one item on your “to do” list that you KNOW you should do,
but it keeps getting pushed down because it seems too overwhelming? It’s so BIG, that it’s fallen off your list, but lingers in the background, haunting you every day. Other duties and opportunities come up and they seem good, so you say “yes” to each one or engage in what’s in front of you, instead of what is most important. It’s called the tyranny of the urgent, which means you are acting on the urgent matters first and neglecting what is really important. What about the book you are supposed to write? the blog you should start? the phone call you have dreaded to make? the paperwork staring you in the face?
Here are three steps you can take to conquer that one daunting task. Give them a shot and see if you don’t succeed!
Hearing God
How you know that you’re hearing God
I was visiting at my mom’s church last Sunday ( a traditional church with liturgical services). After the communion time, I had a few moments to journal as the pianist was playing. I was observing those attending and noticed they were older, probably less accepting of change. I sensed they had a strong commitment to God and to lead a solid life – Devoted people with good character doing their best to all God wanted of them. I am used to a different crowd in my church, so I was about to make some judgements…