Reacting to Stress: Control, Depression, or the Calm of the Holy Spirit

Your beauty … should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 1 Peter 3:2,3 Peter is describing the attitude of Sarah and other godly women in the Old Testament. Did Sarah have this gentle quiet spirit because she lived [...]

Jealous Rage, The Devil's Precious Friend

“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.” Proverbs 14:3 Do you remember the character Gollum from The Lord of the Rings? There was the Ring, the one precious Ring of Power that was never his to own in the first place, but he wanted it back.  Jealous rage, [...]

"Do you love me?…feed my sheep."

“When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?”        ”Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”        Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”  Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me?”        He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know [...]

Sarah's submission, our rebellion

Roads of Sin Many women today are on dangerous roads of sin, of rejection of the Word of God.  I have walked these roads at times, all to my loss.  But the grace of God and the light of Christ has brought me salvation, and I continue to work that salvation out, knowing that I [...]