Mary Kane of www.onlybyprayer.com is back to bless us once again with a new Take 5! (5 verses and 5 questions in 5 minutes). Are you needing encouragement that God really is in control? Feeling as if God has forgotten you? Or just longing for some time with your Father being loved? You will be so blessed by [...]

Have I got a treat for you! My sweet friend, Mary Kane from www.onlybyprayer.com, is back with another wonderful Take 5! devotion. These devotions are absolutely amazing -5 verses and 5 questions all in 5 minutes. While it might be short, it’s meat and potatoes kind of stuff! Mary makes 5 minutes with God [...]

Last time we looked at how Jesus was able to maintain peace in His life and found out that prayer played a big part in His serenity. What I would like to look at today is how we can do that same thing in our own lives. Some of you may be thinking that if [...]

Hi, Sweet Parents! I’m excited to be able to introduce you to another precious new friend of mine, Jane VanOsdol! You met her sister, Kate, a couple of weeks ago in the Take 5! Got Word? devotion. Together, they’ve created the beautiful site www.OnlyByPrayer.com . Be sure to take some time enjoying their site – [...]

Those of you who receive my newsletter know that the last edition focused on the importance of our relationship with God and how we nurture it. (Actually, this article and the Challenges that went with it are part of a series of lessons we’re doing – these lessons will become an e-course called “Creating a [...]

This was a question I asked myself many times. How about you? I was giving God my all. I truly believed He could heal, but whenever I said that to myself, a whisper of doubt would say, “It doesn’t mean He will.” Then, in the back of my mind, I’d hear the question. “What will [...]

Sweet parent, there’s a truth God wants you to know. There’s a truth that you need to know and that your family needs you to live. If you can embrace this truth it will change your life and the lives of those you love most. Please read this slowly and let it water your soul: [...]

“Jesus answered him, ‘The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment” (Mark 12: 29-30, NKJ). [...]

Feeling brave today? Ready for a motives check? Brace yourself, here it goes! How do you read the Bible? Or, better yet, why do you read God’s Word? As a parent of a child with serious health challenges our motives can easily become murky. Reading for His guidance can become a tool to manipulate His [...]

I don’t always do devotions. I tend to stick to prayer and Bible study, and throw in devotions every once in awhile. On October 1, I decided to open up my Our Daily Bread September, October and November 2009 issue and see what that day had to offer. Before I began, I prayed that God [...]
