by ssadmin | Apr 11, 2025 | Daily Journaling
“Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” – Psalm 25:4-5 My hope isn’t “all day long” unless I start my day off in His truths. Lord, thank you for Your truth, for...
by ssadmin | Apr 9, 2025 | Daily Journaling
“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. 3 You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have...
by ssadmin | Apr 7, 2025 | Daily Journaling
When I read the parable of the Ten Bridesmaids in Matthew 25:1-13, I couldn’t help but get a sense of urgency. Over the past few months, those last four words from the previous sentence have been on the forefront of my mind often. “A sense of urgency”. Recently, my...
by ssadmin | Mar 31, 2025 | Daily Journaling
“And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. Matthew 6:28-29 I love spring time. The flowers are clothed...
by ssadmin | Feb 27, 2025 | Daily Journaling
Oh Happy Day! In life, you will have delays, opposition, struggles, weakness, and a plethora of other obstacle words you can conjure up, in order to halt you from accomplishing a task. But…when God is in it, you will win it…through Him. We are reminded of this in...
by ssadmin | Feb 18, 2025 | Daily Journaling
Don’t let others hush you when crying out to Jesus. As Jesus and the disciples left the town of Jericho, a large crowd followed behind. Two blind men were sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was coming that way, they began shouting, “Lord, Son of...
by ssadmin | Feb 14, 2025 | Daily Journaling
Whew! I heard this song and it got me! The singer’s voice was filled with rawness and emotionally took me to a place I wasn’t expecting…desperation. Listen to this song: Have you ever been desperate? What is something that has or still just wrecks you? You feel...
by ssadmin | Feb 8, 2025 | Daily Journaling
Can you visualize it? You’re holding a stick in a fire, maybe roasting a marshmallow, and the stick (or marshmallow, for the delicious s’mores) catches on fire. You react, and snatch it away from the fire. You saved the stick from becoming ash in the pit, or the...
by ssadmin | Feb 4, 2025 | Daily Journaling
Friendship. I am so blessed to have a variety of friends. Growing up, my mom made sure that I was involved in various activities in church, clubs in school, hobbies, etc.. Within these various groups, I was able to forge meaningful friends and appreciated...
by ssadmin | Feb 3, 2025 | Daily Journaling
There are so many stories in the bible that make me think, “Are we so different?” Well, in today’s chapter, this question arose again. Friend, I want to encourage, challenge, you to read God’s words…Old and New…to discover the lessons we can learn from those in the...
