Create in me a pure heart, O God - Psalm 51:10

Psalm 51 is a beautiful prayer of King David after being presented with the truth of his sin with Bathsheba.  I encourage you to read 2 Samuel 11-12 to see how devastating this "distraction" was in David's life and the life of his family.  As we close out 2016, I think it is worth considering those things in our lives that keep us from a flourishing relationship with the Lord.

Recently I flew out of Tulsa, OK on a dark, cold, gloomy day.   As we flew through and above the clouds (light and fluffy though they looked from above), lo and behold, blue sky and sunshine!  I took a picture to show you:

Those innocent looking clouds completely blocked the light. They didn't look like they could be destructive, but they certainly were.   Maybe they started out small, but eventually they completely blocked the sunshine from entering in.  Listen to one definition of a pure heart:

A pure heart is one that is devoted singularly

to God.  It is one that has no idols or competitors

to God that are set up to take God's place.

It's a heart that refuses to allow distractions

to block our view of God."

What might be some of the things that may be blocking your view of God?

--quest for success

--greed

--worldly possessions

--family

--unforgiveness

--food

--career

--popularity/acceptance

Genesis 1:26 tells us God made mankind in His image.  In Leviticus 11:44, He tells us to "...be holy because I am holy".  It is clear that if God is pure and holy - which He is - then His desire is for us to be pure and holy. We were made to be like Him.  Nothing can distract us from our devotion to Him and to His principles.  As I begin 2017,  I would like to say "no" to myself more and say "yes" more to God.  Will you join me in saying to our Creator:  "Create in me a pure heart, O God"?

For further study:   Leviticus 11:44-45, Isaiah 59:2, Psalm 24:4, Matthew 5:8, Ephesians 5:3-5, Philippians 4:8, 1 Thess. 4:7, Hebrews 12:1-2, 1 Peter 2:9.

Happy New Year, sweet friends!

Love One Another for love comes from God - 1 John 4:7

When love broke thru

You found me in the darkness

Wanderin' thru the desert

I was a hopeless fool

Now I'm hopelessly devoted

My chains are broken

And it all began with You

Toby Mac "Love Broke Thru"

Toby Mac is speaking the truth about the darkness and hopeless fools.  We need for love to break through in the world today!  Our pillow verse says "love comes from God"...so in essence we need more of God.  He has freely offered us His Spirit (Acts 2:38) but we have chosen independence and cheap thrills instead.

I believe one of the major things in our society that has contributed to its decline is our lack of love for one another.  In some ways I think much of that devaluing began in shows like Saturday Night Live that make fun of people and call it entertainment.  I love this picture of Michelle Obama and George Bush...they CHOSE this moment to exhibit LOVE!

David Brooks wrote a recent article about another family that has chosen love.  They have taken vulnerable teenagers into their home (from homelessness, poverty, sexual abuse) to sit around a dinner table and to crash in their bedrooms.  They have started a charitable foundation called AOK (All Our Kids) to provide hope for young people who have none.  Brooks says about them: "Love is the necessary force" to affect change in these kids and their relationships.  They are making a difference in Washington, D.C.

1 John reminds us that "all love comes from God"...if we have received love, we can choose to give love.  We might just make a difference in the world!  Hope you will vote on November 8th!

For further study:  Psalm 32:10, Proverbs 3:3, Lamentations 3:22, Daniel 9:4, Romans 12:9, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Galatians 6:22, Ephesians 2:4, 2 Thess. 3:5, Jude 21.

Love,

Holly

REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS - Phil. 4:4

Lord, I do not honor you merely by

obeying you.  The way to glorify you the most

is to enjoy you.  Help me...to revel in all you are

and have done for me until it awakens joy in my heart.

The Songs of Jesus

Is your joy awake?  Do others see your joy?  Does it take getting what you want to be joyful?  Do you find the circumstances of your life robbing you of joy?

Debra Fileta in RELEVANT MAGAZINE says "there are a few things truly happy people don't ever do."  Do you want to know what they are?

1.  Comparing - "looking at what others have is a recipe for disaster".

2.  Complaining -  "When the enemy tempts you to dwell on all that you don't have, defeat him by praising God for all that He's given".

3.  Competing - "Happy people don't live their life with others as their measuring stick".

4.  Controlling - "Letting go of control only becomes a reality when we grasp the truth that the moment we do, Someone greater takes control."

5.  Criticizing - "People who put others down the most are the ones who are struggling the most within themselves."

Fileta says "Happiness as the world defines it may not always be possible, but no matter where you are in life, you have the ability to choose joy."

I remind myself often that "...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control" (Gal. 5:22-23).  No matter how I try to convince myself otherwise, when I became a believer (July 3, 1981) the Holy Spirit began developing within me His fruit.  How healthy that fruit is depends on how much I depend upon Him.  How are you feeling today?  What are you depending upon today?

For further study:  1 Chron. 16:27, Nehemiah 8:10, Psalm 40:16, Psalm 118:24, Isaiah 55:10-12, Luke 2:10-11, John 15:11, Romans 12:12, 1 Cor. 13:6, James 1:2-4.

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

Love,

Holly

Great is the LORD and most worthy of worship - Ps. 145:3

Do you ever leave a worship service and completely forget being there...or at least take nothing away or not be changed in any way?  It's taken me a lot of years and lot of Spirit-guiding for me to realize that the quality of my worship depends on my view of the LORD.  I particularly love this verse because it reminds me who is great...and it's not me or anything I worship besides Him.

The dictionary definition of worship is "the act of showing respect and love for a god...excessive admiration for someone or something".  The Biblical definition says that God alone is the only person or thing worthy of worship.  I don't have to give a list of the things the world is in awe of...those are the things they worship. Frankly, those are the things that exhaust us.  The Bible says in Deu. 6:5: "Love the Lord your God with ALL your heart...soul...strength".  What are the things that are stealing your heart...your soul...your strength"?

Tim Keller says: "Only through worship are we restored to vigor from the exhaustion and burnout of seeking our own glory".  It is the Spirit of God that renews and fills...anything else we fill our hearts and minds with depletes.  I know that...I am reminded daily that the world is changing, God is not.  His word, which also doesn't change,  tells us that we will find rest in Him alone.

What is depleting you today?  What is restoring you?  Lysa TerKeurst says: "Whatever we worship, we obey."  Who are you obeying today?

For further study:  Deu. 32:3, 1 Chron. 16:25, Psalm 89:1 Psalm 111:10, Matthew 19:17, John 4:24, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Peter 4:10-11, James 5:13

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

Love,
Holly

THY WILL BE DONE - Matt. 6:10

I know you see me

I know you hear me, Lord

Your plans are for me

Goodness you have in store

So, thy will be done

THY WILL   by Hillary Scott

Nothing gives me more hope than knowing God has a plan for my life and it is a good one.  Nothing discourages me more than to think I am in charge of my life.  Hillary Scott has it right to say that life is confusing but not hopeless.  Broken hearts may come into our lives, but as Louie Giglio says, "In ALL things, God works..." (Rom. 8:28).

Jesus, fully human and fully God, knew God's plans were the right plans.  In the Garden of Gethsemane, the night before He was crucified,  He knew that submitting to His Father's will was necessary - oh so hard, but necessary.  We were never intended to live our lives without submitting to the One who created us...who knew us before we were born and does know what is best for us.  He has spoken to us in His word..what a treasure we have before us to listen to.  I love the new "Dare to Listen" campaign...a very necessary step for us to take to begin to communicate to each other about what we are feeling.  But there is One who has been beckoning us for ages...One who is worthy of listening to...worthy of honoring and obeying.

Isaiah 55:6 says "Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near".  I fear He will stop speaking to us if we do not respond in faith to His call upon our lives.  Whose will will you do today?

For further study:  Psalm 40:8, 143:10; Isaiah 53:10, Jeremiah 10:12, Matt. 26:39, John 7:17-18, Romans 12:1-2, 2 Cor. 8:12, Eph. 5:17, James 4:15.

Be blessed in the understanding of God's word.

Love,

Holly

"The word of our God stands forever" - Isaiah 40:8

I know I am not the only one who wonders where our world is headed...so much unrest, so much anger, no little value to others.  We have no peace, I believe, because we have rejected the Word of God.  He created all things with so much thought - read Genesis 1 to see how every detail was done so carefully and in such order.  He gave us His precious word to help us live. Eve began the ball rolling toward unrest (sin) when she chose to follow her feelings instead of the facts of what God had actually said.  Isaiah 26:3 (picture in our bathroom) tells us how to find peace and that is by keeping our minds set on the Lord God.

Our President, during the funeral of one of the Dallas police offers, suggested that "...we need to forge consensus, fight cynicism and find the will to make change".  With all due respect to him, I believe unless we go back to obeying God's word - which is as relevant today as it was when it was written on paper - we will never find policies that work.

Romans 2:8-11 tells us that those who "reject the truth" will find wrath, anger, trouble and distress.  I believe that's what we are seeing today.  Somewhere along the way, people decided they didn't have to follow the rules...they made their own...and we are reaping the consequences.  That passage says there will "...honor and peace for everyone who does good".

Condoleezza Rice prayed at a recent memorial service: "Dear heavenly Father...we know there are no easy answers, but the answers will come through You."

Will you be praying with me that those in authority will seek God and His word as they try to make sense of a world filled with hatred and violence?  2 Chronicles 7:14 says if we will, "He will heal our land".  Are you studying God's word?  Even if you never have, go to a Christian book store and find an inductive Bible study...join a BSF or Precept Bible study in your area...volunteer to teach children's Sunday School...that's how I learned much of the Bible!
May we not be one of the ones who God sees "rejecting the truth".

For further study: Deu. 11:18-21, 2 Sam. 22:31, Isaiah 55:10-11, Jer. 1:16, Matthew 24:35, John 1:1-5, John 15:1-8, 2 Tim. 3:16, Hebrews 4:12, James 1:22.

May you be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

Love,
Holly

God can do far more than you can ask or imagine - Eph 3:20

Our family is waiting on God for a particular "desire of the heart".  I believe it is only when we are desperate for Him that He gives us the desires of our hearts (Ps. 37:4) or that we recognize His voice..  However, I also believe there are things in our lives that will ONLY EVER be answered by Him for His glory...things that no mortal man or organization can do.  I do believe and truly trust in His perfect will.  I also believe He teaches us as we wait upon Him.

Jen Wilkin has recently written a book entitled NONE LIKE HIM: 10 Ways God is Different from Us.  In it she says:

God is infinite; unbound by limits.

He defies measurement of any kind.

His limitlessness underlies all of his

attributes; his power, knowledge, love

and mercy are not merely great, but they

are infinitely so, measurelessly so.  No one

can place any aspect of who God is on a

scale or against a yardstick. 

This one true God, the Creator of the universe, wants to know you and wants to give you the desires of your heart.  He wants you to live in peace and joy with Him giving Him the glory and not taking it for yourself.  He has given you His word that you might know Him and He has given you work to do.  

Are you waiting on Him today...or waiting for a word from a friend, or a text or an email?  I'm not going to give you the 10 ways that Wilkin gives for how God is different from us, but I will give you 10 scriptures for further study...see if you can find out what they are (and stop trying to do those things yourself - or myself!).  My fleshly desires pale in comparison to what He wants to give...it's why His word is so important for me to know...rather than for my emotions to rule what I desire.

Stay tuned:  I believe God will answer our family's prayers, but in His perfect time and perfect way.

For further study:  Exodus 15:11, Job 26:14, Job 42:2, Psalm 90:1-4, Psalm 145:3, Malachi 3:6, Acts 17:24-25, Acts 17:27, Romans 8:38-39, Rev. 4:11.

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

Love,

Holly

 

To God be the glory, great things He has done

So loved He the world that He gave us His Son.

Who yielded His life an atonement for sin

and opened the lifegate that all may go in.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord

Let the earth hear His voice

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord Let the people rejoice.

Oh come to the Father through Jesus His Son

And give Him the glory great things He hath done.

Fanny Crosby wrote this hymn which originally was published in l875.  It wasn't until a 1954 Billy Graham crusade - which was highly criticized by the British Press - that this hymn helped spark a sense of revival in Great Britain.  It has been an important hymn to us in the church ever since.

The truth is in the world today most individuals tend to seek their own glory...their own success...their own acclaim,  rather than live for the glory of God.  I recently attended a wonderful Gospel Coalition women's conference in which Tim and Kathy Keller spoke - among other great teachers.  Kathy said "We can choose to glorify (God) or self-indulge in ourselves." Do you recognize you make choices every day to whom you will seek to glorify? She went on to say that too many of us operate - even in the church - out of our giftedness rather than God's grace.  In times of trouble, our gifts may fail, but grace never does.  If it's His grace, then it is certainly not our glory.

I think it's good to ask the question:  To whose glory am I working toward?  If it's not His, then we must be prepared for His power to "readust" our thinking...His purposes will not be thwarted. (Job 42:2)

I must confess in my zeal to embroider, I got the wording wrong in this verse.  It actually reads "To God be the glory and power forever."  Hope you'll give me grace for the error...I do recognize His glory must always come first!

For further study: Gen. 1:26, 1 Sam. 4:21-22, 1 Chron. 16:24, Psalm 19:1, Psalm 34:2-3, Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 43:6-7,  Luke 2:14, Romans 1:21-25, Col. 3:23-24.

Be blesssed in your understanding of God's word.

Love,

Holly 

"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" - Matt. 6:21

Hope you are doing Bible study!  I just love our church's ladies Bible study, but when it's over I quickly start one on my own...it's the only way I know to grow in my faith.  I just finished Jennifer Rothschild's INVISIBLE: How You Feel is Not Who You Are. It's a chapter book but filled with Scriptures to study.

Much of her focus is on those things in our lives that we go to for satisfaction that never seem to satisfy.  She calls them "idoltrinkets".  They might be food, people, things, appearance and anything else we make more important than God.  It was very convicting and I guess you can guess that mine might be "treasures on earth" (from our pillow today!) that really aren't treasures at all.  They don't satisfy (for longer than a few seconds anyway)  - why I do I give them power to do something only God can do?  We become enslaved to whatever our minds long for.

Colossians 3:2 says:

"Set your affection on things above,

not on things on the earth".

The word for "set" is phroneo and it means to "direct one's mind to a thing, to seek or strive for".  Our mind is to be directed toward God.  Jennifer says:

When He is our treasure, our hearts will be

drawn toward Him, honoring Him.  When we keep our

minds on ourselves...we become our own

treasure and use our idoltrinkets only to

enrich ourselves.

John Piper says it this way:  "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."  What are you finding satisfaction in these days?  I'll have to spend some time thinking on that one.

For further study:  Jonah 2:8, Psalm 119:37, Proverbs 4:23, Isaiah 44:9, Matthew 16:26, Luke 18:22, 2 Cor. 10:5, 1 Timothy 6:7, Titus 2:12, Hebrews 13:5, 1 John 2:15-17.

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

Love,

Holly 

 

"Be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD" - Psalm 27:14

Psalm 27 reveals David's fears - fear of losing the battle, fear of losing family and friends and fear of being wrongly accused.  Tim Keller says "our fears...show us where we have really located our heart's treasure" (see next week's blog on Matt. 6:21). David recognized that in order for those fears not to rule his life, he would need to "gaze on the beauty of the Lord" (v. 4).  He knew the faithfulness of God and he chose to dwell on it.  

Lauren Daigle in "Trust in You" writes:

When You don't move the mountains I'm needing You to move;

When You don't part the waters I wish I could walk through;

When You don't give the answers as I cry out to You,

I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You!

When you stand at a bus stop, you are confident a bus will arrive and take you where you want to go.  When we "wait for the Lord", we can be even more confident He will show up and if (and when) He shows up, He is able to guide us to where He wants us to go.  I want that! Trust, my friends, in the Only One worthy of trust.

For further study:  Deu. 30:15-16, Joshua 1:9, Psalm 31:6, Proverbs 3:5-6,  Isaiah 40:31 and 41:10, Matthew 21:22, Acts 16:31, Hebrews 13:6,, 1 John 4:18.

Be blessed in your understanding of God's Word.

Love,

Holly 

Love is patient Love is kind Love never fails - 1 Corinthians 13

Have you noticed June is coming?  There are happy wedding showers, calendar dates and brides planning such delightful celebrations!  Love is in the air...or so they say!  When I was growing up Tina Turner sang "What's Love Got to Do With it?".  Well, truth is, it has a lot to do with every part of a satisfying life.  Unfortunately too many people listen to Tina Turner (or used to!) and not enough to the God who is Love!

His kind of love is sacrificial, deep, caring more about giving than getting.  We have cheapened the word to mean something much less.  The 1 Corinthians 13 kind of love (agape) is much more like the words in "O the deep, Deep Love of Jesus":

O the deep, deep love of Jesus

Vast unmeasured, boundless, free!

Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me.

Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love,

Leading onward, leading homeward to my glorious rest above.

The author of this dear hymn, Samuel Trevor Francis,  was in despair as he crossed a bridge in London and in his loneliness considered putting an end to his misery.  Suddenly, he said, a question came to him "do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ" and he then put his whole trust in Him.  He went on to write numerous other hymns.

The deep, deep love of Jesus is not altered by the circumstances of our lives...He loves you, He has always loved you and His love has a lot to do with every part of our lives.  This kind of love is available to all...because His love is available to all.  Trust Him today.

For further study: Nehemiah 1:5, Psalm 32:10, Psalm 108:4, Isaiah 54:10, Jeremiah 31:3, John 13:34-35, Gal. 5:22-23, Phil. 1:9-10, 1 Peter 4:8, 1 John 4:7-21.

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

Love,

Holly 

 

God is my joy and my delight - Ps. 43:4

I just love Spring!  Although my aging body and mind do not like the "spring forward" time change, I just adore the blooming trees, petunias, tulips, birds singing and the beautiful orchid plants we just received from precious friends!  It's so easy to be joyful this time of year!  I can remember living in Chicago in the dark days of winter (and sometimes Spring!) and letting the darkness rob me of my God-given joy.  Somehow we let outside influences rob us of what is rightfully ours - "The fruit of the Spirit is love, JOY, peace, patience, kindness, gooodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control" (Gal. 5:22-23).  They are within a believer whether they feel it or not.  I love Tim Keller who says "joy is always on the way"...that gives me such hope!

What are some things that derail us?  Debra Fileta says the following 5 habits sabotage our joy:

1.  Comparing (our lives with others) - we cannot see what God is doing in our life if we are always looking at the lives of others that we think are better.

2.  Complaining - She says "happy people don't complain".  That's a pretty high standard but a good warning!

3.  Competing - Don't use others as your measuring stick; use God's word.  God's plan is special for you.

4.  Controlling -  When we let go, "Someone greater takes control".

5.  Criticizing -  Find the good in others and in yourself.

She closes with: "Happiness as the world defines it may not always be possible, but no matter where you are in life, you have the ability to choose joy."

In our Bible study discussion this moring, we talked about the Ephesians 4:17-32 passage where Paul was admonishing the Gentile believers to "put off" their former way of life (v. 22) and to "put on the new self created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." (v. 24)  Do you know what verse is between those two?   "to be made new in the attitude of your minds"!  He told them to begin to think differently...we can do that!  We can think "lovely things" and wind up thinking joyfully!  Yes, please!!

For further study:  1 Chron. 16:27, Neh. 8:10, Psalm 21:6, Hab. 3:17-18,  Romans 12:12, Gal. 5:22-23, Phil. 4:4, 1 Thess. 5:16-18, James 1:2.

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

Love,
Holly

The Lord bless and keep you - Numbers 6:24

This Valentine's Day, I want to wish this wonderful old blessing to you:

"The LORD bless you and keep you;

the LORD  make his face shine on you and

be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you

and give you peace." 

We see from the text this is what the Lord wanted Moses to tell Aaron how he should bless the Israelites.   This has been the priestly blessing used for many years.  As the priests chanted this over the people, they would lift their hands in the air - thumbs together - and it was believed that the Lord's presence would shine through their fingers upon the people.

We are in much need of the Lord's blessing today and every day.  Are we praying for our leaders - in the church and in our country - to seek wisdom and blessing from the Lord?  We will not prosper unless the Lord blesses...the Bible is full of instructions to seek Him and Him only.

Are we blessing each other by seeking the Lord to be at work in our families, in our neighborhoods, in our schools?  There is such hostility everywhere you look today, we can be a part of pleading for blessing...not cursing.

This is what D.L. Moody said about this verse:

Here is a blessing that can give all the tme

without being impoverished.  Every heart may utter it,

every letter may conclude with it, every day may

begin with it, every night may be sanctified by it.  Here is a blessing -

keeping - shining - the uplifting upon our poor life of

all heaven's glad morning.  It is the Lord Himself who

(gives us) this bar of music from

heaven's infinite anthem."

Happy singing, sweet friends!

For further study: Gen. 12:2-3, Deu. 30:1-3, 15-16, Psalm 1:1, Psalm 33:12, Psalm 112:1, Ezekiel 34:26, Matt. 5:3-10, Romans 12:14, Eph. 1:3, James 1:12.  

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word~

Happy Valentine's Day,

Holly  

 

In all things God works for the GOOD of those who love him - Rom. 8:28

Maybe it's because it's winter; maybe it's because the political season is here; maybe it's because we're too busy, but there seems to be a lot of complaining and negative talk going on.  I don't thrive in a negative environment...do you? Why do we let negative thinking make us negative?

One of the reasons may be because our minds have been too distracted to change the way we think.  Steven Parton has written an article saying:

 "The thoughts you have actually reshape

your brain connections and make your brain more 

likely to have those thoughts again...and again..." 

In other words, the more we think negative the more ingrained our brains become at thinking that way.  We can do as Phil. 4:8 says: "if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things."  John Lubbock says:  "What we see depends mainly on what we look for."  What are you looking for today?

One of my favorite sayings is: "God is GOOD all the time."  He has set the standard for goodness - in the beginning what He created He described as "very good".  Not only that, He has given us his Holy Spirit at salvation to indwell us and to develop His fruit in us. Gal. 5:22-23 says we can exhibit goodness because He is goodness!  We can think goodness.  We can share goodness.  We can choose goodness!

Sherry Surratt, MOPS International President, says:

Imperfect thoughts...are going to come.  But

I can choose to meet these thoughts head on with what 

God says.  He made me. On purpose...He  promises to

 help me if only I will ask.  Then he gave me  a choice.

  I can sit and soak in all that's wrong and imperfect or 

I can notice what I have been given and how much God loves

me.

Today, I choose goodness because God is good!

For further study:  Ex. 33:19, Neh. 9:33-35, Psalm 23:6, Psalm 145:9, Matt. 19:17, Eph. 5:8-10, Phil. 1:4-6, 2 Thess. 1:11, 2 Peter 1:3, James 1:17.

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

Love,

Holly

 

"Let everything that has breath praise the Lord" - Psalm 150:6

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  New Year's resolutions make me nervous and I am not likely to make many.  However, I do believe our Lord gently (most of the time!) nudges us toward growth particularly at the start of a new year.  

One of my most meaningful lessons in 2015 came in preparing a talk for a women's group.  Isaiah 43:7 tells me God's purpose in creating His people was for His glory.  If that is my purpose, then how will I do that?  I think it means to be intentional about displaying His greatness and majesty...to share what He has done in my life and what He is doing in the world today...to tell about His great love for everything He created and how He wants every person to know Him as Lord through His Son, Jesus Christ. His power is enough for a changing and disobedient world...that is worth telling others about!

I sense the Lord wanting me to be unhindered in my praise of Him...RECKLESS, as Jeremy Camp sings:

I wanna be reckless cause You are endless

I wanna be shameless and shout Your greatness

I will not be afraid to surrender my way

And follow who You are 

I was out of town last Sunday and visited a local church with my sister.  The worship inspired me...I found myself clapping and singing loudly to hymns!  This was not a contemporary service, but all ages were moving and joyful!  God is worth singing about...He is worthy of my praise...and I want to tell others with every breath I have.  Will you join me?

For further study:  1 Chronicles 16:24, Psalm 34:1-3, Psalm 40:1-10, Psalm 89:1-2, Isaiah 12:4-6, Matthew 5:16, John 4:39, 1 Cor. 10:31, Eph. 6:19-20, 1 Peter 2:9.

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

Love,

Holly