by Soul Refreshers | Mar 3, 2024 | Humility, Thanksgiving
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand…” I Peter 5:6 Wow! It wasn’t even noon yet, and I’d been able to check six things off the day’s to-do list. I congratulated myself and even bragged to my husband. And then I came to the next thing: working on this...
by Soul Refreshers | Feb 25, 2024 | Guidance, Intentional Chrisitanity, Prayer
“The old has passed away; behold the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV Isn’t it amazing that Scriptures more than 2,000 years old can still speak to us today? Perhaps it’s because, in spite of differences in language and culture and the vast...
by Soul Refreshers | Feb 19, 2024 | God's Care, Obeying God, Trust
“Daniel resolved…” Daniel 1:8, NIV Have you ever felt that way? Like you’re stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place? Like no matter what you choose the consequences won’t be pleasant? That was Daniel. Put yourself in his place: He was...
by Soul Refreshers | Feb 12, 2024 | Intentional Chrisitanity, Witness
“The chief official gave them new names…” Daniel 1:8 Do you know your own identity? Do you know who you are and whose you are? No matter where you are? I know of four men who did. You’ve probably heard of them: Belteshezzar, Hannaniah, Mishael, and...
by Soul Refreshers | Feb 5, 2024 | Bible Study, Intentional Chrisitanity
“the Most High God is sovereign over all.” Daniel 5:21, NIV Have you ever left God out? I have. Let me explain my most recent revelation of how I might be leaving God out. When I begin studying a book of the Bible, I try to read it through at least once....
by Soul Refreshers | Sep 9, 2022 | Prayer, Trust
“Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”Luke 5:12, NIV Jesus spent a lot of time traveling from town to town, teaching in the synagogues and to the crowds. And healing. He spent a lot of time healing those in need. And Luke tells us of a man who...
by Soul Refreshers | Aug 13, 2022 | Intentional Chrisitanity, Jesus, Witness
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.”Isaiah 40:28, NIV I’ve been studying the gospel of Luke in my daily time... by Soul Refreshers | Jul 27, 2022 | Doubt, Faith
“Zechariah asked the angel, ‘How can I be sure of this?'”Luke 1:18, NIV Lord, did you really call us to Africa? That was my middle-of-the-night cry just after husband Larry had chased away a thief climbing in through the window of the guest room we...
by Soul Refreshers | Jul 20, 2022 | God's Care, Trust, Uncategorized
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.”Isaiah 26:3, ESV What fun to get to care for two of our grandkids while their mom and dad went off to the hospital to welcome child number three. An exciting time—and an...
by Soul Refreshers | May 14, 2022 | Intentional Chrisitanity, Obeying God
“Take off the graveclothes.”John 11:44, NIV Have you ever smelled something so raunchy it makes you gag? A skunk who’d let loose? Filthy gym clothes that had been stuffed in a locker for an entire semester? A dead animal? Your spouse? Well, hopefully not...
