“My knee hurts and is swollen” My life changed forever the day I heard these words, although it took a year and a half and many medical tests to receive a correct diagnosis. I will never forget the day I heard those words from my then 39 year old husband.His diagnosis is Psoriatic Arthritis.  It [...]

“If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.” (John 15:19) The word “penguin” brings visions of gleaming snow and ice with temperatures dipping below [...]

This is the first in a four-part series for ministry leaders who feel wrung out, stressed out or burned out. Why we need more than a calling For 30 years, my husband Bill and I have seen firsthand the challenges faced by ministry leaders, and are we are passionate about holding up their sometimes-weary hands. Most [...]

Restore our fortunes, LORD, as streams renew the desert. Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest (Psalm 126:5-6). One phone call on August 18, 1999 changed my life forever. One phone call sent me [...]

by Katherine Kehler **Are you in great mental pain today? Take this study to learn and understand how hope can help in overcoming this pain.  http://thelife.com/study/behindmasks.html?section=behindmask&ft=BSG-OS “And he (they) shall be like a tree firmly planted (and tended) by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also [...]

Are you confused and not sure what to do or where to turn?  We have mentors who would like to talk with you. Join us for our Daily Devotional Chat today in our Women’s Chatroom at 10:30am EST. “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The LORD your God, who is going [...]

Our online chat room is almost always open. Feel free to drop in for our daily chats or whenever, just to talk. “A voice of one calling in the desert, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight paths for Him …” Luke 3:4 Sometimes I feel like I am in a desert, don’t you? [...]

by Marilyn Ehle **Growing in your faith:  http://thelife.com/study/growingfaith.html “When the Lord saw that he (Moses) had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush…”  (Exodus 3:4). I wonder how much of God and his adventure for my life I have missed because I have not taken the time and spent the [...]

Do you believe in life after death? Questions? Ask us. “A voice of one calling in the desert, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight paths for Him …” (Luke 3:4). Sometimes I feel like I am in a desert, don’t you? Everything seems lifeless. My enthusiasm dries up and I thirst for something [...]

“Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 Amplified Bible (AMP) During a tour at [...]