Barbara Alpert
Barbara Alpert is a wife, mother and grandmother living on the West Coast of Florida. She has written books for children and adults as well as her memoir, Arise My Daughter: A Journey from Darkness to Light, a powerful testimony that helps the reader to embark on their own path to healing. She is active in her church, serves as a women's small group leader and loves coaching aspiring authors. She seeks to encourage, comfort, and edify others through God's love and His word.
Do Not Look Back!
Are you facing changes in your life today? Come talk to a mentor. “But Lot’s wife looked back and she became a pillar of salt.” (Genesis 19:26) Letting go of what we have grown accustomed to is not easy. Moving, switching careers, or letting go of relationships, whether good or bad, can be heartbreaking. Many […] Read More >
Do not look back!
Take today’s next step: Is God asking you to do something new? Make The Life commitment. “But Lot’s wife looked back and she became a pillar of salt.” (Genesis 19:26) Letting go of what we grow accustom to is not easy. Moving, switching careers, or letting go of relationships, whether good or bad, can be heartbreaking. […] Read More >
Dysfunctional versus Functional
What does a Christian really look like? Find out with this lesson in Galatians. “You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips…since you have taken off your old […] Read More >
Encouragement
Do you need some encouragement today? Come talk to a mentor. “When he (Saul) came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his […] Read More >
Enticement and Entrapment
Are you hiding behind secrets? Talk to us. “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” (1 Peter 5:8) I live in the Sunshine State of Florida, so I see many people fishing from piers, boats, and sandy shores. Some use imitation lures […] Read More >
God Remembered
Are you waiting for an answer from God? We would love to pray with you today. “But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.” (Genesis 8:1) Do you sometimes feel as if […] Read More >
God Your Father
Are you waiting on God for something? Let us pray for you. “The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.” (Proverbs 18:10) Do you know that if you are a believer in Christ Jesus, you have been adopted into God’s family? Through faith in Jesus, God […] Read More >
God-given Dreams
Are you waiting on God for something? Let us pray for you. “Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.” (Genesis 37:5) God spoke to Joseph in a dream and revealed the plan He had for Joseph’s future. When Joseph shared the dream with his […] Read More >
God’s Wish List
Is your best never good enough? Talk to a mentor. “This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:3-4) Do you have a wish list? Is it filled with dreams you aspire to see come true, places […] Read More >
Going through life with a cheerful demeanor
Finding it hard to be cheerful? Let us pray for you. “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” (Proverbs 17:22) While participating in our church’s nursing home outreach, I spent precious time with a wheelchair bound woman. From the moment I saw her, I could not help but […] Read More >