Author Archives: Marilyn

Winter Bible Study

Topic:  WHAT’S NEW? –  Discovering the “Good News” found in the New Testament When:  Beginning, Friday, January 9, 2015 – Your invitation and details will be coming soon.Continue Reading

GIVING THANKS

For beauty all around us laid – Sunshine bright and dappled shade For stars and moon which move on high – Creation’s splendor, feast to eye For towering mount and crashing shore – There is much to thank Him for! For friends and family so dear – Occasions of great joy and cheer For harvest…Continue Reading

Sharing Some Thoughts – Lesson 10

Isn’t it interesting that the first believers in Jesus “became stronger because they lived in the fear of the Lord”?  Not only did that early church in Jerusalem grow in numbers, but very quickly those disciples took this “Good News” to neighboring towns and then to the Gentiles (people who were different from them).  It…Continue Reading

Sharing Some Thoughts – Lesson 9

My friend makes it a practice to mentally give thanks to God each night, before she drifts off to sleep, for 5 very specific things that she experienced during that day.  She has found that these thoughts help her to turn her heart to God so that the anxieties of life and the challenges that…Continue Reading

Sharing Some Thoughts – Lesson 8

Is there a day that goes by when you do not feel the need for more wisdom than you have on your own?  As long as you and I are in “that awkward period between birth and death” (unknown source), there will be constant reminders that our own resources and intelligence are inadequate.   Knowledge, experience,…Continue Reading

Insight from Solomon in Proverbs Lesson 8 – October 31 – November 7

Did your mom or dad have some wise old sayings, sometimes referred to as adages, that they would repeat to you under certain circumstances?  Perhaps you heard one of these from time to time.  “Beggars can’t be choosers.” “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.”  “A penny saved is a penny earned.”  Every language seems to…Continue Reading

Sharing Some Thoughts – Lesson 7

Every day I pray for my children and my grandchildren.   Do you?  I want them to love and to follow the Lord, to know His blessings and His forgiveness, to experience His peace and His joy.  How grateful I am that the Psalms reminded me this week that my children and the following generations will…Continue Reading