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Christine Ayala
Sep 20, 20231 min read
Seeking Wisdom
“Get wisdom; develop good judgment. Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.” How do we get wisdom? From God, obviously, but also...
Christine Ayala
Sep 8, 20231 min read
Freedom
Freedom in Christ is about being free from sin, not free do whatever we want. Our human nature wants all kinds of thing that are harmful,...
Christine Ayala
Aug 13, 20231 min read
The Word
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things...
Christine Ayala
Aug 12, 20231 min read
Real Life
The life of a Christian includes trials, broken hearts, trouble, and stress. We are not exempt from these, we just don’t have to go...
Christine Ayala
Aug 9, 20231 min read
I Surrender All
I read this prayer by @lysaterkeurst in my devotion this morning and was struck by the need to surrender all every day. The posture of...
Christine Ayala
Aug 8, 20231 min read
Perfect Peace
Shalom - perfect peace where and where nothing is missing and nothing is broken. This is the Lord’s desire for you. And you can’t get it...
Christine Ayala
Aug 7, 20231 min read
Feelings
Jesus had emotions just like you and I do. In fact, He felt very deeply… and still does. His love for you and me is deeper and wider and...
Christine Ayala
Aug 4, 20231 min read
Courage
Our culture is constantly pressuring us to conform to what it says. Not all of this is bad, in fact some of it has been fought for by...
Christine Ayala
Jul 22, 20231 min read
Praying
It seems to me that Prayer is so much more important than we think it is. Taking time for fellowship and conversation with someone you...
Christine Ayala
Jul 21, 20231 min read
Alien
This isn’t what we want to hear. But let this prayer Jesus prayed for us kindle up your courage to live like you are truly a citizen of...
Christine Ayala
Jul 15, 20231 min read
Precious Joy
…the fight for joy is not for the unarmed. What a statement! We often talk about fighting for our rights, values, faith, principles,...
Christine Ayala
Jul 10, 20231 min read
Hope!
Hope is powerful. We are to rejoice in it, and it can be enough to get us through tremendous hardships. Think of Paul who wrote this, he...
Christine Ayala
Jul 5, 20231 min read
Unfaithful
Pastor @chuck.foreman.71 preached on about Hosea this week and I’ve been reading that book and thinking about that message a lot. How...
Christine Ayala
Jul 4, 20231 min read
Strength in Weakness
The apostle Paul taught this in his 2nd letter to the Corinthians. “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults,...
Christine Ayala
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Intentional
The life of a Christian, a disciple of Christ, isn’t the “easy button.” ““Don’t look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with...
Christine Ayala
Jun 22, 20231 min read
What’s God Doing In This?
When we give our hearts to Jesus the next step is to surrender our lives to God and His ultimate purposes for us - the actual reasons He...
Christine Ayala
Jun 4, 20231 min read
WWJD
Following Jesus requires us to make choices, sometimes very difficult choices, that require us to reject what our human nature (flesh)...
Christine Ayala
May 26, 20231 min read
PRAY
Prayer matters always. I know because I have seen and experienced God’s power over and over and over! He hears us and He listens. He acts...
Christine Ayala
May 24, 20231 min read
Do it!
If you’re a Christian, you’re a member of the body of Christ. The Lord has a place for you in His Church. This is true even if you’ve had...
Christine Ayala
May 19, 20231 min read
On The Path?
Some things are events and others are processes. When we give our lives to God and ask Jesus to be our Savior, that’s an event! A big...
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