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Habits
Every one of us has habits, like little rituals we replay every day, that aren’t for our best. I remember when my kids were young and...
Christine Ayala
Jan 14, 20241 min read


Decisions
How many decisions do you make every day? Quite a few. Many of them are little ones, like which route should I drive to get somewhere or...
Christine Ayala
Dec 12, 20231 min read


Never Fails
We must never forget that our faith is in God - not our own strengths, talents, abilities or intellect. And definitely not in other...
Christine Ayala
Nov 29, 20231 min read


Praise Him Anyway
“The Lord gave and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21 There are some things and relationships that...
Christine Ayala
Nov 10, 20231 min read


Just Don’t
We live in an angry world. Somehow we all think we have a right to vent our anger and that others should be cool with it. Is that being...
Christine Ayala
Sep 28, 20231 min read


The Lord is Our Peace
The Lord our Peace is one of God’s names. Gideon called Him that, and so do we. Many of us learned Jehovah Shalom, but it’s probably more...
Christine Ayala
Sep 27, 20231 min read


Fruit
There is nothing wrong with feeling angry, the problems that come from anger are always a choice! What are you going to do with it, are...
Christine Ayala
Jul 29, 20231 min read


Waiting
This verse came alive to me today in a new way. The endurance that we are taught in the Scriptures is daunting. We get discouraged when...
Christine Ayala
Jul 25, 20231 min read


True Friend
None of us want to hear the word, “No!” We want others to be supportive and to back us up without questioning anything. At the same time,...
Christine Ayala
Jul 24, 20231 min read


Rest
When we work so hard that we are always tired and emotionally unavailable to those we say we love, and to God, we are not following His...
Christine Ayala
Jun 27, 20231 min read


Empty Places
Knowing who you are, understanding your identity can only come about by understanding who created you. We don’t define ourselves, we...
Christine Ayala
Jun 26, 20231 min read


Perfect Peace
When things don’t go the way you’d hoped, or how you thought God was going to orchestrate them, how does that make you feel? What about...
Christine Ayala
Jun 14, 20231 min read


Obedience
When we obey the Lord, it changes things. Our obedience calls the blessings and promises of God into action. “Blessed are all who fear...
Christine Ayala
Jun 12, 20231 min read


Weakness?
God teaches us this at different times and in different ways in the Bible. There’s the story of Gideon, who was hiding and trying to sift...
Christine Ayala
Jun 1, 20231 min read


Not My Will
Well, isn’t that a good question? Whenever you find yourself repeating a pattern that leads to a sin you don’t really want to do and that...
Christine Ayala
May 25, 20231 min read


Time
Time is a gift from God. Like any gift, it can be cherished and put to good use or despised and squandered away. Sometimes we just waste...
Christine Ayala
May 18, 20231 min read


Wait Hope Trust
The verb in the beginning of this verse is translated differently by different translations- “trust,” “wait,” and “hope.” Each of these...
Christine Ayala
May 14, 20231 min read


Listen
I am sharing this quote from @elisabethelliotspeaks because I have experienced the same thing so many times. It’s always when I have...
Christine Ayala
Mar 20, 20231 min read


St. Patrick’s Breastplate
There is a prayer St. Patrick wrote and prayed - it’s been turned into a hymn called St Patrick’s Breastplate. Here is an excerpt from...
Christine Ayala
Mar 17, 20231 min read


He Is Good
I’ve definitely gone through times when I questioned the goodness of God’s will. How could this kind of suffering be good? How could the...
Christine Ayala
Mar 6, 20231 min read
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