Living Your Faith

Encouragement For Your Journey With God

Don’t Worry, You CAN Hear From God!

Hearing God

India fascinated me. I had always wanted to go. I finally had a chance for an all expense paid trip, but I heard the Lord saying it was not the right time for me. So, I passed on the offer.  Read more…


The Father’s Heart

by Col. Gary Nelson (ret), my wonderful earthly father!  A few years ago, I was planning a Sunday school lesson on The Father’s Heart.  While I was driving home one day in rush hour traffic, thinking about the subject, suddenly Read more…


The Key to Lasting Happiness

Would you like the key to happiness?  It is money, fame, power, adoration? Nope, none of those. But I can tell you what it is! Does that sound too good to be true?  It’s not!  The key to happiness and Read more…


The Pearl of Great Price

Pearl of Great Price

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.  When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.”  Matt 13:45-46 During Roman times pearls were an elusive Read more…


Times and Seasons

I have been pondering recently how to navigate a new season in which I find myself.  As I did, the Lord brought to mind Eccelsiastes 3:1, which in the NKJV says, “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under Read more…


God’s Plan for You

God's Plan

I know God’s ultimate plan for you! You may think me presumptuous – but it’s true.  He has laid it out plainly in His Word.  It is the big overarching theme of the Bible. It is revealed through the lives Read more…


No Regrets

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.”  Ecc. 3: 1 A Different Track When I was 38 I was still single, never married, and quite satisfied.  But it wasn’t always that way. Growing up I Read more…


Choices

We all face limitless little choices every day: what time to get up; how to exercise, if at all; what to eat at each meal; how to dress; what to watch, read, attend; do I answer that call, text, email; Read more…


Get Beyond Words, Do Good Deeds

Beyond Words, Good Deeds

“And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds” Hebrews 10:24 We’ve all heard the saying, “actions speak louder than words”. And that is definitely true when communicating the Good News of Jesus to those who do Read more…