It was a dark and spooky night… I’m a visual person. I like to see things in front of me and I like to have little notes or signs to remind me of things. On my desk, I like to have pot-it notes and little signs to remind me of things and encourage me. One …
Category Archives: Devotional
The Details, a devotional by Keona J. Tann
This year I’m attempting to once again journey through the Bible in chronological order. I’m using The Bible Recap with Tara-Leigh Cobble on the YouVersion Bible app. But I’ve got to be honest with you, the past couple of days have been a hard slog! In Exodus 25 God begins to give DETAILED instructions to …
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In all things, God works for our good
Romans 8 verse 28 (NIV)And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose I’ve been very challenged of late to think about things that happen in life e.g failure- through a different lens- namely God’s. Like an old long …
When God Stops You
Hi, it’s Dienece Darling doing something new today! I’m adding devotional blogs to what I write with ACW. Pondering God’s Word is something close to my heart, and I hope you enjoy looking through the Bible with me. So, settle in, and let’s start our journey together to the foot of God’s throne. Have you …
The Benefits and Necessity of the Pause
I’ve been using the word pause often after recently experiencing the sudden loss of my mother. Over the Christmas holiday, I gathered with my family to make funeral arrangements, and I entered the new year surrounded by the struggle of bereavement. Because of this, January brought the need for a pause from work, socializing, and …
Devotional | Counting Our Blessings
Scripture: Luke 6:20-23 Do you know the hymn “Count Your Many Blessings”? Written in 1897, it was one of 5000 songs that Johnson Oatman Jr. composed during his lifetime – he died in 1922 – as a way to preach the Gospel. The song’s message? Despite whatever hardships life may throw at us, God has …
DEVOTIONAL: New Year, Same God
2024 has well and truly begun. It’s easy to be excited at a new year starting; there is a sense of anticipation the coming year will be better than the year before. Some of us had a great 2023 and some of us were counting down the minutes so we could farewell 2023. Some people …
Devotion | Doing Things Differently
Scriptures: Romans 12:2 and Ephesians 5:1-2 “The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.” Novelist L. P. Hartley’s opening line in “The Go-Between” resonates with me. It does so because I’m an author of historical fiction set during the English Reformation. My research has shown me how different life was in 1500s …
Devotion | God is Able
Songs can bring such encouragement to fortify and strengthen us. A new song we are learning in church has a tag with the words You’re not done with me yet, there’s so much more to the story….The words “You’re not done with me yet” move me in my spirit. In the deepest part of me, …
DEVOTIONAL: Take refuge
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” – Psalm 91 I love the imagery of God being a shelter and a refuge. When I read this verse, I imagine someone …