Promise of the Day: Lavish Forgiveness!
Blessings! Today’s Promise is Proverbs 17:9 AMP: “He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, But he who repeats or gossips about a matter separates intimate friends.” Devotion: Last week during afternoon prayer, I was caught up to the Third Heaven and found myself face-to-face with a man I can only describe as jubilant. He was big in […]
The Gift of a Lifetime! Limited Time Offer!
Blessings Friends! Christmas is upon us. A time to celebrate the greatest gift ever given. The one and only Son of God, in the form of a little baby. Not snuggled in a royal purple robe and rocking in a cradle of gold, but wrapped in cloths like those used to dress a body for […]
A Sweet New Year: 5785
Blessings, Family, I’m interrupting this thread of messages to wish you all L’Shana Tovah (A Sweet New Year)! On October 2, 2024, we celebrated a new Hebrew year with Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets. This is the beginning of the High Holy Days, foreshadowing the return of King Jesus. This was an especially sweet […]
Calling All Signposts!
Blessings, Family! I had a couple dreams last Sunday that kind of discouraged me. But, when I went before the Lord that morning and asked Him to reveal the meaning of the dreams, I learned they were anything but discouraging. They were actually very exciting. In the first dream, a man was proudly showing me […]
Jars of Clay: Enduring the Potter’s Wheel
Blessings, Family, “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: ‘Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.’ Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was […]
Victim or Victor?
Blessings Family, There were a band of thieves working a neighborhood. They were greedy, crafty, and ruthless. No one ever saw them in operation, only the destruction left in their wake. One man who lived in the neighborhood never read or watched the news, so he knew nothing of the crime wave which had hit […]
Under Attack: Overcoming Adversity
(First Published 09/05/2011) This is a very timely message for me right now, as I work on my next book, The Demon Slayers Hankbook. The struggles may have changed, but the King is still on the throne! Blessings Family! You know you are doing something right, if you are under attack. A week before the […]
Passover 2024: Change is in the Air
Blessings, Family, As we come into another Passover season, I can’t help but reflect on the last couple of years of my journey. I have definitely felt the weight of transition in my life. Maybe you’ve felt it, too. Change is coming. “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not […]
Blessings and Opportunities
Blessings Beloved Family! I’m sending this to both my Arise! and Promise of the Day readers, so I apologize if some of you get a double message. I’ve been in the midst of the fire for the last year, having several surgeries that have greatly limited my physical activity, but I am still writing and […]
Blessed Art Thou
Blessings, Family, For Christmas this year, I decided to share an excerpt from my book, Loved So Much It Hurts: Purpose in the Pain. This particular piece was posted on my CarePage on December 20, 2010, a year after my cancer surgery. This season, I’ve felt the story of our Savior’s birth more deeply than I […]