Encouraging one another, all the more
My church was covering the Beatitudes for a few months; each week, they would highlight one line from each beatitude. In the week leading up to the verse, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy,” I was faced with a situation where I did not show mercy.
Sisters, thank you for letting us join you on your faith-journey in 2017! Our sole desire was that each blog spurred you on in your faith in Jesus. We sincerely believe faith is a community project – and that’s why All the More exists, “to encourage one another, all the more” (Hebrews 10:23). Without further ado, our most read blog of 2017: When God Says No by Kathryn Pesyna “So maybe He’s not going to let you stay in the city and community you love. Maybe He’s not going to heal you from that sickness. Maybe He’s not going to bring you a spouse or kids. Maybe He’s not going to give you that job or financial stability. Maybe He’s not going to let you see the fruit of your witness. But He is faithful, sisters, and He loves you.” #2: Loving Others More, When We Love Them Less Than Jesus by Rachel Mills “I don’t […]
What if I told you there is a type of prayer without words? A prayer about being. With. Presence. Communion. Fellowship. What would you say?
As one year is wrapping up (no pun intended, :D) and a new year is approaching, it is common for our thoughts to reflect on what happened in the last year and focus our thoughts ahead. I would like to present to you a few challenges to think about and act upon before the year is over and a few to practice in the new year.
It’s been one of those seasons. You know, the dry kind? The kind where my prayer life looks like 5 minutes in the morning, 5 minutes at night, and maybe something at lunch if I remember. The kind where I lose my Bible somewhere underneath the stack of yet-to-be-folded laundry sitting on my bedroom floor. And the kind that leads a lackluster discipleship group because my own spiritual life has taken a hit.
How do you feel when someone says to you, “I forgive you?” Do you feel relieved? Freed up? Like you’re closer to this person than you were before? If that’s how it feels to receive forgiveness, then how might it feel to be the one extending it?
“It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.” – Aristotle
Did you know that the scriptures command us to give a reason for our faith?
Thanksgiving is such a beautiful time to remember what God has done in our lives. The Bible is full of stories of people who forgot what God had just done for them and gone back to the ways of the world.
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;