Tags: encouragement, hope, Purpose, thanksgiving
Living With Purpose – Week 2
Welcome to the new series Living With Purpose in Every Season! If you missed last week’s post you can find it in the link below. Living With Purpose – Week 1: Silent Seasons And now for Week 2! Living With Purpose – Week 2: Sweet Seasons of Blessing Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17 (ESV) Have you ever had a season in your life when things actually worked out right? Maybe it was a dream vacation,
Living With Purpose: Week 1
Happy New Year! In this brand new series “Living With Purpose in Every Season” we will: *Discover what it looks like to walk daily in the unknowns of life with confidence in your calling even if your calling isn’t exactly clear. *Discover how to live intentionally in every season even when it feels like things aren’t quite working out the way you planned. *Discover the way God uses different seasons to draw you closer to Him. *Uncover the truth about yourself when seasons change. *Find purpose when you feel lost or uncertain. *Be encouraged as you gain a fresh understanding
A Heart Full of Joy
We stood for the invitation and I felt God nudging my heart. He said, “Let the boy get baptized.” Immediately following the simple nudge from God, my little boy looked up with sincere conviction and said, “I’m ready to get baptized.” It’s amazing how God can speak to each of us individually. Jaxon made the decision to believe in Jesus and trust Him for salvation last year, but he had decided to wait until he was seven to let the church know about his decision through baptism. So we put it to rest and waited. My natural answer to his
Loneliness, Loss, and Love
Life has a way of making us think about what really matters most. As we gathered yesterday to practice for our annual Christmas concert, there was another gathering going on not far from us. A group, who had lost someone they loved dearly, gathered to remember their loved one. The chair once filled with life and love, now sits as a reminder of loss. If there’s an empty spot in your life, and you are feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the hype of the holidays, take time to be comforted with these thoughts about the reason for the season:
Be the Gift
I’m so excited to be joining my good friend, Leigh Ellen, this week as she continues a beautiful series called Home for the Holidays. If you are looking for a way to be a blessing this Christmas, this will encourage you to reach out in a special way. Read the post HERE. Love & Blessings, Micah
ABC Thanksgiving Prayer
It’s easy to be thankful when life looks good and things are going smoothly. We often like to say we are “blessed” in those moments. When crisis hits or relationships crumble it’s much harder to offer up praise and thanksgiving. The blessings we experience in the good old days quickly become a faint memory of God’s grace and we tend to focus on the problem in front of us. We know the right things to say in these seasons: Keep your chin up. This won’t last forever. God is good all the time. These things aren’t bad to say. I
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