Don’t Forget to Celebrate!

Hello, friends.

I want to remind you that this coming Sunday is Pentecost. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate God’s amazing gift to us of His Spirit. You can make your celebration as simple or as elaborate as you’d like, but you will not want to miss giving thanks on this special day.

I have written about Pentecost previously, so I will provide the links to those earlier posts:
What are You Celebrating this Sunday?
It’s Time to Celebrate!

Rejoicing with you,
Tami

How to Fight on Your Knees

Apr25

I am trying something new today.

I would like to share with you a presentation called “Battle Strategies in Prayer: How to Fight on Your Knees.” In this slide-show, I discuss several aspects of effective prayer. These are spiritual principles that we can learn from Old Testament battle accounts.

May God bless you as you join Him in fighting for your marriages and families.

Tami

[Photo from swordofthespirit.net/bulwark/february2012p4.htm]

Marriage according to the Master

Mar21

Looking for God’s direction concerning your marriage? Here is some clear instruction from 1 Corinthians 7—along with some encouragement and challenge, too:

Marriage is not a place to “stand up for your rights.” Marriage is a decision to serve the other….

[I]f you are married, stay married. This is the Master’s command…. If a wife should leave her husband, she must either remain single or else come back and make things right with him. And a husband has no right to get rid of his wife.

… If you are a man with a wife who is not a believer but who still wants to live with you, hold on to her. If you are a woman with a husband who is not a believer but he wants to live with you, hold on to him. The unbelieving husband shares to an extent in the holiness of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is likewise touched by the holiness of her husband. …

[I]f the unbelieving spouse walks out, [God calls us to handle this] as peacefully as we can. You never know, wife: The way you handle this might bring your husband not only back to you but to God. You never know, husband: The way you handle this might bring your wife not only back to you but to God.

And don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. God, not your marital status, defines your life.