The Lord Saves
by Sarah Ivill Over the years of serving in women’s ministry I have spoken with many mothers who are grieved over a child who is not walking with the Lord. Oftentimes they recount for me how they raised their child…
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Patience in Suffering
by Sarah Ivill No one has to convince us that suffering is hard. If you’ve lived any amount of time in this broken world you know what it means to suffer. No doubt there are different degrees of suffering, but…
God Comforts Us
by Sarah Ivil Recently I had the opportunity to comfort another woman who was going through an unexpected trial filled with grief. As sorrow-filled words came tumbling out of her mouth I wondered how I might comfort her, especially since…
God Is a Refuge for Us
by Sarah Ivill Each day you and I awake to a world that is experiencing the effects of sin. Broken relationships abound. Financial hardships occur. Places are wiped out by fires, hurricanes, and tsunamis. People die from sickness and starvation.…
Why are you Anxious?
Anxiety. Everyone’s experienced it. Ask the child who gets bullied at school, the teenager who compares herself to others on social media, the college student preparing for exams, the young professional striving for a promotion, parents caring for an injured…
Two Roads
You and I make choices all day long—what we will eat, what we will wear, what we will seek to accomplish, who we will befriend, how we will serve our neighbor, and what…
Who’s Got the Power?
How many times this week has someone told you, You’ve got this, after confiding in them about a difficult situation, work assignment, final exam, or important conversation that lay ahead of you? How many messages have you heard through advertisements,…
Sing and Tell
Do you remember show and tell when you were in school? I don’t recall what I took to show my classmates, but I remember that my classmates and I could bring in items that were meaningful to us in one…
The Importance of Spiritual Gifts
When was the last time you considered your spiritual gifts? When you think about them, are you quick to recognize they were given to you by Christ for the edification, equipping and encouragement of the church, or were you tempted…
A Greater Blessing and a Greater Kingdom
Although believers have received the promise of an eternity with the triune God in the new heaven and the new earth, we’re often tempted to lose an eternal perspective, whether during days of mundane matters or terrible trials. You may…