Proverbs 11:2 ESV When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. You would be surprised where a prideful spirit can take you! Pride is sneaky and hard to uncover and can show up as actions that would seemingly be a rightful response to people or situations. I tend to be of a breed of strong women just as the women in my family before me. This can be an amazing trait for business. I am also verily analytical, so I do not step into a situation or concern that arises before I have done my Read More

Don’t waste this time of isolation Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Psalm 46:10 NKJV My temptation during this time of isolation is trying to fill the empty spaces with activity.  We get addicted to busyness, and there are times when I feel guilty if I am not continually actively involved in doing things that are “productive”. Some of the greatest, most impactful, most enduring results have come from a season of inactivity. Many of the Apostle Paul’s writings were birthed out of a Read More

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests but also to the interests of others.” Phil 2:3-4   This time of COVID is a time that we all feel out of control. Ask anyone who knows me, and they will tell you I have controlling tendencies. If you ask them in front of me, I will deny it profusely. My rationales will be “I am not controlling; I am a solution seeker. If someone else would take control before a Read More

The Past is History, the Future a Mystery and the Present is a Gift   Where are you mentally living today? It is interesting to me that every night as I lay my head down to sleep, my first thought isn’t “Oh, my goodness it feels so good to lay my head on my pillow, in my comfortable bed. Thank you, Lord, that I can lay my head to rest.” No, I start thinking about what I didn’t get finished and what I need to do tomorrow. I think that this is an act of not living in today.   Read More

A Slave Set Free!   “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Luke 16:13   Did you know that the United States Congress passed the amendment abolishing slavery on January 31, 1865? That same amendment was ratified on December 6, 1865. The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, Read More

By Terry Magee Under His direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly.  As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love. Eph 4:16 NLT. The Body of Christ is made effective through relationships, or as the KJV says, “that which every joint supplies”.  Each of us is a vital part of God’s plan for His kingdom to be established here on earth.  But our part is of little value until it is joined or fitted together with the other parts of Read More

There is a passage from the Old Testament that God has been reminding me of several times over the last few weeks. There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.2 Then the Lord appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I Read More

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.  Isaiah 43:19   There is much more to this Pandemic than meets the eye, and if we are not careful, we are going to miss it. This is not a God made punishment on mankind, again this is the world reaping the consequence of an inappropriate action, the way we are handling food. Like our mom says, “It is all fun and games till someone loses an eye”.  Not to make Read More

Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened. Matthew 7:7,8 AMP  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 NLT Consistency will keep me in the purposes of God regardless of what is happening in my life. Don’t let the emotion of my situation change what Read More

The Seven Wonders of Work 1 Corinthians 15:58  Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. Could you imagine 25 to 40 years with no work. What would it be like without a reason to get up in the morning? We tend to complain about having to work every day or we live out our weeks to get to the weekend. We wish our lives away. I think if we were to approach Read More

Psalm 119:30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me. “Joyful obedience” may just be an oxymoron. What child ever says, “Yes mommy, I would love to do those dishes for you!” Or, an adult who is on a diet sees their favorite cake at a potluck and starts singing praise songs about their obedience not to eat that piece of cake. I remember when Terry and I were first married. As we both worked full time, we created a chore list for each of us to share the household chores during the week. We Read More

  Led Astray by Our Motives   1 Timothy 1:5 ESV The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.     When it comes to making decisions in our business lives, we may all believe in our heart that we know the motives behind those decisions. Why wouldn’t we? We have done the R&D, we have looked at the budget and, like all good business owners, we have done our due diligence! Well, I would like to let you in on a little secret. No matter how Read More

Consumed by Confusion!   “He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.” Psalm 107:29   Ever feel like your day was a blur, a hub of constant activity that produced no results? This year for us has felt like that. We are growing and doing all kinds of great things, but it seems there is always so much more to do. In this era of constant communication and information, moving at the speed of the internet, chaos and confusion has almost become a state of normality. We see no way out, its like being Read More

  “He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.” Psalm 107:29     Ever feel like your day was a blur, a hub of constant activity that produced no results? This year for us has felt like that. We are growing and doing all kinds of great things, but it seems there is always so much more to do. In this era of constant communication and information, moving at the speed of the internet, chaos and confusion has almost become a state of normality. We see no way out, its like being in the Read More

James 3:10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Life is full of unseen blessings. How many of us wake up each morning? Blessing # 1; You have a new day in which to discover what the Father has planned for you. Blessings # 2; And, I won’t belabor this one, but do you remember those words spoken by your mother or grandmother? “Finish the food on your plate. There are children starving in other countries”. There is food on your plate today. Each day we have choice to focus Read More

Proverbs 18:10 The LORD is like a strong tower, where the righteous can go and be safe. If life was without storms, what would we learn? I’ve lived my life according to this motto, “God isn’t interested in our comfort, but in our transformation.” Our natural instinct as humans is to create comfort for our lives, and when we don’t experience that comfort, we experience all kinds of unnecessary stress.Here is my insight into the Bible passage from Luke chapter 8. The disciples were frantically waking Jesus, as he slept peacefully in the boat while a vicious storm raged all Read More

Psalms 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.   The only time we have total permission from God to become self-absorbed is when in crisis. If you read through Lamentations or the cries of David’s heart in Psalms, you will see how these men are deep in their grief and can’t see anything else but how they are feeling. If God felt it so important to include these stories in the Bible, then it must be important for us to know it is okay, when in deep grief, to focus completely on ourselves.   God gave no time Read More