PLANTING SEEDS OF HOPE | GROWING IN FAITH

"Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." [1 John 4:11] When I reflect on my childhood play time I remember having so much fun dressing up in my mothers heels and fur coat and driving around in our golf cart. I told my husband if what you played as a child was a reflection of who you were supposed to be then I missed my calling because I obviously should have been a rich stay at home wife! Here recently on three separate occasions I have been in discus

"Call to me and I will answer you..." [Jeremiah 33:3] One time when one of the kids were very little they said to me, “Did the words not go in your ears?” Heaven only knows what I had missed, but I love this honest question! How many times have we heard the sound but not the actual message. There is so much noise in our lives these days. I wonder what it was like when there was no television, telephone or even radio. How much easier it must have been to hear the Lord and l

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." [Mark 11:24] One of my favorite things to watch Ricky do is plant a garden with our kids. We all get so excited when a little green sprout pops through the dirt! “Our prayers are similar to a garden.” When we pray we have to plant the seed by talking to the Father. Then we must water it by standing in faith that He has heard us and will work things out for His gl