Hello friends! 📖🌻☕ We are reading in John 5 today, and we meet a man desperate for healing for 38 years who receives healing in a way he never could have expected. Today’s scripture writing verse on Forgiveness comes from the Law in Leviticus–all the offerings for atonement and forgiveness have been done away with…
Quiet Time Corner 8/3/21
Good morning! 📖🌻☕ Reading in John 4 today. We meet the woman at the well and we see the rare blessing of hindsight. We practice Phil. 2:3,4 today–how are you “esteeming others better than yourself” today? Scripture writing still has us looking at Joseph in Genesis 50. God saved a nation through the experiences of…
Quiet Time Corner 8/2/21
New week, new month, friends. 📖🌻☕ We are on Week 15 of our “Read Through the New Testament” list, beginning today with John 3. We begin a new scripture writing list on the topic of Forgiveness and a new prayer journal scripture list on the topic of Faithfulness.Our scripture memory passage in Philippians 2 gets…
Quiet Time Corner 7/30/21
Time to finish this week, and this month! On Monday we’ll begin new scripture writing and prayer journal portions. Our scripture writing theme will be “Forgiveness” and the new prayer journal is on the topic of “Faithfulness”. Can’t wait! In August I’ll also begin a new “Bring the Books” series, reading “With Christ in the…
Quiet Time Corner 7/28/21
Hello, and good morning! We begin by reading Luke 24, and find the disciples are amazed by finding an empty tomb, mystified by their walk to Emmaus with an “unidentified” companion, and then their eyes are opened at the breaking of bread. “The Lord is risen indeed!” Our scripture writing verse from The Ruffled Mango…
Bring the Books: Parenting with Mercy (Ep. 5)
We are continuing with Michelle Brock’s book, “Parenting with Mercy”. Such good things to think about today regarding the blessing of the Holy Spirit in our own lives as we learn what mercy truly is…and then as we in turn dispense it to our kids. Join me!Listen here: https://anchor.fm/thequietrestpodcast/episodes/Bring-the-Books-Parenting-with-Mercy-Ep-5-by-Michelle-Brock-e153htf
Quiet Time Corner 7/27/21
Good morning! This is the day the Lord has made! 📖🌻☕Today we read in Luke 23…many, many twistings of the truth. A lesson for us to learn from. Falsehood had to prevail in order that the agenda of the Father of Lies should be fulfilled. But even with all this corruption, God’s perfect plan would…
Quiet Time Corner 7/26/21
First day of the week, and the last week of the month! 📖🌻☕ Today, we begin Week 14 of our “Through the New Testament in a Year” schedule, reading in Luke 22. We learn that the ministry of teachers and preachers etc. is for the mending/repair of the body of Christ.We start our new memory…
Quiet Time Corner 7/23/21
Friday! Yay! Let’s go! 📖🌻☕Today we’re in Luke 21–“straighten up, and raise your heads!” Our scripture writing verse is 1 Cor 10:17. Today we go through Psalm 121 as our scripture memory passage for the last time. Streams in the Desert reminds us that “We Need Minor Keys Too” and Tozer speaks of being “Spirit…
Biblical Meditation-What Does It Look Like?
There is only one way to meditate if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and a lover of God’s word. The world teaches a methodology that includes emptying your mind. God’s Word teaches quite the opposite. Emptying your mind a very dangerous thing to do. The Bible speaks of putting the right…