by Mary Southerland | Jun 7, 2023 | Obedience, Trust
Today’s Truth Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me...
by Mary Southerland | Sep 7, 2021 | Love of God, Salvation, Trust
“Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever” (Psalm 136:2, NIV). The story is told of a young boy who carved a small sailboat from a block of wood. When the boat was finished, the boy raced to a nearby stream, knelt on the shore, gently slid the boat...
by Mary Southerland | Aug 9, 2021 | Fear, Obedience, Trust
Go to the lost, confused people … touch the untouchables. You have been treated generously, so live generously (Matthew 10:5, The Message). The heat was brutal. My back was killing me. I was exhausted from a nearly sleepless night, and I had a pounding headache. Every...
by Mary Southerland | Jul 26, 2021 | Emotions, Trust
Proverbs 25:28 “Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control” (NIV). It is not enough to acknowledge the presence of negative emotions or even understand why they exist. We must take action. If we don’t, negative emotions will take...
by Mary Southerland | Jun 17, 2021 | Trust, Uncategorized
Colossians 3: 23 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” A woman was at work when the...
by Mary Southerland | May 17, 2021 | Fear, Storms, Trust
As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters;...
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