Does God Care About My Weight? A quick internet search tells me that in the United States, Americans spent more than $75 billion dollars on weight loss and diet control last year. This includes everything from diet soft drinks and artificial sweeteners to health clubs, meal replacements, diet supplements, prescription drugs, and even weight-loss surgeries. …
Author: sheilaalewine
The Flattery Of Our Hearts
Psalm 36 is like a mirror that reveals not just what we see of ourselves on the surface, but what’s underneath. I’m sure I’ve read this psalm before, but the first four verses caught me off guard. I don’t remember seeing it so clearly. Psalm 36:1-4 – Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart; …
Salvation Is A Marvelous Thing
How often do you stop to ponder the things God has done? In Psalm 111, we are reminded to pause and consider the works of God. We are urged to gather with the family of God and rejoice with grateful hearts over the things we have seen and observed our God perform, particularly and most …
The Price Of Joy
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great …
Hard-Headed
I wrote the following for this week's ministry update, but I thought it might encourage my blog readers as well. *** Do you ever wonder why it’s so hard to explain the gospel to someone who isn’t interested in hearing it? Or why the truths of scripture that are so clear and understandable to us …
The Way Of The Word 