Archive for April, 2009
Beautiful Day!
It’s a beautiful day! We’ve had a great weekend; at least it’s my kind of weather, what one might actually call “spring.” Around here we usually go from winter to summer with too few spring days in between. It seems like a day filled with hope, and since it’s Monday, pray for the ministry of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Huh?
Prayer works. At least that’s what I’ve been told. I disagree, and I think Scripture would back me up on this. It’s not the prayer that is some kind of magic word to repeat when in crisis mode. It’s not the prayer that works. No, it’s God that works, and he does it through the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Pray Like You Mean It
I don’t pray like I used to. I mean, I do pray, but not as often or as fervently as I did a few years ago when I was desperate for God to have his hand in my life. Not quite a foxhole Christian, but I was going through a terrible time in my marriage [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )My Life on Cardboard
I loved our Passion Week service, and boy, did I need to be there! It had been a long week. As I was at our west campus for the first time in ages, I noticed that there were a lot of people I didn’t know. That’s a good thing! “Lord, thank you for the growth [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Promise of Easter
A friend from work called on the in-store phone last night to ask what time our Easter services are. I’m excited to think that she and her family are planning to join us on Sunday. She came to our women’s ministry Christmas dinner, and I think she told me they don’t have a church home. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mission Accomplished
For those of you wondering if grad school has started for me, or how it’s going…it’s not. A week ago, ten days before I was to begin, I got a phone call telling me that there are not enough students registered to begin a new class, and it has been postponed until August. Oh, well, [...]
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Lynn Barbee