Satisfaction Through Christ

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Remembering Mandy Kelly from Worshipful Living

Tuesday, March 21, started like any other day around our house. I got the kids off to school and came home to do some work.  Around 9:30 a member of our Facebook Mastermind Group (a group of about 10 Christian women bloggers that support one another through blogging and life) posted that she'd seen some chatter on Mandy's Facebook profile and wanted to see how we could pray for her.  It wasn't 20 minutes later that we all realized what was going on... Mandy, her husband Scott, and their … {Read More}

Praying the Scriptures for a Heart of Love

When it comes to the valuable exercise of praying the Scriptures, praying for love is an excellent place to start. According to Jesus, the two greatest commandments and the sum of all the others is: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor … {Read More}

Love Fostering + Grace & Truth {Week 57}

I think you all know how important foster care and adoption are to our family. We started our journey to children back in 2009 through our local foster care system. God had other plans for our family, so we weren't ever able to foster, but our hearts have always been drawn to sharing Christ's love with this broken system. And if you've been around here any length of time, you know that I love … {Read More}

Explain Your Hope from Satisfaction Through Christ

Explain Your Hope

1 & 2 Peter are my favorites. Of the entire Bible, if I could hold onto just one chunk, that'd be the one I would choose. Of the many times I've poured over those two small but mighty books, 1 Peter 3:15 has never stood out to me and dwelt in my thoughts like it did a few weeks ago. In the HCSB - "but honor the Messiah, as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who … {Read More}

When was the last time you evaluated your need to slow down and rest? Our bodies and minds provide sweet guidance - but so often we choose to ignore it! Take a look at these five signs that you may need to slow down and simply breathe.

Five Signs You Need to Slow Down and Simply Rest

I think I had a stomachache every day for a month straight. And no, in case you’re wondering, that is not normal. When you say yes to one too many things and you never feel like anything is accomplished, stomachaches become a daily occurrence. I was constantly feeling one step behind where I should have been. I should have been able to keep up with my school reading. I should have … {Read More}

Search the Scriptures

  Search the Scriptures So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves, and carried about with every wind of doctrine...." Ephesians 4:14 Fall comes late in the South and over the past two months, the leaves have turned red, yellow and orange and have fallen off the trees in abundance. As I watch out the window over my kitchen sink, the wind is blowing erratically. … {Read More}