Encouragements From the Piper's Wife

How deep the Father's love for us How vast beyond all measure That He should give His only Son And make a wretch His treasure How gr...

One small speck of light can alight a room, but The Light of the World is able to do far more than we can imagine.  Praise God! May this d...

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.  Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night t...

It was a ‘snow day’ today.  You have got to love it when you don’t have to go anywhere and all of a sudden you have extra free time! I too...

We all easily forget to be genuinely thankful.  It is easy to say, “If it isn’t one thing it is another.” because life is difficult and thi...

“You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.” James 4:14b I spoke with an older gentleman in his 80’s to...

“My heart exults in the LORD; my horn [strength] is exulted in the LORD, my mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, because I rejoice in You...

“I heard and my inward parts trembled, at the sound my lips quivered.   Decay enters my bones, and in my place I tremble.  Because I must wa...

“Do not love the world nor the things in the world.  If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For all that is in th...

Please check out http://onthewritenarrowpath.blogspot.com/2010/07/praying-perfect-will-of-god.html   and http://onthewritenarrowpath.blogspo...

Do you wonder why you have to feel the things that hurt you? If there’s a God who loves you, where is He now? Or maybe there are things...

For women, life can sometimes be over-whelming. We naturally have so much on our plates. There is always something to do next, and there is...

We worshipped with this hymn today. I wanted to praise the LORD as I shared it with you! “Your attitude should be the same as that of Chri...

"I am weary with my sighing; every night I make my bed swim, I dissolve my couch with my tears.  My eye has wasted away with grief;  It...

Very often in my own fear and reluctance I forget to trust the sovereign God.  Today I read a new post from On The Write Narrow Path concer...

“He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may...

I’m so very ordinary Nothing special on my own I have never walked on water I have never calmed a storm Sometimes I’m hiding away From ...

".....taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:5 I know what it is to be so very, very hurt....

My life continues to be busy.  (Haven’t I written this before?)  I have longed for the days that my life would slow down, but these days nev...

Nothing can melt the stony heart of a sinner –but the blood of Christ. The pardoned sinner looks upon a bleeding Christ –with a bleeding he...

My gentle readers---I want to encourage you to think seriously about your own modesty in this world which is extremely seductive in so many ...

1) Mysticism: experience over scripture. Mantras into trances truth: “Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. Bu...

How can Emergent leanings and teachings be wrong? “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made...

By James MacDonald, February 1, 2010,  www.walkintheword.com “Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which w...

“You have taken hold of my right hand.  With Your counsel You will guide me, and afterward receive me to glory.  Whom have I in heaven but Y...

by Twila Paris Lately I’ve been winnin’ battles left and right. But even winners can get wounded in the fight. People say that I’m amazi...

A dear friend and her precious granddaughter just gave me the book, The Invisible Woman , by Nicole Johnson.    It is light reading with ...

Why is dust grey? Most of the time when I clean out the lint trap in the dryer, dust the house, clean out the vacuum, or sweep the floor, it...

I’m waiting I’m waiting on You, Lord And I am hopeful I’m waiting on You, Lord Though it is painful But patiently, I will wait I will...

It used to be that all I knew about computers was what I had learned on one of the old Star Trek movies years ago. After a time warp to the ...

I posted Pastor James MacDonald’s “Weekly Walk”, Strength in Weakness , from December 28, 2009 in my last entry. It poignantly reminded me o...