Affirm what could be… Encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. –1 Thessalonians 5:11 I was having lunch with a friend who told me, “I’ve listened to […]
Author: Thora Anderson
Pastor, wife, daughter, sister, friend, Recovering worrier, Thinker, Mother of two teenagers. I've been in ministry for over 30 years and count that as huge success.
A Case of Happy
Does “happy” rub off? For the despondent, every day brings trouble; But for the happy heart, life is a continual feast. –Proverbs 15:15 (NLT) A few years ago, a study was published reporting that emotions […]
Give More! Live More!
Give More to Live More! John 12:24 says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much […]
Let’s Slow Down and Enjoy this Time!
“Let’s All Slow Down and Enjoy!” My Mom used to say this at dinner time. Family dinners and holiday dinners. She had worked so hard, and then everyone seemed to eat fast and it was […]
You Never Know What the Future Holds…or Who it Will Impact
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. […]
Empty Calories
Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from […]
Don’t Quit Soldier!
II Timothy 2:3 (NAS) Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. We are soldiers of Jesus Christ. (Have you ever thought about that?) Everyone has hardships. Soldiers take some hard knocks. […]
Where Am I?
It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going. […]
Comparison
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared for us in advance to do. –Ephesians 2:10 Consider the following quote: I am only one, but I am […]
Slow Me Down Lord!
Slow Me Down… Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day […]