“In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.” Genesis 1:1 As we look at Living @ Full Strength and begin our year by focusing on how to Begin @ Full Strength in Christ, God directed me to Genesis 1:1. We cannot begin to …
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God Our Strength
A Joyful Shout . . . . “Sing aloud to God our strength; make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob. Raise a song and strike the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the lute.” – Psalm 81:1-2 NKJV To God our strength! “Heavenly …
Living @ Full Strength in Christ 2014
For years Mentoring Moments has opened each new year with a theme. In 2013, our focus was Rooted in Christ: Yielding the Fruits of the Spirit. Monthly we wrote and discussed each of the nine fruits of the Spirit. Personally, I was drawn closer …
A Wonder-Working God
There’s an old hymn that says “He’s a wonder-working God.” Growing up singing the hymn is different from resting in the beautiful knowledge of I AM’s mighty power. In our nation of abundance and self-reliance, let us as believers not forget He is indeed a …
Threads of Prayer
Years before my birth, God began weaving the fabric of my life with vibrant threads of prayer. Without those threads, I would not have been born. In 1929, Nicolai Siemens, the man who later became my father, was imprisoned in Moscow’s dreaded Lubjanka Prison. As …
Everyone Needs a Sister Christine
Sister Christine has always been old. She was old when I was in elementary school. She was old when I was in middle school and she was old when I turned sixteen. There was one thing Sister Christine was not . . . she was …
The Gift of a Godly Mother-in-Love
Page Hughes is my mentor. She is also my mother-in-law, but I call her my mother-in-love. I have heard her use the term “in-loves” for those people who come into your family not because of blood relation or marriage, but because you love and choose …
When a Stranger Asked to Pray for Me
It’s amazing how God works. What I thought was going to be a plane ride for a girls weekend turned into much, much more. My story is about a sweet girl I met on an airplane. Actually, we didn’t really meet until she ran after …
Living a Life Interrupted
During a study at church about serving like Jesus served, it was noted that being used by God isn’t always convenient. Being interrupted is to be expected, even embraced, if we want to be God’s instrument. It got me thinking. When I have failed to …
Forgiveness is a Journey
If I had a formula for forgiveness, I’d be a very rich woman. It’s something we all struggle with at some time in our lives. While praying the Lord’s Prayer, it hit me. When I said, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who …