by Carolyn Dale Newell | Jun 11, 2026 | devotion
Now godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Timothy 6:6 NKJV) What is contentment? We don’t talk about it much. It’s not the exuberant joy we feel when we possess everything our hearts desire. Contentment is acquired through lack, not abundance....
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Jun 11, 2026 | devotion
Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” (1 Samuel 17:45 NKJV) Are you weary from the...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Jun 11, 2026 | devotion
And a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Jun 11, 2026 | devotion
Now the Lord said to Joshua: “Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.” Joshua 8:1 NKJV Valleys and battles don’t appear...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Jun 11, 2026 | devotion
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:25 NKJV) Her obvious frustration told me she had fought this battle too many times....