by Carolyn Dale Newell | Jun 12, 2026 | articles
Can you believe I still fight fear after all these years? We can’t seem to get away from it. Last week, I had the privilege to write a blog post for other authors and speakers in the SpeakUp Conference community, but even though you might not be a writer or...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Jun 12, 2026 | devotion
Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 NKJV Wouldn’t it...
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...