by Carolyn Dale Newell | Oct 31, 2024 | devotion
And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, The Lord is with you; blessed are you among women! Luke 1:28 (NKJV) Truly, Mary was a highly favored one since she bore the Messiah. Certainly, God would have given her...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Oct 31, 2024 | devotion
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. Romans 8:37 NKJV Today, I feel more like the conquered rather than a conqueror. Perhaps, you can relate. I’ve replaced the personal pronoun “we” with “I” and repeated the verse...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Oct 31, 2024 | devotion
But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV) I didn’t recognize the phone number,...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Oct 31, 2024 | devotion
He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. Psalm 23:2 NKJV When my doctor recommended taking naps, the chains of guilt began breaking. In my mind, naps wasted time. I viewed any kind of break as a lack of productivity. My...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Oct 31, 2024 | devotion
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. Ephesians 4:29 NKJV One of the greatest lies we were told as children was that little rhyme: Sticks and stones may break my...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Oct 31, 2024 | devotion
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7 NKJV Wouldn’t it be great if we could sit down...
