by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 19, 2025 | devotion
My cup runs over. (Psalm 23:5c NKJV) Almost one year has passed since Covid attacked my body. It drained me of all strength and left me feeling like a limp dish cloth. I didn’t run much of a fever, and thankfully, I never struggled for breath like so...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 19, 2025 | devotion
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials James 1:2 NKJV Joy usually doesn’t show up in a doctor’s office, unless you’re getting good news. Joy flees when strife arises in families. There’s certainly no joy when depression sets in, and joy...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 19, 2025 | devotion
Pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you 1 Thes. 5:17-18 NKJV What does it mean to pray without ceasing? We have to sleep. We have to work, and we must keep our eyes open while driving. How is it possible...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 19, 2025 | devotion
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. (Psalm 30:5 NKJV My heart ached desperately, and no matter how hard I tried, I could not hold back my tears. My eighteen-year-old daughter...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 11, 2025 | devotion
“Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. Hebrews 6:14-15 NKJV I’m sure you never had anyone warn you not to get ahead of yourself, or have you? Typically, I walk...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Dec 11, 2025 | devotion
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”.” (1 Kings 19:4 NKJV) When it feels as if...
