by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 12, 2026 | devotion
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12: 2 NKJV) Pain coursed through my body....
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 12, 2026 | devotion
And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; Who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. (Acts...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 12, 2026 | devotion
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10 NIV) I haven’t heard from my prodigal for several months. She never calls to check on me, and I don’t have her phone number because she...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 12, 2026 | devotion
Do not quench the Spirit. (1 Thessalonians 5:19 NKJV) I step back as my husband throws some lighter fluid on the charcoal. “Now that’s a fire,” he declares with enthusiasm as he prepares to grill some burgers. The Holy Spirit is symbolized by fire...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 5, 2026 | devotion
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. (John 16:13 NKJV) I don’t share this story often, so please don’t...
by Carolyn Dale Newell | Feb 5, 2026 | devotion
I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” (Lamentations 3:24 NIV) “Pain, be gone in the name of Jesus!” Isn’t that what Jesus told us to do? He said if we speak to the mountain, meaning our mountain-size problem, that it...
