I just spent some great time this past week with my wife’s extended family in Gatlinburg TN.  We had 23 people gathered together and were able to spend several days hanging out over Thanksgiving!  I’m sure many of you have a much bigger family get together than this, but for…

How happy are you today? I mean, how happy are you today – really? Joy is something that eludes me often.  I get caught up in the weight of the world – you know, North Korea, school shootings, new road construction, increasingly bad traffic on my commute, all proven “joy…

Weekly Ration “Thankfulness takes the sting out of adversity.  We give Him thanks (regardless of how we are feeling), and He gives us joy (regardless of our circumstances).” I read this recently during my devotional time, and it made me pause. What about you? “Give thanks to the Lord, our…

Weekly Ration “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Th 5:18 (NIV) Easier said than done, right? This is a reminder for us this week that we have so much to be thankful for! Even if you are in the lowest…

“Don’t worry about anything, but in everything through prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Phil 4:6 (CSB) I have been doing a lot of worrying as of late and needed to read this probably more than you! ‘With Thanksgiving’ is the key point here… Let’s both…

I fight every morning to do the same thing. You see I have had a bad habit I have formed and that I do first thing when I get up in the morning. Instead of praying first thing when my feet hit the floor, I have decided it is more…