Damsels with Timbrels (Strong in Spirit, Impacting through Joyfulness)

Psalm 68:18 … among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

Many times it was women who would lead in worship and dancing,
such as Miriam who lead the Israelite women with timbrels and dancing after crossing over the Red Sea, and Deborah when she sang with Barak after helping and encouraging him to get victory over King Jaban, his captain Sisera and their entire army.

Women have a special calling to radiate joy. The ability we have to set the atmosphere within our homes and families and outside circles is amazing! The Bible speaks a lot about how our attitude affects our own lives and the lives of those around us. It has such an impact that it affects everything about us including[…]

By His Virtue

Luke 8:46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.

In Jesus, we have an abundant supply of virtue for every need. He is the source of all goodness, strength, and power. We can do nothing on our own of any value, without first drawing from His endless wellsprings of goodness.

Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Until we fully believe this and surrender our lives completely to God, knowing that all power of righteousness is provided for us and comes to us directly from Him, we can never rest or have any comfort in our Christian lives. We can never experience that peace that passes all understanding unless we truly trust Him to lead us beside still waters and to give us rest in green pastures. […]

There Is Hope!

We live in a fallen, sinful world. There is pain and suffering everywhere; sometimes it is all we see, but the Devil has no greater desire than to make us despair. We must learn to …

Unfeigned Faith

1 Timothy 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

2 Timothy 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

UNFEIGNED, adjective Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; as unfeigned piety to God; unfeigned love to man. (Webster’s Dictionary 1828)

 

What is a feigned faith? It is a pretend faith. It is a fake show of faith to be seen of men[…]