Encouragement – Page 2 – Growing Grace-Full

by Linda

Tithing and Hilarious Giving

The first ten years of marriage, my husband and I gave to the church, but we didn’t tithe. Tithing traces back to the Old Testament, when God commanded his people, the Israelites, to give ten percent of what He gave them back to Him. This tithe provided for the tribe of the Levites who served […]

by Linda

More Power in Prayer, Prerequisite #2 for Effective Prayer

When I was in charge of coordinating the Women’s Events at Camp JIM, I once booked a speaker to share at a retreat on the subject of Forgiving. The speaker had several talks she had prepared for events and she told me, in all the years she had been traveling, I was the first to […]

by Linda

Growing in the Fruit of Faithfulness

~This devotional was used by our women’s group in conjunction with a study from Elizabeth George’s book, A Woman’s Walk With God, Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit.~ George calls her chapter on Faithfulness, “Following Through in Faithfulness”. She has built this picture of how love, joy and peace change hearts. As a result, […]

by Linda

What Happens When Women Pray

Every year or so, there is a theme that God chooses to teach me. One year it was Biblical Womanhood, another it was Gratitude, yet another was Being Established. The past 2 years have been on the topic of Prayer. Have you ever shopped for books written about prayer?? Oh, my goodness, there are SO […]

by Linda

Growing in the Fruit of Joy

“Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:8,9 ~This devotional was used by […]