The manifestation or evidence of salvation is fruitfulness (not the means towards it). Eph 2:10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. The key to fruitfulness is abiding in Jesus. The good works will be an overflow of that abiding…
Author: Karen E. Young
Sharing the journey of fumbling my way to pleasing Jesus as His follower, as a wife, mother, businesswoman/ entrepreneur, cook/baker, employer, writer, occasional singer, lifelong learner, and aspiring dancer.
Purifying Love
Eph 5:25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her 26 to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. 27 He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or…
We Are His Beloved
How does God love us? Let us count the ways. 1. Unconditionally Not because of any exceptional or endearing qualities but even while we were opposing Him, Jesus died for us. Rom 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 2. Steadfast and…
The Rescue
How grateful would you feel if someone queued up for you to get an airline ticket during travel peak season? How about if a warrant of arrest was issued against you on a Friday and just five minutes before the work day ended, someone bailed you out? How about if a bad case of diarrhea…
His Passion For You
Have you tried giving up a delicious meal so someone you love could eat? Have you given up sleep so you could take care of a sick family member all night? What would you do for someone you love? What difficulty did you go through for that person? Was that person aware and grateful for…
Prince of Peace
Peace is most valuable is when when it is absent, whether by some kind of conflict, some circumstance that is bothersome or worrisome. God’s Word tells us that we can have peace. Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders….
Our Happily Ever After
It’s a tale as old as time. Someday my prince will come… Many little girls have watched romantic scenes of the prince with a passion braving odds to rescue the young lady. He professes his true love for her. He wants her to be his bride. She is dressed in a beautiful white gown. She…
A Betta Life: Transformed By Grace
This is a story about a woman who was redeemed by God from a place where she was wedged between a husband and a wife. She is taking a step of faith to have the courage to share her very personal story in hope that it will encourage someone who finds herself in the situation…
Spiritual Warfare in a Hurting Marriage- Rejoice Marriage Ministries
Charlyne Steinkamp of Rejoice Marriage Ministries describes the spiritual warfare that goes on in a hurting marriage as well as the weapon of the wall of fire and warrior angels: Please click Q2 or Q3 to the corresponding question from the link below Q2: Is this a spiritual battle? Q3: What is the meaning of…
Spiritual Warfare 13: Weapons Training: Fasting
Matthew 17:21 NKJV 21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting That was Jesus’s reply to the man whose son was demon-possessed but the disciples could not cast out that demon. For that demon to be cast out, prayer needed to be coupled with fasting. There are occasions when prayer…
