by Lisa Maples | Jan 31, 2021 | Holy Spirit, Jesus, trusting God
God’s plans for us are not always apparent. Just as the strange closing of public places seemed to isolate us and interfere with our lives during the Coronavirus pandemic, sometimes there are situations that develop which we could have never seen coming that...
by Lisa Maples | Nov 30, 2020 | Holy Spirit, Jesus
My heart rejoiced when I saw the text from my husband. We’ve prayed and sought God’s will, bringing our requests to Him. His text showed me how God is answering the prayer by revealing what He wants us to know. He is doing great things and has done great...
by Lisa Maples | Oct 4, 2020 | Guarantee of our inheritance, Holy Spirit, Seeking God
Ephesians 1:13-14 (ESV) In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of...
by Lisa Maples | Mar 22, 2020 | future, Holy Spirit, hope, trusting God
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (ESV) For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to break...
by Lisa Maples | Jan 26, 2020 | Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus
Psalm 84:5-7 5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 6 As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. 7 They go from strength to strength; each one appears...
by Lisa Maples | Dec 15, 2019 | future, Holy Spirit, Jesus
Matthew 1:20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” This Christmas season has...