Author: Pam R

Dear Lord, help me when I start letting details of the holidays, annoying frustrations or unmet expectations distract me from all the reasons I have from You to be abundantly and eternally grateful. Help me have a heart full of thankfulness every day, but especially on the specific day set aside to be grateful for…

Today I read an article written by a woman who, many years ago, was just about to jump in front of a train when a total stranger (with pink hair) asked her to take her picture. That was enough to make her rethink suicide and now, after some serious therapy, she goes around offering to…

[Jesus said]: I came to give life with joy and abundance. John 10:10b The Voice ********** “Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.” Epicurus ********** O my soul, come, praise the Eternal;    sing a song from a grateful heart;    sing and never forget all the good He has done. Psalm 103:2 The Voice ********** “I try…

Spiritual Blessings are the key benefits of a relationship with God through Jesus Christ and are given by God Himself. ********** Ephesians 1 lists some spiritual blessings. Note the highlights: Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Anointed One, who grants us every spiritual blessing in these heavenly realms where we live in the…

Common blessings are those that all people enjoy. They are distinct from the spiritual blessings that only believers enjoy. ********** “God bestows his blessings without discrimination.” F.F. Bruce ********** [The Father], after all, loves each of us—good and evil, kind and cruel. He causes the sun to rise and shine on evil and good alike. He causes the…

Thanksgiving means thanking God for all the good gifts which He has given to us. One of the great dangers of life is that we should take things for granted just because they come to us regularly and every day. William Barklay **********

Every good gift bestowed, every perfect gift received comes to us from above, courtesy of the Father of lights.James 1:17a The Voice ********** When we count our blessings, we are often pleasantly surprised to see how many we’ve been given.(unknown) ********** You, Eternal One, are my sustenance and my life-giving cup.    In that cup, You hold my future and my eternal…

Isn’t God the one who urges us to “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord”? Why do we always think that means singing? Seems to me the most obvious joyful sound on earth is laughter … Charles R. Swindoll ********** Our mouths were filled with laughter;our tongues were spilling over into song.The word went out across the…