"I (Paul) always thank my God for you because of His grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in Him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait …
Author: Cathie Halpin
Cathie is a prolific writer and artist, a wife and mother, a gifted teacher and devoted friend. She's happily married to Mike (40 years!) and calls Lion & Lamb Church in Topeka, KS, her spiritual home.
Together is Strength
“Epaphras...told us of your love in the Spirit. And for this reason, since the day we heard, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will with all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, making you able to live a life worthy …
A Life Built on Bread
“Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father Who gives you the True Bread from heaven. For the Bread of God is the Bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’‘Sir,’ they said, …
A Heart Transplant
“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new Spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. …
Unalterable Love
“A friend loves all the time and a brother is there for times of adversity." Proverbs 17:17 (NIV)“I call you Friends,' Jesus said." John 15:14 (NIV) Dear Friend and Brother, We pause here and let that sink into our mind and soul. For what is a friend but one who is strongly attached to another …
Got Milk & Honey?
[God said to Moses] “‘I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt... to a land flowing with milk and honey... Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, “The LORD, our God.. has met with us. Let us take a three-day …
The Rare Lender
"A Pharisee invited Jesus for dinner. Jesus went and reclined at the table. A woman, who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was there. So she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. She stood behind Him at his feet weeping. She wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with her …
The Time Has Come
“Jesus replied, ‘A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with Me. I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world …
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
“Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce.” Song of Solomon 8:6. (* See Isaiah 41:10 below) Dearest Jesus, You are ours, our own. We cannot take it all in— how loved we are and Who it is that loves …
Overcoming Love
“We are afflicted in every way, but NOT crushed; perplexed, but NOT driven to despair; persecuted, but NOT forsaken; struck down, but NOT destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the LIFE of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For We Who LIVE are always being given over …
His Word—My Heart 