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Moses was a man God choose to reveal himself to and through and help lead the Israelites from slavery into the promised land. When we read of Moses as a young man before God has called him, we read of his propensity to run away from difficult circumstances. To take matters and justice into how own hands. Today we will study Moses' propensity to run and how we ourselves often try and outrun our own...

Join me today as we meet Hagar fleeing to the desert away from a challenging relationship. And then, she is up against her worst fear - to go back - to return to face the one who caused her pain. How hard would that have been? We will dive into Genesis 16:6, 8-10 and unpack the running away and returning visible in this story. Join us as we read together and study! Learn and grow in confidence in...

Join me today as we take a look at Lot and his wife. In this story we are met head on with a family amid the rescue of a town destruction - and the choice to look back. We will dive into Genesis 19 and unpack the running away visible in this story. Join us as we read together and study! Learn and grow in confidence in God's saving grace this week! Cup of Hope: A gulp of God's word to produce great...

Join me today as we take a look at Job and his wife. The advise that Job's wife was giving him was to run away from his faith, to ignore all he had learned about God's faithfulness through the good times. Job calls this thinking "foolishness". How many times do we receive advise or even give advise that is foolishness causing us or those we are advising to run away from God instead of to him? We w...

Fear drives us away. Fear closes us off to love, hope, peace, comfort and joy that God has available. It closes us off from solutions. Today we will address this topic of staying when it's easier to run away because of fear.  We will walk through a portion of Elijah's story and see how fear played into his reaction to Jezebel's threat to take his life and therefore run away and hide. May we l...

Shame is a tool that Satan uses to keep us small and from stepping out in faith. If we hide behind shame, we feel the weight of what we have done is too big for God to forgive, it's too big for him to wash away, and it certainly means that we are not usable for God's kingdom. Well, these thoughts may feel accurate at times, but they are lies from the evil one. Walk with me today through a portion...

This month we are focusing our attention on God's gentleness and growing our awareness of His gentleness to us. I hope today you will be undone by learning about how Jesus works on our behalf. Come on this journey with me this month, and learn how to grow in gentleness by looking at God's word. We read today from the prophecy of Isaiah 42:2-3  Be encouraged family! God is gentle with us! Join...

This month we are focusing our attention on God's gentleness and growing our awareness of His gentleness to us. I hope today you will be filled with joy and peace learning about the gentle heart of Jesus that he shares with us. Come on this journey with me this month, and learn how to grow in gentleness by looking at God's word. We read today from Matthew 11:29b  Be encouraged family! God is...

This month we are focusing our attention on God's gentleness and growing our awareness of His gentleness to us. Today we will dig into Proverbs 25:15 in which we will learn about the power of gentleness through words. Gentle words. Come on this journey with me this month, and learn how to grow in gentleness by looking at God's word. We read today from Proverbs 25:15  Be encouraged family! God...

This month we are focusing our attention on God's gentleness and growing our awareness of His gentleness to us. On today's episode of Cup of Hope we will take a look at 1 Thessalonians 2:5-7 which gives us insight into the life of the the Apostle Paul, Timothy and Silas. As they wrote to the church of Thessolonica they describe how they interacted with the people there - with gentleness. They did...

This month we are focusing our attention on God's gentleness and growing our awareness of His gentleness to us. Today we take a look at 1 Corinthians 4:20-21 which give us a view of gentleness in actions. Gentle actions - that come from love. Read it for yourself and see what God stirs in your heart about these verses.  Come on this journey with me this month, and learn how to grow in gentlen...

This month we are focusing our attention on God's gentleness and growing our awareness of His gentleness to us. As we become more aware of His gentleness, the more we are transformed by it. Today we look at Philippians 4:5-7 Come on this journey with me this month, and learn how to grow in gentleness by looking at God's word. We read today from Philippians 4:5-7 Be encouraged family! God is gentle...

This month we are focusing our attention on God's gentleness and growing our awareness of His gentleness to us. As we become more aware of His gentleness, the more we are transformed by it. Today we look at Psalm 37:11 and understand that peace and gentleness are wrapped up in meekness, the ability to demonstrate strength under control. Come on this journey with me this month, and learn how to gro...

This month we are focusing our attention on God's gentleness and growing our awareness of His gentleness to us. As we become more aware of His gentleness, the more we are transformed by it. Today we look at a Beatitude that calls us to be a people who bring about peace. We know that peace cannot exist in relationships without gentleness.  Open your Bible's and study with us from Matthew 5:9....

God comes to us as gentle and quiet as a whisper. Read and study with me 1 Kings 19:12 and learn how God made His presence know in the old testament, not though pomp and circumstance but through quietness and love, as gentle as a whisper. Come on this journey with me this month, and learn how to grow in gentleness by looking at God's word. We read today from 1 Kings 19:12. Be encouraged family! Go...

Be gentle, as you have experienced the Father God's gentleness to you. He is gentle and His gentleness is abundant and demonstrated through His graciousness. Read and listen with me as we take a look at Isaiah 30:18-19 and learn of God's gracious gentleness with us His sons and daughters. Come on this journey with me this month, and learn how to grow in gentleness by looking at God's word, Isaiah...

Awareness goes a long way when it comes to gentleness. This month we will focus the entire month on being and becoming more gentle like Jesus. Gentleness is a fruit of the Spirit, we become more gentle as we allow the Spirit to have access to us, our hearts and our lives. Come on this journey with me this month, and learn how to grow in gentleness by looking at God's word, starting with Ephesians...

"Love keeps no record of wrongs." (1 Corinthians 13:5) What's the score? Yes, I asked. Do you tend to keep a tally of the times those around you have hurt your feelings, or treated you poorly? Maybe they weren't considerate, or didn't follow through on something they promised? Do you keep record of wrongs of others? How does it make you feel when others keep record of the wrongs you've done to the...

"Love is not easily angered." (1 Corinthians 13:5) Does anger come easily to you? Do you get irritated with people you claim to love? What do you think causes that anger? What brings about the reaction of anger out of you toward those who you love? Join us as we read together and study! Learn and grow in love this week! Cup of Hope: A gulp of God's word to produce greater faith and hope. Join us M...

"Love does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking." (1 Corinthians 13:5) Dishonoring others stems from a self-seeking mindset and posture of heart. Today on Cup of Hope we will take a look into the scripture and uncover what God has in store for us to learn through His word. Join us as we read together and study! Learn and grow in love this week! Cup of Hope: A gulp of God's word to produce g...

"Love hopes all things and endures all things." (1 Corinthians 13:7) What does it mean that love hopes and endures all things? We will dig into the meaning of these words: "hopes & endures" from the greek context and study them in light of the Lord & Savior Jesus Christ and His love for us. Join us as we read together and study! Learn and grow in love this week! Cup of Hope: A gulp of God'...

"Love believes all things" (1 Corinthians 13:7) What does it mean that love believes all things? We will dig into the meaning of the word "believes" from the greek context and study it in light of the Lord & Savior Jesus Christ and His love for us. Join us as we read together and study! Learn and grow in love this week! Cup of Hope: A gulp of God's word to produce greater faith and hope. &nbsp...

"Love bears all things" (1 Corinthians 13:7) What does it mean that love bears all things? We will dig into the meaning of the word "bears" from the greek context and study it in light of the Lord & Savior Jesus Christ and His love for us. Join us as we read together and study! Learn and grow in love this week! Cup of Hope: A gulp of God's word to produce greater faith and hope. Join us M-W-F...

Last fall God laid on my heart to host a worship night for women in my home! He gave me this beautiful picture of women filling my living room with sounds of praise being lifted high! I'm grateful that God placed women in my life who have hearts to seek after God in every circumstance and trial! This was a night to remember as we saw God meet us in our place of need, and we all encountered the lov...

Arrogance is a close cousin to Boasting. Like boasting arrogance is self-focused instead of others-focused. Arrogance points to the divisions and distinctions. It's a cover for the low self esteem that exists within the arrogant persons mind and heart. Love isn't arrogant, which means it doesn't take others for granted. Join us as we read together and study, 1 Corinthians 13:4, "Love is not arroga...