Author: Phyllis

December 18 @ Deuteronomy 29-30

Deuteronomy 29-30 (NLT)  Discover His heart: He offers us the choice between life and death When my grandparents left their homeland of Italy in the early 1900s as single young people, I’m reasonably sure they were not thinking about me, their other grandchildren and their great-grandchildren. Nevertheless, I have a feeling the potential of our existence was somewhere in the…

December 17 @ 3 John

3 John (NLT)  Discover His heart: He opens doors of opportunity to partner with His servants Having spent three months on a short-term mission’s assignment years ago, I understand the message of 3 John, as well as its significance.  Traveling and living out of a suitcase becomes exhausting after a while, but the bright note in the experience is the…

December 16 @ Acts 23-25

Acts 23-25 (NLT)  Discover His heart: He enables us to fulfill our calling Even though lawyers are often the target of jokes and ridicule, we evidently enjoy observing them work.  At any time of the day, we can watch them wax eloquent in the courts of justice on the ever popular Law and Order, Matlock or the original defender of…

December 15 @ Revelation 7-11

Revelation 7-11 (NLT)  Discover His heart: He reveals His secrets to us at just the right moment When someone has a secret and is forbidden to share it, I, for one, would just as soon not know about it.  Ignorance is bliss.  I remember children on the playground chanting, “I know something you don’t know,” to torment those who plainly…