by Doris Swift | Nov 5, 2014 | anxiety, burdens, christian living, encourage, hope
Have you felt discouraged lately? Hanging on like an Autumn leaf, fearing the slightest breeze could send you plummeting? Guess what? You’re not alone. This word discouraged. Seems it’s been a common thread running through conversations over the last...
by Doris Swift | Oct 24, 2014 | anxiety, burdens, cares, christian living, encouragement, financial issues, God, hope, Joy, surrender
What thoughts deluge your mind in the quiet of night and stillness of morning? For years, my daily routine brought stress and anxiety. I’d stay up late, hoping exhaustion would override the to-do, didn’t-do, should’ve done lists waiting to flood my...
by Doris Swift | Oct 19, 2014 | called, Change, christian living, emerge, encouragement, gospel, truth, Uncategorized
“Be angry, and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your wrath,” Ephesians 4:26 Are things that tend to make us angry all about us? People cutting in front of us in line, the conspiracy train schedule making us late, grocery store out of the one item you...
by Doris Swift | Sep 21, 2014 | christian living, encouragement, Jesus
Are you easily distracted? I admit at times I am, and cringe in saying so. Why? The opposite of distracted is focused, and there’s a myth we buy into concerning focused people; they have it all together. Here are a few common characteristics of the distracted....
by Doris Swift | Sep 12, 2014 | Belong, calling, Friends
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” Hebrews 10:24-25(ESV) I’ve been feeling guilty and it’s...
