Many people contact us each year to ask if we celebrate Thanksgiving — and when we say yes, they ask why! Besides the point that one of my husband’s direct ancestral grandmothers (Mary Chilton) was on the Mayflower, I have read many, many primary sources over the years to get the TRUE story of the … Read More about Why We Celebrate Thanksgiving (with lots of study notes and primary sources)
Prayer, Supplications, and Requests
A friend told a story about prayer. He said that one time, he was driving his car down a mountain road when suddenly his brakes gave out. He didn’t bother with a long flowery prayer following the format of the Master’s Prayer given in Matthew 5. Rather, he got right to the point: “Help!” That … Read More about Prayer, Supplications, and Requests
Why Should I Tithe?
Sometimes I feel very possessive of my time, my money, and my resources. I feel angry when bad politics, bad health, or injustice steal from me — and a righteous anger rises up within me. I easily forget that I am just a steward. I don’t really own anything, “for all the earth is Mine,” … Read More about Why Should I Tithe?
Do You Read Your Bible Every Day?
My dear friend Christine has finished her 2024 Bible-reading plan, and I invite you to download it, print it, and put it inside the front cover of your Bible. (Scroll to the very bottom of this page.) Christine writes… Just as our physical bodies need its necessary food to operate at optimum levels and in … Read More about Do You Read Your Bible Every Day?
A Hanukkah Update
My last blog post was August 25, 2023—and I told you all about the storms we had recently had in Michigan. It seems that since then, we’ve had a few other storms, too, but of a different kind. A week or two after the tornado, our family got sick with a very light case … Read More about A Hanukkah Update
Storms in Michigan
I wanted to take just a few short minutes to update everyone on the terrible storms that have been going through Michigan. There were tornadoes and “tornadic thunderstorms” near us last night, and almost two weeks ago, our town sustained damage after a direct hit from a tornado. The tornado that hit Perry, Michigan, was … Read More about Storms in Michigan
Keep On Going
And let us not grow weary while doing good,
for in due season we shall reap
if we do not lose heart.
Galatians 6:9
for in due season we shall reap
if we do not lose heart.
Galatians 6:9
Anne Elliott
2017-09-20T11:46:00-04:00
https://anneelliott.com/testimonials/galatians-69/
My Mind at Peace
You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3
Anne Elliott
2017-09-20T11:46:49-04:00
https://anneelliott.com/testimonials/isaiah-263/
Ready for His Return
Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things,
be diligent to be found by Him in peace,
without spot and blameless.
2 Peter 3:14
be diligent to be found by Him in peace,
without spot and blameless.
2 Peter 3:14
Anne Elliott
2017-09-20T11:48:59-04:00
https://anneelliott.com/testimonials/2-peter-314/
Stir Up the Gift
Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear,
but of power
and of love
and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:6-7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear,
but of power
and of love
and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:6-7
Anne Elliott
2017-10-26T12:03:37-04:00
https://anneelliott.com/testimonials/stir-up-the-gift/
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