The opportunity to talk about my name has come up a lot in the past few weeks and I realized that even though I have written about it and shared about it in other places, I have not shared about it here and it feels like time. I was born Angela Dawn Andruss. I loved…
Where Do We Put Our Trust, Part 5
Luke 9:3 And He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, neither a staff nor a bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even have two tunics apiece.” Jesus sent the twelve on an assignment but told them to take nothing with them. He gave them power and authority and asked them to…
Where Do We Place Our Trust, Part 3
Isaiah 31:4-5 For thus says the LORD to me, “As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey, against which a band of shepherds is called out, and he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise, so will the LORD of hosts come down and wage war on…
Where Do We Place Our Trust, Part 2
Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses and trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord. Relying on people as our source of help…
Shake It Off
Luke 9:5 And as for those who do not receive you as you go out from that city to shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them. “Shake the dust off your feet.” Move on. Shake off and release the rejection. Remove the dust of the experience from your feet so you…
Where Do We Place Our Trust Part 1
Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses and trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord. The natural mind seeks out what LOOKS strong,…
Devotional Time Reframe
During my time with God this morning, He gave me some direction. I listened and wrote down what I heard and then moved directly from writing it down to reading my devotional. Because I have limited energy and sensory capacity, I came to my devotional time with a to-do list in mind. Pray Communion Read…
God’s Order of Operations
This past weekend I participated in an event through my church called a Freedom Encounter. It was the culmination of a small group study I did called Freedom which was amazing. I am a different person than I was when I walked through those doors on Friday night. I’m calmer and more peaceful, and my…