Posted on Feb 22, 2020 in Kent's Corner | Tags: baptism, baptist, baptist church, change, Christian Blog, christianblog, church, church blog, churchblog, devotion, devotional, Exodus 10:28, Exodus 12:31, faith, god, Jesus, Love, Oakwood, Oakwood Church, Saline, Saline MI, southern baptist
During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.” Exodus 12:31-32
At various points of my life, I have dealt with situations where I was certain of something only to change my mind. It wasn’t that I really changed. However, the circumstances had changed which forced me to adjust. A few years ago, my daughter cheered for a certain team. She got along with several of the teachers at the gym, and both my wife and me formed relationships with the
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Posted on Feb 22, 2020 in Rita's Corner | Tags: 1 Corinthians 10:31, baptism, baptist, baptist church, change, Christian Blog, christianblog, church, church blog, churchblog, Colossians 3:23, devotion, devotional, faith, god, Jesus, Love, Oakwood, Oakwood Church, Philippians 4:13, Saline, Saline MI, southern baptist
We made it through yesterday at work. Certain days can be a little rough, and yesterday was one of them. Only with God, was I able to accomplish things. He settled my stress and guided my hands, and just led me through my work. Plenty of times we feel the pressure but He takes the reigns and tells us to just rest in Read more…
Posted on Nov 9, 2019 in Rita's Corner | Tags: baptism, baptist, baptist church, change, Christian Blog, christianblog, church, church blog, churchblog, devotion, devotional, faith, god, Jesus, Love, Oakwood, Oakwood Church, Saline, Saline MI, southern baptist
Well, I’ve been battling a cold this week, I think I’m finally on the flip-side of it. Time for a change. Mr. Cold has to hit the bricks and get out! Sometimes we have to slow our bodies down to rest. When we try to keep pushing through things when we’re sick, I don’t think we’re listening to God. He’s trying to tell us something. SLOW down! Stop trying to be in control of everything and just give it to Him! We don’t have to worry about things, He’s going to provide. When I have to call into work, I feel guilty, because it’s so much Read more…
Posted on Nov 3, 2018 in Dena's Corner | Tags: change, Christian Blog, church, Deuteronomy 32:11, faith, hope, Lamentations 3:27, Love, Oakwood, Oakwood Church, Saline MI
I’ve experienced it many times. Change. This change usually occurs when God wants to close a door – so what does He do? He closes the door. Have you been in this situation before? Where God just closes a door (and most likely it was a door you thought you wanted to walk through)? We all know how it feels to continue going through life comfortable. Or even if we’re not entirely “comfortable”, we will stay somewhere just because we’re not fond of change. We’ll settle for mediocrity, when God didn’t intend for us to “settle” for that. So, when that door closes, and a “shake-up” happens, we don’t know what to do. We sometimes become scared and upset and wonder why this is happening to us. Or – we thought we were relying on God during seasons of our lives, but looking back – we see that we just wanted to be in “control”. I fully believe that God intended hardships in my life to bring me closer to Him. I’m thankful that God may actually use my hardships Read more…
