Women of Intelligent Faith

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:  "May those who love you be secure.  May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels." Psalm 122:6-7

My immediate response to the election results---"Lord, have mercy on us." Here is a thought-provoking analysis of our recent election: The Reelection of Barack Obama-One Pastor's Perspective.

   John and I recently become reverse snowbirds. Leaving the warmth of sunny Southern California behind to try our first cold winter together in Iowa. It makes people curious enough to ask, “Why would you do that?!” First, you would have to see and experience the remote lake area where we live. Peaceful, beautiful, and teeming with wildlife. There is nothing quite like waking up to watch a couple of young deer frolicking across the lawn, or grabbing the camera to take a photo of a majestic bald eagle perched in a neighbor’s tree, or endeavoring to look up that strange creature we unexpectedly saw run across the back porch (a rarely seen bobcat). We’ve lost count of the number of animals that frequent our property, but it includes turkey, geese, raccoons, blue jays, cardinals, orioles, goldfinches, woodpeckers, otter, beavers, muskrats, badgers, squirrels, chipmunks (affectionately called “squinnies” in Iowa), foxes, turtles, snakes, and even evi...

Join others praying for our country and for the election for the next 40 days. If My People 2012

          Earlier this year, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services unveiled a new policy now known at the “HHS Mandate.” The new Mandate would require nearly all private health insurance plans to include coverage for all FDA-approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, surgical sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs—drugs that interfere with implantation in the womb and therefore destroy the life of a human being in the earliest stage of development. This Mandate is the result of Affordable Care Act, commonly known as “Obamacare,” passed in 2010. Although the HHS Mandate provides an exemption for “religious employers,” the exemption is so narrow, most religious institutions providing health, educational or charitable services will have no protection.           On February 10, 2012, responding to intense opposition from a broad spectrum of religious institutions all over the c...

GOOD FRIDAY: Jesus said, "It is finished." (John 19:30) Jesus gave up His spirit on the cross on Good Friday. He had accomplished His mission. He came to earth, God in the flesh, born to die for us--to offer forgiveness for our sins, and eternal intimate relationship with God for those who believed. He invites us into the Holy of Holies, to worship Him at the mercy seat, His throne of grace. Do YOU believe?

This quote below is from Josh McDowell's website. http://www.josh.org/resources/frequently-asked-questions/#MessedUp         I thought it was so interesting and worth printing below. Romans 14 is an excellent chapter for study in regard to making decisions concerning various issues not addressed in the Bible. Since most of what we do affects our relationships with others, study of this passage may help you reach a Christ-like decision that is best for you in your walk with the Lord, as well as your relationships with others. Often it is easy to fall into the practice of passing judgment on those whose thinking does not line up with our own regarding a particular issue. Rather than pass judgment, we are to accept one another (Romans 14:1). Matters of the conscience–those not strictly addressed in the Bible–must be settled in relationship to God (14:4, 7-8, 12, 22). Our actions should not bring condemnation on us. We should be...