by Arise2 Grow More | Mar 20, 2024 | The Word
Next week is Good Friday. When I was younger, I wondered why the day Jesus died was called ‘Good Friday’ because dying on the cross was a bad thing. Someone explained that by dying on the cross, Jesus accomplished God’s plan to forgive our sins so that we could be...
by Arise2 Grow More | Mar 6, 2024 | The Word
I like to think that I’m good at waiting. Good things happen to those that wait, right? This year I was able to attend a leap year birthday. The celebrant said she was celebrating her 16th birthday. She wore a crown on her head and greeted everyone there. There was a...
by Arise2 Grow More | Jan 17, 2024 | The Word
Did you know that the Creator of the universe lives in you? As believers, the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. So we can do great work by the power of the Holy Spirit inside of us! We were given the Holy Spirit by God who lives in us....
by Arise2 Grow More | Nov 1, 2023 | The Word
I didn’t start reading the Bible every day until after my kids were born. I do remember reading daily devotionals from Our Daily Bread in college, but I don’t count that because my Bible wasn’t opened during those reading times. I think I would have had the...