Category: IWM1

The Gospel Season – Hearts are Open

by Karin Syren, CTACC Behold, I say to you, lift your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored, and you have entered into their labor. John 4:35b, 38 NAS Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is……
You Can Stay Fit During Christmas!

by Laurette Willis— “I am the bread of life” John 6:48 Those words really put holiday overindulgence into perspective don’t they? Perhaps the overindulgence we could enter into this Christmas is filling up on the “bread of life” instead of the bread of this world—after all, Jesus was placed in a manger (a feeding trough!)……
It’s never a Secret…

by Mia Green The Bible tells us in Ecclesiastes 3 that there is a specific timing for everything, a time to sow, and a time to reap, but it doesn’t really remind you that it’s never a secret. What you do (or sow) in the dark is never really a secret because when we reap……
Defeating Depression

by Joy E. Miller The alarm clock goes off and discouraging thoughts invade my mind immediately. “How can I face another day? I feel like a failure. Will this depression last forever?” I force myself to pull back the covers and to take my medicine. Then I prepare a breakfast that I have no appetite……
April Lee Hernandez

“Dare to Live a Life of Freedom…There is Hope” by Adriana Zamot This American born Latina, a self-described Nuyorican (New York Puerto Rican) is one to watch out for not only in Hollywood, but in the Kingdom of God. She is known for her role in the 2007 drama Freedom Writers, in which she played……
I Missed Out on a Miracle

by Lori Hatcher She was a lovely lady who had a voice that was sweet, winsome, and compelling. Of all the soloists at our church, she was my favorite. When she sang, the joy of God was so evident on her face that the song on her lips was merely an echo of what was……
Present Your Body to God

By Laurette Willis, Director of PraiseMoves Fitness Ministry “I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your body a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service” (Romans 12:1, NKJV) Paul instructs us to “present your bodies a living sacrifice.” Each of us is advised to……
In Our Childlike Faith Go to God – I Dare You

by Kelly Ann Evers As children we dared our friends to ride a bike down a steep hill, climb a thirty foot tree, eat worms or drink crazy concoctions – and in our childlike ways -we would do it. Yet when Jesus says for us to come to Him in childlike faith – we struggle……
A Doubter’s Daughter

Inspirational Ink: Insight for a Woman’s Life by Tammi Ector Fisse A recurring theme that has come up in my journey toward emotional healing is that as adults we often recreate our family of origin. For many of us those childhood families may have been dysfunctional to varying degrees, but they are familiar. So we……
Doubts and Blessings

by Lori Hatcher “We doubt your goodness. . . We doubt your love. . .” sings Dove Award winning singer/songwriter Laura Story. In her song “Blessings,” Story eloquently describes every believer’s eventual struggle with doubt when life gets hard. Story sings from her own experience. Early in her marriage to her college baseball player husband……