Tag: Inspirational writing
-
THE STONES CRY OUT
The stones cry out …. the problem with the stones crying out is we want them confirm how we wamt to live: what we want do and how we want to do it. The point God is making is if we bend God’s message to fit us rather than striving to come to God, and…
Jo Bower (Randall)
-
Staying Out of Trouble
Why do some people seem to live without getting into all the scraps and brushes with trouble adn terrrible consequesces of life’s decisions? I believe we can ask God to give us wisdom to see what the end result of our actions will be… while we are in the process of making the decision. Maybe…
Jo Bower (Randall)
-
Don’t Touch My Christmas
This is my half-humorous, mostly serious declaration of why Christmas is not just for kids. It’s not, you know.
Jo Bower (Randall)
-
Forever and Always In God’s Presence
In this devotion from my second novel, The Twins of Zae, I record my fascination with our concepts of being in the presence of God, yet having the presence of God within us.
Jo Bower (Randall)
-
We Long To Share
“You know those writers who insist they write only for themselves, And they don’t care if anyone else ever reads it?” he asked. I nodded, having heard that from someone. “They lie,” he asserted. “We write, hoping someone will read it. We write because we want to share.” How we try to fool ourselves…. but…
Jo Bower (Randall)
-
A Straight Line To God
God Writes straight with a crooked lines. We always head for God, but the line is not always straight. Distractions, new lessons, growth spurts, our own stubbornness and God’s own lessong to learn often add kinks, curves, and turns in our life’s road toward God.
Jo Bower (Randall)
Christian Writer, Devotional writer, devotions, Devotions by JB, Free Methodist writer, Inspirational, journal, writerauthor, Belief, Christian Life, Christian Lifestyle, Christian Writer, devotional writer, Devotional writing, Devotions by Jo Bower, Free Methodist Writer, God, inner life, Inspiration, Inspirational, Inspirational writing, relationship with God, spiritual, spiritual journal, Spiritual Journey, Spiritual Life -
LIMITS
We have become increasingly afraid of putting limits on children, ourselves, social programs, and other good things that need boundaries. In the past several years I have begun to see linits in a new light. What if limits become guidelines? Or things that keep us out of trouble? What if…. limits are really good things?…
Jo Bower (Randall)
-
Prelude to A Ministry
A new school year.The beginning of the kids and teens of the chuch will begin this week. My prayer is for us to be able to help our kids how to make God part of their entire life, not just one compartment.
Jo Bower (Randall)
-
A Stress Dream
As the disciples reacted in fear in Matthew 17:5-8 when Christ’s majesty was confirmed by God. We call it Christ’s tranfiguration. Things were changing in front of their eyes, and they didn’t know what to do except fall back to regroup. They felt overwhelmed. Enough said? It’s almost trite in this culture to talk about…
-
Feel, Search, Act
I’ve finally learned all the self-help I encounter and put in practice still has to end with taking everything back to God for completion. Everything out there that helps us grow, or identify the problems that block living a Godly life is good, but it all still needs to end with us presenting ourselves to…
Jo Bower (Randall)
Jo Bower's Blog 