by Jean A Sturgill | Learning to Walk, Marriage, Family & Relationships, The Body of Christ
When I was young, I would let challenges frustrate or even anger me. Mom’s advice would be to stop what I was doing and do something else for a while. I rarely wanted to do that. I wanted to resolve the issue, and I wanted to resolve it then! Have you ever let a...
by Jean A Sturgill | Marriage, Family & Relationships, The Body of Christ
Have you ever talked to a lost person who had hit bottom and had no hope? Have you ever talked to a saved person who had endured many personal struggles, but over the years they had become beaten down? Both need hope and truth. Down trodden seems to be commonplace...
by Jean A Sturgill | Learning to Walk, The Body of Christ
Has someone ever shown up at your house when it wasn’t clean? Perhaps you met them at the door and stepped outside to talk to them. How did it make you feel that you could not invite that person into your home without them seeing the mess you created? Can you think of...
by Jean A Sturgill | Fundamentals, The Body of Christ
When I was a teenager, I would get all wrapped up in something. My time would be consumed with chasing after some goal that I had not prayed about or some project that was ill planned. Eventually, my attention would be off on something else. I had wasted my time, and...
by Jean A Sturgill | Learning to Walk, Marriage, Family & Relationships, The Body of Christ
The older I get, the more patterns I see in life. The things that puzzled me years ago are really quite simple. They say history repeats itself. Patterns of life repeat themselves. Reactions to actions and responses to situations often have a typical predictable...
by Jean A Sturgill | Fundamentals, The Body of Christ
A man came up to me over the weekend and said, “God and I are good buddies.” I think I said something like, “uh-huh.” Then I just waited to see what he was going to say next. Honestly, I was not sure what he was trying to express to me. Was he serious? Was he trying...