by lisa rippy | Sep 10, 2023 | Blog
He was nearing 70 years old and was quite the seasoned listener. Some even said he had a ‘gift’ in listening because he wouldn’t interrupt. Ever. He would simply sit and smile, while giving the most caring eye contact while listening and not just...
by lisa rippy | Sep 8, 2023 | Blog
A storm rolls in right around the time it was forecasted…so we’re glad we remembered our umbrella. A baby is born close to their due date…so we’re thankful the nursery is ready. A house closes on the day and time as planned…so we’re...
by lisa rippy | Sep 8, 2023 | Blog
With the fall approaching, I’m already staging and stocking our kitchen with the appliances, cookbooks, pots, pans, utensils, decorations, and table/island settings. So here are a FIVE tips to help set up your Kitchen for the new season: 1) Wash CrockPots,...
by lisa rippy | Sep 8, 2023 | Blog
While writing this post, my heart is full of anticipation of a 5-day retreat with the LORD that only His Sovereign Providence has graciously planned! To be alone with the LORD in His Word, enjoying His nature, and to be alone in an intentional silence in order to...
by lisa rippy | Aug 31, 2023 | Blog
The saying, “Sticks and stones my break my bones but words will never hurt me,” is a children’s rhyme that was created to be used as a defense against verbal bullying by remaining calm and indifferent. However, “words will never hurt me,”...
by lisa rippy | Aug 30, 2023 | Blog
It may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures that a Christian soldier cannot learn without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier for God’s warriors than standing still. There are hours of perplexity when the most willing...
by lisa rippy | Aug 26, 2023 | Blog
All of my Southern Baptist life, each church where I have been a member had a staff of pastoral/leadership and a body of deacons. Church members served as bible study teachers and served in other areas of ministerial needs such as church-wide events, within the prayer...
by lisa rippy | Aug 25, 2023 | Blog
A person is never more noble and never more like God than when he forgives someone. That is the most godlike thing we can do. There is nothing more glorious that a person can do for another person than to forgive. A truly godly person will be known because he or she...
by lisa rippy | Aug 24, 2023 | Blog
The Fall of 2022, I taught a bible study at our local church that I had written; “Living Certain in an Uncertain World – An Expositional Study of 1,2,3, John.” As the time to begin teaching was drawing closer, the suggestion to teach a coed class was...
by lisa rippy | Aug 23, 2023 | Blog
“I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress.” Isaiah 65:19 In heaven the glorified do not weep, for all outward causes of grief are gone. There are no broken friendships,...
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