My Bodyguard and Me

As I’ve been writing a new bible study there was a word in Scripture that, when I came to it, really grabbed my attention. A word that I’ve read in the Bible for years, but y’all … I wanted to sit on it longer, let it marinate in my mind and...

Homemade Chicken Salad

If you’re like me, you’ve probably tried several chicken salads in your lifetime and each one tastes tee-totally different. Some have spice, some are sweet, some are chunky and some are shredded. While some are loaded up with all kinds of veges and fruit,...

Rest Is What You Need If You Want to Servant-Lead

Busy. A word that describes how the majority of people live … just plain o’ busy. But what is tragic to me, (and I was very selective in the descriptive word I just used), is how we can take that wonderful word, a word that defines a life that is...

Answered Prayer … Through Pressure Washing

Have you ever prayed and asked the Lord for something, only to be brought to tears as His answer keeps coming and coming and coming? Rip and I have prayed and asked the Lord for something very specific and last night, as we sat in Captain D’s at 9:00 eating...

The Lord is my Shepherd

If you need or want prayer; please contact me at teapottilly@gmail.com or call 704-965-6875.  I would count it an honor and privilege to pray with you. The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.  Psalm 23:1 A shepherd is one who watches over his sheep; all of them,...

How to Whitewash Fireplace Brick

Good Monday Morning! *Click on the right arrow on the photo above to see the after photo! Rip and I have been having some reno good times at our home lately! I’ve been off the computer more than normal and with a paintbrush in my hand WAY more than normal, along...

Earthly and Heavenly Father

“Our Father who art in heaven, Holy is Your Name.”  Matthew 6:9 Everyone has a Father.  I loved my daddy!  He was passionate about his job of building houses.  He was passionate about his wife and children.  He was passionate about serving in his church....

His People

“Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘ I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” Please don’t let yourself skip over...

How To Recognize God's Voice

Have you ever wondered what people mean when they say things like, “God said to me …”, or “I heard God say…”? Maybe you have experienced what you believed was God’s voice speaking to you, but still wondered, “Are these...