I had an opportunity to return to the site of The Daily Lily Retreat ’09 for a couple of days this week. As I was out moving around the grounds and doing one of the things I like to do best, some landscape work, my eye was drawn to a new landscape feature, a gardenContinue reading ““…know that I Am God”
Category Archives: Christianity
Are you being tempted?
Read with me how even the devil tempted Christ, but see how Jesus put that old satan in his place. “Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him the kingdoms of the world and all their glory. I will give it all to you, he said, ifContinue reading “Are you being tempted?”
Happy Birthday Debi
Retreat Introduction Video
Our thanks to Christopher Mar for his photos and video skills! Love it Christopher!
Retreat ’09
Jesus is coming again and soon! And, I want to be ready and I want others to be ready as well. I have just attended a retreat in Eastern NC on “Dressing For His Glory” on pursuing excellence by Sara. The theme and title of the 4th annual Daily Lily.com Retreat definitely describes my heart’sContinue reading “Retreat ’09”
Fig Tree Study
“He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored. ” (Proverbs 27:18) I have two little figs on my fig tree in Virginia. Not many! I feel sad seeing only two little green figs on a tree with lots of green leaves. I haveContinue reading “Fig Tree Study”
Consistency
In my Beth Moore lesson, DANIEL, it says godliness is never accidental. Neither is victory coincidental. Both stem from up-front, daily resolve. C-o-n-s-i-s-t-e-n-c-y
Prayer Promise
“Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:19-20, NKJ)
Wit-ting with the Lilies-Jasper
jasper |ˈjaspər| noun 1 an opaque reddish-brown variety of chalcedony. 2 a kind of hard fine porcelain invented by Josiah Wedgwood and used for Wedgwood cameos and other delicate work. Other delicate work. What other delicate work is Jasper used for?
Moderation in all things
“Moderation in all things,” is an extrapolation of Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean (as presented in Nicomachean Ethics). I have often heard this quoted as being a proverb right out of the writings of the Apostle Paul, not so. But, Paul did use a very similar idea when he wrote I Corinthians 9:25.
