by A.O Joel | Sep 13, 2023 | All Posts, Motivational
5 Places You Can Find God When Life Hurts I was sick, and my doctors could not diagnose my ailment. Yet, I hurt. Restlessly, I shifted in my bed, my body tossing from side to side, the quest for the perfect comfort eluding me. I adjusted the thermostat, first lowering...
by A.O Joel | Sep 3, 2023 | Scriptures, All Posts
God’s Promises To You When You Feel Alone. Our walk here on earth is a marathon, not a sprint. And sometimes it gets very lonely on the track as many fall by the wayside, or we ourselves err on the sidetracks. But amidst the solitude, we find strength in every...
by A.O Joel | Aug 23, 2023 | All Posts, Prayer, Scriptures
5 Ways God Serves As Your Refuge. Amid life’s challenges and uncertainties, when our world seems to spin out of control, our hearts crave a safe haven—a place where fear is replaced by faith and uncertainty finds its answer in unwavering hope. In those moments,...
by A.O Joel | Aug 6, 2023 | All Posts, Motivational
At precisely 6.05 a.m., I woke up the girls! Breakfast is served at 6:29 a.m. Egg and muffin it was; no time for a ceremonious full English breakfast! By 7.01 a.m., all four of us: my three girls and myself were already in the car! The plan was to leave Carlisle...
by A.O Joel | Jul 30, 2023 | All Posts, Prayer
Do you recognize these 5 early warning signs of prayerlessness? Prayerlessness does not happen overnight; it creeps in over time like every other form of decay in nature. Its signs are subtle, and its symptoms are often undetected. However, certain...
by A.O Joel | Jul 16, 2023 | All Posts, Art & Culture
5 ways the church can better engage culture. Proverbs 30:19 speaks of mysteries, and the mystery of the ship on the sea, I never understood until I came close. In the summer of 2009, I visited Belfast Harbor in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The harbor is famous as the...
by A.O Joel | Jul 9, 2023 | All Posts, Motivational
3 Things That Happen When We Let Go. Morning after morning, I slump into my spot in the driver’s seat. I will take the wheel and mutter a few words of prayer I have known to be more of a family recitation; some lines I had picked up from years of sitting...
by A.O Joel | Jul 2, 2023 | All Posts, Scriptures
Still childless at 100, God made the Abrahams a promise. God pointed to the heavens on a star-studded night and solemnly swore to them, “I will give you children as plenty as the stars of heaven.” He laughed! And she laughed! He laughed till he could no longer...
by A.O Joel | Jun 25, 2023 | All Posts, Prayer, Scriptures
5 Things to do when God stays silent. We have all been there: Those times we search desperately for God, and he appears nowhere near. David was there; he wrote, “God, God my God! Why did you dump me miles from nowhere? Doubled up with pain, I call to God...
by A.O Joel | Jun 18, 2023 | All Posts
21 Father’s Day Quotes. 1. “A father is a man who expects his children to be as good as he meant to be.” – Carol Coats 2. “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me.” – Jim...
