by Shirley Hicks | Dec 30, 2018 | Inspiration, New Beginnings
Are you apprehensive about your future, and feel like you cannot go on from here? Be encouraged because you can begin again. In fact, it is time to begin again right now. Regardless of your past situation, God loves you very much and He has an extraordinary plan for...
by Shirley Hicks | Aug 22, 2018 | Inspiration, New Beginnings
The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.” Genesis 41:52 (NIV) Joseph named his first son Manasseh, which means, forgetting. He said that God had made up to him all the anguish that he had suffered...
by Shirley Hicks | Aug 14, 2018 | Inspiration, New Beginnings
When we read about how the disciples walked with Jesus, it is hard to imagine them ever being fearful or faithless. They saw Jesus’ many miracles and heard His awesome teachings on a daily basis. Yet, at times, Jesus had to remind them of their little faith. Sometimes...
by Shirley Hicks | Aug 8, 2018 | Inspiration, New Beginnings
Caleb’s life is a wonderful example of the advantages of beginning again. Despite wandering in the wilderness for forty years because the other Israelites would not believe God, Caleb made the best of an adverse situation. He had many opportunities to give up and...
by Shirley Hicks | Aug 4, 2018 | Inspiration, New Beginnings
David’s brothers and others did not believe he could defeat Goliath, the giant. However, they were not in the field when he killed a lion and a bear. Only he and God knew that his past victories had prepared him to defeat the giant. Surely, God has done something for...
