by Elaine Olsen | May 20, 2008 | living God's truth, parenting
“On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’” (John 20:19). For the past decade or so, I’ve been closing my letters and cards...
by Elaine Olsen | May 19, 2008 | Fighting to Win, friendship, give aways
“After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: ‘Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, and your very great reward.’” (Genesis 15:1).Someone asked me the other day if I thought that people were logging in to the blog and commenting just to receive a...
by Elaine Olsen | May 16, 2008 | Fighting to Win, living God's truth
“As Saul watched David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, commander of the army, ‘Abner, whose son is that young man?’ … ” (1 Samuel 17:55). We have arrived. Another ending to a wonderful two weeks together in the study of God’s Word. The beauty of...
by Elaine Olsen | May 14, 2008 | Fighting to Win, living God's truth
“As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.” (1 Samuel 17:48).We are nearing the end of our look at David’s fight with a giant. Today’s portion of scripture is my son’s favorite part because his young heart is...
by Elaine Olsen | May 12, 2008 | Fighting to Win, living God's truth
“David said to the Philistine, ‘You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I’ll strike you down...