by Elaine Olsen | Aug 4, 2012 | conviction, courage, evil, God's Word, hell, living God's truth, right words; right timing, truth
“Not until halfway through the feast did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to preach. . . . Jesus answered, ‘My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me. If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 31, 2012 | right words; right timing, silence, speaking, truth, words
“Therefore Jesus told them, ‘The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil. You go to the Feast. I am not yet going up to the Feast, because for me to right...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 30, 2012 | church life, knowing God, living God's truth, peace for the journey
This is where we went to church yesterday . . . at least for those of you who answered the roll call on my facebook page: CommunityWalk Map – God’s House (7-29-12) Twenty-five states represented (I think), at least twelve denominations and several...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 26, 2012 | cancer, cancer volume 4, faith, living God's truth, pilgrimage
May I tell you a secret? For those of you who know me personally and do life with me on a regular basis, it won’t be fresh revelation. But for others—those of you who only know me as the woman who writes these words in this public place—my disclosure might come as a...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 22, 2012 | conviction, faith, God's Word, grace, knowing God, worship
God sees the trembling heart. He saw mine this morning, took notice of the growing conviction that began in me long before my burden made its way to my usual second pew. His Word sparked a fire. His Spirit fanned it into flame, and I trembled . . . all the way through...
