by Elaine Olsen | Dec 12, 2008 | Advent, christian perfection, eternity, friendship, living God's truth
“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. … Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 1, 2008 | eternity, grace, living God's truth, rest
“‘If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 25, 2008 | eternity, friendship, living God's truth, movies
“However, as it is written: ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him’—but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.” (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). Not...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 17, 2008 | christian perfection, eternity, living God's truth
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 5, 2008 | election, eternity, living God's truth, peace
“For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.” (2 Chronicles 16:9). Perspective. Remember?I woke up this morning, just as I have for the past forty-two years. With some moments and with an opportunity...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 18, 2008 | eternity, family fun, grace, living God's truth
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). My college-age son is home for the weekend. He is my delight and joy and the welcome of...
