Never Fails
We must never forget that our faith is in God - not our own strengths, talents, abilities or intellect. And definitely not in other...
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Christine Ayala
- Nov 10
- 1 min
Praise Him Anyway
“The Lord gave and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Job 1:21 There are some things and relationships that...
Christine Ayala
- Sep 28
- 1 min
Just Don’t
We live in an angry world. Somehow we all think we have a right to vent our anger and that others should be cool with it. Is that being...
Christine Ayala
- Sep 27
- 1 min
The Lord is Our Peace
The Lord our Peace is one of God’s names. Gideon called Him that, and so do we. Many of us learned Jehovah Shalom, but it’s probably more...
Christine Ayala
- Jul 29
- 1 min
Fruit
There is nothing wrong with feeling angry, the problems that come from anger are always a choice! What are you going to do with it, are...
Christine Ayala
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Waiting
This verse came alive to me today in a new way. The endurance that we are taught in the Scriptures is daunting. We get discouraged when...
Christine Ayala
- Jul 24
- 1 min
True Friend
None of us want to hear the word, “No!” We want others to be supportive and to back us up without questioning anything. At the same time,...
Christine Ayala
- Jun 27
- 1 min
Rest
When we work so hard that we are always tired and emotionally unavailable to those we say we love, and to God, we are not following His...
Christine Ayala
- Jun 26
- 1 min
Empty Places
Knowing who you are, understanding your identity can only come about by understanding who created you. We don’t define ourselves, we...
Christine Ayala
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Perfect Peace
When things don’t go the way you’d hoped, or how you thought God was going to orchestrate them, how does that make you feel? What about...
Christine Ayala
- Jun 12
- 1 min
Obedience
When we obey the Lord, it changes things. Our obedience calls the blessings and promises of God into action. “Blessed are all who fear...
Christine Ayala
- Jun 1
- 1 min
Weakness?
God teaches us this at different times and in different ways in the Bible. There’s the story of Gideon, who was hiding and trying to sift...
Christine Ayala
- May 25
- 1 min
Not My Will
Well, isn’t that a good question? Whenever you find yourself repeating a pattern that leads to a sin you don’t really want to do and that...
Christine Ayala
- May 18
- 1 min
Time
Time is a gift from God. Like any gift, it can be cherished and put to good use or despised and squandered away. Sometimes we just waste...
Christine Ayala
- May 14
- 1 min
Wait Hope Trust
The verb in the beginning of this verse is translated differently by different translations- “trust,” “wait,” and “hope.” Each of these...
Christine Ayala
- Mar 20
- 1 min
Listen
I am sharing this quote from @elisabethelliotspeaks because I have experienced the same thing so many times. It’s always when I have...
Christine Ayala
- Mar 17
- 1 min
St. Patrick’s Breastplate
There is a prayer St. Patrick wrote and prayed - it’s been turned into a hymn called St Patrick’s Breastplate. Here is an excerpt from...
Christine Ayala
- Mar 6
- 1 min
He Is Good
I’ve definitely gone through times when I questioned the goodness of God’s will. How could this kind of suffering be good? How could the...
Christine Ayala
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Trust in _______?
Trusting God is so much better than being able to do things myself. I know this is t what the world wants us to do - the world teaches us...
Christine Ayala
- Feb 14
- 1 min
The Secret
I remember when I learned this for the second time - because I was too hard headed to really learn it the first one. I had spent years...
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