Category Archives: Homiletics & Devotions

In His Hands

I love revis­it­ing Books of the Bible I have stud­ied before. If you go into scrip­ture search­ing you will most cer­tainly find a trea­sure! I know the Spirit is at work in us and as He trans­forms us by the renew­ing of our minds the Word’s mean­ing grows deeper and wider. It truly is a life spring and a well

Daily Bible Study — Tips

Find­ing time to study scrip­ture every­day is a vital part of the Chris­t­ian life, but it is also the one thing that tends to get left off of our busy agen­das first. I am a busy woman myself! I once had a friend ask me, “Have you ever heard the acronym “B.U.S.Y.” Being Under Satan’s Yoke?” Ouch!   Don’t let

Faith Deployed … Again — Updated!

Faith Deployed… Again was offi­cially released on July 1, 2011. To order your copy please go to Ama­zon. From Faith Deployed (if you look at the names of the con­tribut­ing authors… you might find a Shack­elford!) I am so excited and hon­ored to be a part of this won­der­ful book! I will add pur­chas­ing infor­ma­tion when the book is released.

Who me? Worry?

I am an inher­ent wor­rier. I come from a long line of wor­ri­ers. We worry that we worry too much. I have spent the greater half of my mid­dle adult­hood fight­ing back the temp­ta­tion of worry. Worry, fret and anx­i­ety can eas­ily become a way of life, and what they leave in their path is usu­ally not pro­duc­tive, help­ful

A New Mercy This Morning

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deut. 6:5 Have you ever had a dream that left you con­fused upon wak­ing? How about a dream so vivid that it stirs your emo­tions, causes tur­moil and leaves you emo­tion­ally con­fused even after you have come to your

Thomas — Doubter or Doctrinaire?

John 20:24  –  28 Now Thomas (called Didy­mus), one of the Twelve, was not with the dis­ci­ples when Jesus came So the other dis­ci­ples told him, “We have seen the Lord But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my fin­ger where the nails were, and put my hand into his