This week’s questions: Maintain Your Stance: What has God called you to do, and how will you continue to do it? Identify where your opposition to this call is coming from. What do you believe God says to this, and how does God ask you to respond? Where do you need your Community’s Support, and…
Author: Starla
Name: Starla Smith.
Top titles: Wife, Mom, and Lala
What I do: Executive Pastor at Springs of Life Church
What I Enjoy: I love coffee, sunshine, cinnamon candy, llama's, photo quotes, books, and all things media. I love to write and share what God is giving.
What I am Passionate about: I want to see people find Jesus and freedom in their soul through the renewing of the mind which is the gatekeeper of the heart.
Personal Mission Statement: Fearless in Living, Faithful in All, Forward Regardless
My Favorite Quote: Don’t worry about tomorrow, God is already there.
Sunday2Monday: Put Up Your Dukes
Pastor Chad used some boxing tips to help us understand the section of scripture we were reading this week in Nehemiah chapter 4. We are still in the series Hope in Action. This message was titled Put Up Your Dukes. Nehemiah was facing opposition from without the camp and within. As the Israelite’s continued to…
Ponder: Shhhh
Why do I shhhhhh myself when upset? Better a bleeding tongue than a family member’s wounded heart. – Karen Ehman Proverbs 14:29 Whoever is patient and slow to anger shows great understanding, but whoever has a quick temper magnifies his foolishness. I remember a time when I was quick tongued and vocal when I was…
Watering Hole: Habits and Changes
Martin Luther said, ” A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.” …do not disdain the small. Little nails and a steady hammer can rebuild a life. -Ann Voskamp Most of us want to change things in our lives or how we deal with things but when we look at…
Sunday2Monday: Do The Work
We jumped back into our series called Hope in Action and into Nehemiah chapter 2 this week. In Nehemiah we find the parallel of how things in Jerusalem were not good just as in our times things have not been great. Nehemiah was just a simple cup bearer that God gave a passion. God has…
Ponder: Cross and Shame
Do you know what I love about pondering? lt’s not about finding out what is right or wrong. It’s about listening to what the Spirit or even your own Soul may say. It’s about finding out facts and feelings. It’s about knowing where you stand and what you think about things. It’s about discovering what’s…
