Connie Dunlop

Refresh:  Begin with prayer. Ask for the Holy Spirit to open your heart to new understanding and for God’s character to be revealed. Read:  Matthew 9:27-31 Reflect:  When I first became a stepmom, many times my cooking abilities were questioned.  Likes and dislikes started out as what something did or did not look like, or…

Refresh:  Begin with prayer. Ask for the Holy Spirit to open your heart to new understanding and for God’s character to be revealed. Read:  Mark 2: 1-12 Reflect:  When is enough, enough? How far is too far when serving others? In the book, Ministry of Healing, we are told that the disease that this man…

Refresh:  What storms are raging in your life right now? How can you find greater peace in the middle of your storm? Read:  Luke 8:22-25 Have you been sent information on the coronavirus from your friends, family, employer, utility companies, creditors, anyone you do business with, and even your church?   Seems like we are constantly…

Refresh:  Pray that we can be the witness Jesus wants us to be. Read:  Mark 7:31-37 Have you ever been so excited about something that you just couldn’t wait to tell someone?  That is exactly what happens in this week’s story, not only once, but twice! We see here in this story, that Jesus has…

  Refresh:  Pray that the Lord will give you more insight into the keeping of the Sabbath day.   In my growing relationship with Jesus, I have come to understand that showing love to our family, friends, neighbors, even strangers, is more important that the keeping of any rules, regulations, or doctrine.  Regardless of how…

Pure, sanctified love, expressed by Christ’s lifework, is as sacred perfume.  Like an opened bottle of perfume, it fills the whole house with fragrance.  Eloquence, and extended knowledge of the truth, outward devotion, rare talents, if mingled with sacred, humble love, will become as fragrant as the opened box of ointment.  But gifts alone, ability…