Spiritual Growth

Kristi Woods encourages faith growth with these tools, ideas, and conversations centered on the Bible, self-worth, love, prayer, and trust.

Let Us…#3

Let Us…#3

  And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.   Heb. 10:24 NIV*     And let us consider and give attentive,  continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up  (stimulate and incite)  to love and helpful deeds and noble activities, Hebrews 10:24…

Let Us…#2

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess,  for he who promised is faithful.   Hebrews 10:24 NIV* In times of hurt, hold unswervingly. In times of health, hold unswervingly.   In times of death, hold unswervingly. In times of life, hold unswervingly.   In times of anger, hold unswervingly. In times of happiness, hold…

Let Us….#1

Let Us….#1

There is always so much encouragement from our Lord in His Word. He whips to life letter after letter as they lovingly yet briskly converge to form words that combine to become love notes from our Father. These notes of His gather to emphasize a real touch from a very real God.   The words…

Writing

Writing

Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.  Daniel 7:1b WEB*   Writing: some of us like to tickle the ivories of the written word while others leave it to be. Daniel was one of “those” who chose to leave a trace of God’s touch in his life through the written…

Heart of the Magi

Heart of the Magi

Updated 12/22/22 I want a heart of the Magi–one like theirs. You too? Let’s take a look at their story. Turmoil and Jesus’s Birth Matthew 2 opens the door to turmoil. What’s new? Isn’t there turmoil surrounding the name of Jesus yet today? Even in the midst of Jesus’ birth, there’s a king fighting for…

Being A Joshua

Being A Joshua

He’s a spiritual superhero of great magnitude.  The aroma of his faith in the Lord drew to magnamous proportions, even when faced by the stench of unacceptance by the majority. He believed the Lord when it was spoken that he would be taken to the land of milk and honey, just as if he knew…