Happy Friday, Prayer Warriors! How was your week? I feel like I'm finally catching up with things since we've been on three big trips and a couple of little ones so far this year. I deep cleaned our kitchen on Wednesday, and it felt so good!
This week's devotion is entitled "one-hundred-times-a-day grace." This one was definitely a stream of consciousness writing, but my big take away is how devout Jews make a point to thank God at least one hundred times a day. What a lovely tradition; that's one I want to try and have the discipline and inclination to do!
Here is this week's scripture:
I also wanted to share with you the Rembrandt print Ann mentioned that she has hanging in her kitchen:
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Supper at Emmaus or The Pilgrims at Emmaus
oil on mahogany panel
1648
The Louvre
The subject of this painting is Rembrandt's depiction of Christ revealing himself to the pilgrims during the supper at Emmaus. It's a scene from the New Testament's Gospel of Luke, which tells the story of Christ's intimate repast with two of his disciples, Luke and Cleopas, who have failed to recognize him after his resurrection from the dead (Luke 24:13-35).
Prayer Requests
- Pray for Kitty's son Mike to get a job. AI has taken away many jobs in his industry.
- Pray for Kitty's SIL Eric's continued recovery from surgery. Also pray for her daughter as her responsibilities have increased while Eric recovers.
- Please continue to pray for our military and military families.
- Continue to pray for Carla's son Sam and the 157th!
- Pray for leadership in our country, leaders who will care about America and Americans above global interests.
I'm taking my coffee to go this morning.
We're headed to the lake!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Monday, Sweet Friends! What did you do this weekend? Did you get outside and enjoy some beautiful spring weather?
This week's devotion is entitled "one-hundred-times-a-day grace," and I hope it is half as good as last week's, which I loved!
Here is this week's scripture:
Prayer Requests:
- Pray for Kitty's son Mike to get a job. AI has taken away many jobs in his industry.
- Pray for Kitty's SIL Eric's continued recovery from surgery. Also pray for her daughter as her responsibilities have increased while Eric recovers.
- Please continue to pray for our military and military families.
- Continue to pray for Carla's son Sam and the 157th!
- Pray for leadership in our country, leaders who will care about America and Americans above global interests.
- Today is our son-in-law Christopher's birthday. Please pray special birthday blessings for him!
Have a beautiful week!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Adam and Eve mosaic
St. Vitus Cathedral
Prague Castle Complex
Prague, Czech Republic
Happy Friday, Friends!
Have you had a good week? Mine has been busy with events including a party. I was also able to spend quite a bit of time with Shelley this week, too, so it's been a very good week!
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This week's devotion is entitled "love song grace." It is my very favorite of all the lessons so far because of its "rightness" in how to think. My grandmother always taught me that it isn't any of my business what other people think about me. However, this is the only and the very best exception, isn't it!
What are your thoughts?
Here are this week's scriptures:
Prayer Requests
- Pray for Kitty's son Mike to get a job. AI has taken away many jobs in his industry.
- Continue to pray for Kitty's SIL Eric as he recovers from surgery. Pray that he won't get any infections. Also pray for her daughter as her responsibilities have increased while Eric recovers.
- URGENT: Eric's surgery is today where they do an implant in his chest that will coordinate with the brain implant. All this will need programming and may take awhile to tweak everything. Pray for his continued recovery.
- Please continue to pray for our military and military families.
- Please pray for my friend Charlotte's son Connor. He is struggling with mental illness.
- Please pray for my friend Dawn who is fighting leukemia.
- Sam has another extended Drill Date this month. He cannot tell us much... just that several teams will be deployed. Pray for the 157th!
- Pray that war won't be escalated in the Middle East and elsewhere, and that God's will be done!
Have a lovely weekend, Sweet Prayer Warrior Friends!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Monday, Friends! How was your weekend? We went to the lake to get our cabin ready for the summer season. We haven't been down there in a long time. Although we mostly worked, it was nice to go!
This week's lesson is entitled "love song grace." I'm intrigued by the title, aren't you?
This week's scripture is one of my very favorite Bible verses:
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Prayer Requests
- Pray for Kitty's son Mike to get a job. AI has taken away many jobs in his industry.
- Continue to pray for Kitty's SIL Eric as he recovers from surgery. Pray that he won't get any infections. Also pray for her daughter as her responsibilities have increased while Eric recovers.
- Please continue to pray for our military and military families.
- Please pray for my friend Charlotte's son Connor. He is struggling with mental illness.
- Please pray for my friend Dawn who is fighting leukemia.
- Sam has another extended Drill Date this month. He cannot tell us much... just that several teams will be deployed. Pray for the 157th!
- Pray that war won't be escalated in the Middle East and elsewhere, and that God's will be done!
Now go have some coffee, read your Bible, pray, and let your little light shine this week!
I love you all!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Hand-painted Easter eggs from the Easter Market
Old Town Square, Prague, Czech Republic
Happy Friday, Friends! I hope you've had a wonderful week. The world has completely greened-up here in Central Alabama because we've had a lot of rain. The woods and gardens near our home are stunning!
This week's lesson is entitled "wedded grace." Kitty enjoyed it, and said it was one of her favorite lessons so far. I agree...I found my face hurting from my big grin when I finished reading it! Weddings are indeed a sacrament even though many in today's world do not view it as such. In that context, isn't the wedding metaphor for how Christ and the church are one both exciting and comforting?
Below is this week's featured scripture.
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There is also at least four other verses mentioned in this week's lesson. I won't post all of them, but I will leave you with this one:
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband...And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.~Revelation 21:2,4 (KJV)
If these verses don't make us smile until our faces hurt, then I don't think anything can!
Prayer Requests
- Pray for Kitty's son Mike to get a job. AI has taken away many jobs in his industry.
- Continue to pray for Kitty's SIL Eric as he recovers from surgery. Pray that he won't get any infections. Also pray for her daughter as her responsibilities have increased while Eric recovers.
- Please continue to pray for our military and military families.
- Rita's daughters have competed their studies for the semester, and both did well. Praise God!
- Please pray for my friend Charlotte's son Connor. He is struggling with mental illness.
- Please pray for my friend Dawn who is fighting leukemia.
- Sam has another extended Drill Date this month. He cannot tell us much... just that several teams will be deployed. Pray for the 157th!
I'm hoping to do a little container gardening both indoors and out this weekend.
What are your plans?
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Monday, Friends! We're back from our trip, and I am so very thankful for your prayers. My stamina held-up so well: Everyone was amazed! God is so good to answer our prayers. We had a wonderful trip, and I'm happy to be home, too.
This week's devotion is entitled "wedded grace," and I have not read it yet. I am planning on reading it later this morning. It took us 24 hours to get home on Saturday, but we got home when it was bedtime, so the jet lag hasn't been bad. I will probably be doing laundry all day today (like yesterday).
Here is this week's scripture:
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Prayer Requests
Before I get to the requests, I want to thank y'all for keeping us posted via email while we were on vacation. Please let me know if I've left off any requests today and I will update our list ASAP.
- Please pray that we [all] can overcome seasonal allergy issues. Especially lift up Rita as she's had respiratory infections, and allergies and asthma can worsen them.
- Pray for Kitty's son Mike to get a job. AI has taken away many jobs in his industry.
- Continue to pray for Kitty's SIL Eric as he recovers from surgery. Pray that he won't get any infections.
- Please continue to pray for our military and military families.
- Remember Rita's daughters in your prayers as they are in their spring semester of graduate studies while working full-time. She is particularly concerned about their levels of stress.
- Please pray for my friend Charlotte's son Connor. He is struggling with mental illness.
- Please pray for my friend Dawn who is fighting leukemia.
- Sam has another extended Drill Date this month. He cannot tell us much... just that several teams will be deployed. Pray for the 157th!
- Pray that there won't be too much crazy associated with the eclipse. Several school districts have canceled school, and many local/state governments have issued states of emergency. I don't understand why. (I can remember in school making the shoebox projectors with the pin holes to watch eclipses. The school thing sounds crazy to me. All of it does, actually.)
Now I'm off to hit the coffee, read scripture and our lesson, and tackle all the laundry!
Have a great week, Friends!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Happy Monday, Friends! I will be taking a brief blog break for the next couple of weeks. I will return to posting on Monday, April 8th.
If you have any urgent prayer requests, please email me using the email contact form on the Contact Page.
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy First Friday of Spring, Friends! We've had nice weather this week, but unfortunately the air quality hasn't been great. What have you been up to this week?
This week's devotion is about trust, and how thankfulness feeds our trust in Christ. It was hard for me to get past the images of the children during World War II sleeping with bread, how it comforted them knowing there would be something for them to eat in the morning. I can't help but wonder about these stories, and I might follow-up with the footnoted source at some point this spring.
Here is this week's scripture:
Prayer Requests
- We have a praise! Pastor Steve is state side. Mercury One and Congressman Cory Mills organized the rescue mission. They rescued 23 people. Cory Mills is a special ops expert and personally helped!
- Kitty's son-in-law Eric found out from his doctor that insurance has declined to pay for his upcoming surgery. The doctor is going to appeal, and keep him scheduled. She asks that we pray insurance will agree to pay for this surgery for the brain implant for his cervical dystonia.
- Please continue to pray for our military and military families.
- Remember Rita's daughters in your prayers as they head into their spring semester of graduate studies while working full-time. She is particularly concerned about their levels of stress.
- Please pray for my friend Dawn who is fighting leukemia.
- Kitty asks for prayers for Mike to get a job.
- Sam has just received word he has another extended Drill Date in April. He cannot tell us much... just that several teams will be deployed. Pray for the 157th!
Have a super-fun weekend, Friends!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy St. Patrick's Day, Friends! I know it was yesterday, but it seems strange celebrating it on a Sunday, but maybe it's appropriate considering St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. Did you celebrate? Someone gave us some shamrock cookies. That was the extent of our celebration!
Today is my grandmother's birthday. She would have been 104 today (she passed December 1, 2019, just a couple of months short of her 100th birthday).
This week's lesson is entitled "bread grace," and I think it's a difficult read because Ann Voskamp's thoughts are all over the place in this one (even more so than her norm). This isn't really meant as a criticism because I enjoy stream of consciousness writing. I will need to read it several more times before I write Friday's post.
Here is this week's scripture:
Prayer Requests
- URGENT FROM CARLA: A local pastor is currently trapped in Haiti. Pastor Steven Svendsen. Please pray for his safety and swift evacuation from this dangerous country. (The Biden administration has stated that Americans are on their own in Haiti.)
- Kitty's son-in-law Eric found out from his doctor that insurance has declined to pay for his upcoming surgery. The doctor is going to appeal, and keep him scheduled. She asks that we pray insurance will agree to pay for this surgery for the brain implant for his cervical dystonia.
- Sam is back to his monthly Drill schedule with the Wisconsin National Guard. Prayer request is for strength and wisdom. Longer drill periods have been set for this year. Pray for the 157th!
- A group of Wisconsin National Guard will be deploying to Syria. Please continue to pray for our military and military families.
- Remember Rita's daughters in your prayers as they head into their spring semester of graduate studies while working full-time. She is particularly concerned about their levels of stress.
- Please pray for my friend Dawn who is fighting leukemia.
- From Carla: a local 57 year old truck driver was killed by an illegal. The illegal did not have any United States I.D. or a driver's license. He handed the deputies two I.D.'s from Mexico. Praying for the family of the truck driver, leaving behind a wife, children and grandchildren.
- Kitty asks for prayers for Mike to get a job.
Please let me know if there are any new prayer requests or updates on older ones.
Have a lovely week!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Friday, Friends! Beware the Ides of March! ;P
I am so excited this morning because Mr. Prayer Warrior is having breakfast at home, which is rare! I have no idea what he'll want, but we have plenty of options.
What do you typically have for breakfast?
I usually only have a coffee bomb during the week.
This week's lesson is entitled "manna grace." It was another tough one on grief, and I admit I chose not to reread this one. There are way too many "what is it" moments these days, and so many mysteries we cannot comprehend. Yet.
Thoughts?
Here is this week's scripture:
Prayer Requests
- URGENT FROM CARLA: A local pastor is currently trapped in Haiti. Pastor Steven Svendsen. Please pray for his safety and swift evacuation from this dangerous country. (The Biden administration has stated that Americans are on their own in Haiti.)
- Kitty's son-in-law Eric found out yesterday from his doctor that insurance has declined to pay for his upcoming surgery. The doctor is going to appeal, and keep him scheduled. She asks that we pray insurance will agree to pay for this surgery for the brain implant for his cervical dystonia.
- Sam is back to his monthly Drill schedule with the Wisconsin National Guard. Prayer request is for strength and wisdom. Longer drill periods have been set for this year. Pray for the 157th!
- A group of Wisconsin National Guard will be deploying to Syria. Please continue to pray for our military and military families.
- Remember Rita's daughters in your prayers as they head into their spring semester of graduate studies while working full-time. She is particularly concerned about their levels of stress.
- Please pray for my friend Dawn who is fighting leukemia.
- From Carla: a local 57 year old truck driver was killed by an illegal. The illegal did not have any United States I.D. or a driver's license. He handed the deputies two I.D.'s from Mexico. Praying for the family of the truck driver, leaving behind a wife, children and grandchildren.
- Kitty asks for prayers for Mike to get a job.
While my coffee is brewing, I'm typing and watching a storm roll in. This is the last weekend of winter, and we're entering into our severe weather season.
I hope y'all have a peaceful weekend!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Monday, Sweet Friends! How was your weekend? Mine was spent fixing bugs on my blog. I also got a lot of chores done, too. I must admit that I'm a wee bit bleary-eyed this morning; the beginning of daylight savings time isn't exactly my favorite time of the year!
I have not read this week's devotion, but as soon as this post is live, I'll make some coffee, settled down, and read it. I'm intrigued with the title: "manna grace." Wouldn't you like to see manna, and then try to make something with it? It has been described as being like coriander seeds (Numbers 11:7).
Here is this week's scripture:
This verse was part of my daily Bible reading on Saturday!
Before I share the prayer requests... I want to share with you some great news Kitty shared with me over the weekend. We have diligently been praying that her grandson Connor and his dad would make amends, and they have! God is so good, and it has been a privilege seeing how he answers our prayers, and it's been super cool to see how he has been working in our families.
Prayer Requests
- URGENT FROM CARLA: A local pastor is currently trapped in Haiti. Pastor Steven Svendsen. Please pray for his safety and swift evacuation from this dangerous country.
- From Carla: Praying for the family of Laken Riley. My heart breaks for them. My Texas family asks for prayer regarding the fires and border.
- Let's pray that God will protect our American citizens against foreign entities who want to harm, kill, and destroy.
- Sam is back to his monthly Drill schedule with the Wisconsin National Guard. Prayer request is for strength and wisdom. Longer drill periods have been set for this year. Pray for the 157th!
- A group of Wisconsin National Guard will be deploying to Syria. Please continue to pray for our military and military families.
- Remember Rita's daughters in your prayers as they head into their spring semester of graduate studies while working full-time. She is particularly concerned about their levels of stress.
- Please pray for my friend Dawn who is fighting leukemia.
- From Carla: a local 57 year old truck driver was killed by an illegal. The illegal did not have any United States I.D. or a driver's license. He handed the deputies two I.D.'s from Mexico. Praying for the family of the truck driver, leaving behind a wife, children and grandchildren.
- Kitty asks for prayers for Mike to get a job and that Eric receives relief for his upcoming surgery in April for his brain implant for his cervical dystonia.
Have a great week!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Friday, Friends! How has your week been so far? What have you been up to? I've accomplished a lot, checking-off items from my To Do List. It feels good!
This week's devotion is entitled "lowest grace." I think this is my favorite one out of what we've read so far. It is such a wise lesson, that gratitude increases our humility so that God's miracles and gifts can flow down to us. It is such a sweet lesson about a loving God who wants to shower us with his precious gifts. We only need to be willing to humble ourselves and accept them.
What are your thoughts about this lesson? Here is this week's scripture:
Prayer Requests
- From Carla: Praying for the family of Laken Riley. My heart breaks for them. My Texas family asks for prayer regarding the fires and border.
- I'd also like to add to pray for the families of Mollie Tibbetts and Lizbeth Medina. These illegal aliens are killing our citizens, and they need to be deported before more lives are lost.
- Sam is back to his monthly Drill schedule with the Wisconsin National Guard. Prayer request is for strength and wisdom. Longer drill periods have been set for this year. Pray for the 157th!
- A group of Wisconsin National Guard will be deploying to Syria. Please continue to pray for our military and military families.
- Remember Rita's daughters in your prayers as they head into their spring semester of graduate studies while working full-time. She is particularly concerned about their levels of stress.
- Please pray for my friend Dawn who is fighting leukemia.
- Kitty asks that we pray that her Grandson Connor and his dad will make amends; Son Mike will find a job; and Son in law Eric will be able to manage his cervical dystonia.
- From Carla: a local 57 year old truck driver was killed by an illegal. The illegal did not have any United States I.D. or a driver's license. He handed the deputies two I.D.'s from Mexico. Praying for the family of the truck driver, leaving behind a wife, children and grandchildren.
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I'm off to the salon...I have an appointment at 9:00.
But first....COFFEE!
Have a great weekend!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
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