Happy Last Monday in January, Friends!
I want to thank you so much for your prayers last week. They were truly felt, and we had a wonderful trip.
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This week's lesson is short, and it made me cry. Entitled "this-moment grace," I hope it encourages you like it did me. I'm sure I'll re-read this one a couple of times over the course of the week.
This week's scripture is Psalm 103:15 and 17, but since I also have a graphic for Psalm 103:13-14, I decided to share it, too.
- 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.
- Pray that God will keep a hedge of protection around each of our families, especially concerning our health (physical, mental, and spiritual).
- Thank-you, God, for your constancy in answering our prayers!
- Pray for unity in our country, and that God will show us mercy and continue to bless us.
- Carla has a request for her community as crime is increasing. She also requests that we pray for courage for the citizens of Cameron.
- 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.
- Kris asks that you pray for her BIL. He had his surgery this past Wednesday and is out of ICU to a step down cardiac unit. Probably will go home if all goes well by this coming Wednesday. He is doing really well. Prayers for her grand dog Snickers. She is her daughter Kim's dachshund. She has major back issues after a seizure a year ago and was doing better but now has had a relapse and cannot walk again. Hoping and praying the meds will work again and she can resume function.
- Pray for my friend Jen's mother Janet who's recovering from two back surgeries since Christmas Eve Eve (Dec. 23rd). UPDATE: Janet is home!
- 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.
- Carla asks that we please pray for COMMON SENSE regarding the border to prevail. And as the Texas National Guard vs. The Border Patrol, may the hearts of these brave sons and daughters not get corrupt by government, but know what is best for the PEOPLE of this beloved country.
- Also, please pray for the truckers who will participate in the Truckers' Protest at the Texas Border which starts today through February 3rd. It's estimated that around 700,000 truckers will protest, including truckers from Canada.
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Have a lovely week, Friends, If I've forgotten any prayer requests, please email me and leave a comment.
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
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Happy Friday, Friends! What did you thing about this week's devo? I thought it was sad, especially as I read through our prayer requests and lament about the suffering impacting our loved ones. But at least I have this one takeaway:
Here is this week's scripture:
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Prayer Requests:
- 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.
- Pray that God will keep a hedge of protection around each of our families, especially concerning our health (physical, mental, and spiritual).
- Thank-you, God, for your constancy in answering our prayers!
- Pray for unity in our country, and that God will show us mercy and continue to bless us.
- Carla has a request for her community as crime is increasing. She also requests that we pray for courage for the citizens of Cameron.
- 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.
- Kris asks that you pray for her BIL. They just found out that he has to have bypass surgery at the end of this month. He is Terry's oldest brother, and he's only 68 years old.
- Pray for my friend Jen's mother Janet who's recovering from two back surgeries since Christmas Eve Eve (Dec. 23rd). She's in rehab currently.
- 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 Donna who is going through breast cancer treatment. Phase one is done, and now her team must decide between round two of chemo or surgery.
- Still continue to pray for travel mercies for Trip and me. We should be returning home tomorrow.
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Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Happy Monday, Friends! This week's devotion is entitled "hard grace," and I hope that isn't a prediction of how hard skiing will be for me this week! I'm almost afraid to read it, however I will read it by a cozy fire later this afternoon.
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Here is this week's scripture:
Prayer Requests:
- 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.
- Pray that God will keep a hedge of protection around each of our families, especially concerning our health (physical, mental, and spiritual).
- Thank-you, God, for your constancy in answering our prayers!
- Pray for unity in our country, and that God will show us mercy and continue to bless us.
- Carla has a request for her community as crime is increasing. She also requests that we pray for courage for the citizens of Cameron.
- 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.
- Kris asks that you pray for her BIL. They just found out that he has to have bypass surgery at the end of this month. He is Terry's oldest brother, and he's only 68 years old.
- Pray for my friend Jen's mother Janet who's recovering from two back surgeries since Christmas Eve Eve (Dec. 23rd). She's in rehab currently.
- 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 Donna who is going through breast cancer treatment. Phase one is done, and now her team must decide between round two of chemo or surgery.
- Please continue to pray for travel mercies for Trip and me, and that we won't get hurt skiing.
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I'm off to find some hot tea for us this morning!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Friday, Friends! I hope that y'all had a great week in spite of all the crazy weather and problems caused by it.
I loved this week's lesson because it reminds us of what Jesus instructed us to do: to remember ("Do this in remembrance of me") and give thanks. When we remember, we are less afraid, have less anxiety, and are more hopeful for our present circumstances as well as our unknown futures here on earth (because our future in heaven is promised: it's a certainty).
What are your thoughts?
Here is this week's scripture:
Prayer Requests:
- 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.
- Pray that God will keep a hedge of protection around each of our families, especially concerning our health (physical, mental, and spiritual).
- Thank-you, God, for your constancy in answering our prayers!
- Pray for unity in our country, and that God will show us mercy and continue to bless us.
- Carla has a request for her community as crime is increasing. She also requests that we pray for courage for the citizens of Cameron.
- 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.
- Kris asks that you pray for her BIL. They just found out that he has to have bypass surgery at the end of this month. He is Terry's oldest brother, and he's only 68 years old.
- Pray for my friend Jen's mother Janet who's recovering from two back surgeries since Christmas Eve Eve (Dec. 23rd). She's in rehab currently.
- Rita's husband has had a persistent cough for about three weeks. Pray that he will get better. Remember her 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 Donna who is going through breast cancer treatment. Phase one is done, and now her team must decide between round two of chemo or surgery.
- Pray for Trip and me as we are leaving tomorrow to go on a week-long ski trip.
- Praise: Kris has water, and she was able to reschedule the workers for her project!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy Monday, Friends! I hope you're feeling well. Kitty, I hope you're staying warm in Texas! Kris and Carla, y'all are used to the cold, wintry weather, but everything shuts down here in the South with just a trace of snow and/or ice! In spite of y'all being winter weather experts, Carla has informed me that things are exceedingly bad with the blizzards going on up North!
FYI: We're expecting a winter storm event tonight into Tuesday morning, mostly freezing rain. I'm going to have an ECHO this morning, then I'll hit the grocery store on my way home. I think it's headed for you, too, Rita.
This week's lesson is entitled "bridge grace," and I haven't read it yet. Here in Central Alabama we literally need bridge grace without icing! This week's scripture is at the top of this post; I liked this graphic a lot, so I decided to post it at there.
- 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.
- Pray that God will keep a hedge of protection around each of our families, especially concerning our health (physical, mental, and spiritual).
- Thank-you, God, for your constancy in answering our prayers!
- Pray for unity in our country, and that God will show us mercy and continue to bless us.
- Carla has a request for her community as crime is increasing. She also requests that we pray for courage for the citizens of Cameron.
- 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.
- Please pray that I get over this cold. Kris has one, too, so pray that we both can get over them quickly! (Update: I'm better, but I still need to improve a little. Please continue to pray!)
- Kris also asks that you pray for her BIL. They just found out that he has to have bypass surgery at the end of this month. He is Terry's oldest brother, and he's only 68 years old.
- Pray for my friend Jen's mother Janet who's recovering from two back surgeries since Christmas Eve Eve. She's in rehab currently.
- Rita's husband has had a persistent cough for about three weeks. Pray that he will get better. Remember her 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.
- From Carla: Please pray for the Midwest and Northern States... they are in a blizzard and VERY COLD temps for the weekend and into next week. Their high temps will be 0 degrees and our night lows will be in the NEGATIVES with wind.
- Pray for their Emergency personal, Highway crews cleaning the roads, and outdoor farm animals.
- Pray for everyone who will be impacted by Winter Storm Heather.
- URGENT: When Kris and Terry returned last night to their condo after their grandson's baptism, a main pipe in the front of their condo building exploded and the water was gushing into the parking lot until the city could get out here to shut the main off. It has been one huge mess! Terry, as HOA President, has had to deal with this situation. Sixteen units have been without water since last night, plus Kris is babysitting her granddaughters tonight. The cold is a huge factor in fixing this problem. Plus, Kris has a project involving workers she's had to reschedule. Please pray that this can be fixed quickly!
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Stay warm, y'all!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
This is one of the first things I saw on January 1, 2024.
Hello, Friends! I hope you have had a nice week, and that you also have a very peaceful weekend.
There is a lot to unpack in this week's devotion, and I might need to revisit it once I'm off cold medication. Ann introduces many thoughts concerning God's glory, worship, and beauty. As an artist, one thing I can take away from this lesson is that there definitely is a biblical standard for beauty. Also, as human beings, we strive to be awed by beauty, to
"...seek out something worthy of worship."one thousand gifts, page 85
Moral of the devo: Let's keep our eyes on God.
This week's scripture:
Our prayer request list is very lengthy. Thanks so much for being willing to pray!
Prayer Requests:
- 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.
- Pray that God will keep a hedge of protection around each of our families, especially concerning our health (physical, mental, and spiritual).
- Thank-you, God, for your constancy in answering our prayers!
- Pray for unity in our country, and that God will show us mercy and continue to bless us.
- Carla has a request for her community as crime is increasing. She also requests that we pray for courage for the citizens of Cameron.
- 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 2024. 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.
- Please pray that I get over this cold. Kris has one, too, so pray that we both can get over them quickly!
- Kris also has great news: Her little grandson will be baptized this Sunday. Pray for good weather, health, and blessings on this precious day in the life of her family!
- Kris also asks that you pray for her BIL. They just found out that he has to have bypass surgery at the end of this month. He is Terry's oldest brother, and he's only 68 years old.
- Pray for my friend Jen's mother Janet who's recovering from two back surgeries since Christmas Eve Eve. She's in rehab currently.
- Rita's husband has had a persistent cough for about three weeks. Pray that he will get better. Remember her 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.
Have a lovely weekend.
Stay warm!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Are you having a good Monday, Friends? Today is our last day of vacation, and I have a little cold. No fever, just stuffy nose and a little sinus pressure.
This week's devotion is entitled "beautiful grace," and there aren't many things on earth any more beautiful than roses. I have no idea what the devo is about because my family has been very demanding today. I'm hoping I'll be able to read it tomorrow when everyone is back at work!
Here is this week's scripture:
Prayer Requests:
- 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.
- Pray that God will keep a hedge of protection around each of our families, especially concerning our health (physical, mental, and spiritual).
- Thank-you, God, for your constancy in answering our prayers!
- Pray for unity in our country, and that God will show us mercy and continue to bless us.
- Carla has a request for her community as crime is increasing. She also requests that we pray for courage for the citizens of Cameron.
- 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 2024. 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.
- Please pray that I get over this cold. Kris has one, too, so pray that we both can get over them quickly!
- Kris also has great news: Her little grandson will be baptized this Sunday. Pray for good weather, health, and blessings on this precious day in the life of her family!
- Kris also asks that you pray for her BIL. They just found out that he has to have bypass surgery at the end of this month. He is Terry's oldest brother, and he's only 68 years old.
- Pray for my friend Jen's mother Janet who's recovering from two back surgeries since Christmas Eve Eve. She's in rehab currently.
- Rita's husband has had a persistent cough for about three weeks. Pray that he will get better. Remember her 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.
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I'm off to make myself something hot and caffeinated.
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
Happy New Year, Friends! I hope you are enjoying the first week of 2024 so far. We are so blessed to be able to study devos together and pray for one another.
This week's devotion is entitled "hunting grace." It could also have been entitled "hunting beauty," couldn't it! I thought this was a very sweet lesson because it does focus on making that conscientious effort to find beauty and grace in the midst of our messy and chaotic lives.
Here is this week's scripture:
Prayer Requests:
- 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.
- Pray that God will keep a hedge of protection around each of our families, especially concerning our health (physical, mental, and spiritual).
- Thank-you, God, for your constancy in answering our prayers!
- Pray for unity in our country, and that God will show us mercy and continue to bless us.
- Carla has a request for her community as crime is increasing. She also requests that we pray for courage for the citizens of Cameron.
- 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 2024. Pray for the 157th!
- Praise: Our families traveled safely over the holiday season. God is so good!
I hope you have a cozy weekend, Friends!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Happy New Year, Friends! As we're traveling, I don't have my one thousand gifts devotional with me. I do remember that this week's devotion is entitled hunting grace.
Please refer to last Friday's post and comments for prayer requests. I love you all!
Until next time...
Happy New Year!
Ricki Jill
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