Ever get the nudge to do something or say something?

Abingdon Women is excited to announce the release of the new Namesake iPad app. In depth Bible study is combined with the convenience of easy note-taking and full search capability of the Common English Bible!

On a summer trip to see the Rocky Mountains, a part of the country I had previously never visited, we stopped in for some essentials to endure the endless miles in a car and met a local clerk at the grocery. As we began checking out with our peanut butter and tuna the cashier asks why we planned to visit that part of the country.

If you live near Atlanta, you won't want to miss Babbie Mason in concert at Woodstock First Baptist Church on Thursday, August 22nd at 7 PM.

“What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face-to-face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete—as complete as God's knowledge of me.” ~ 1 Corinthians 13:12 (GNT)

“Be still, and know that I am God” – Psalm 46:10

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And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.

Sitting in the backyard on a summer night, my legs become covered with pesky bugs. I spray and I swat and the bugs are still attracted to me.

We all have it, right? In some form or another every one of us has fear. Fear of heights, fear of public speaking, fear of failure... the list could go on and on.... Fear can be a healthy thing when we use it the right way, but if we let it control us we are not living the life that God intends for us.

In December of 2011, my husband and I both knew my father-in-law Ray was sick. He had told us he had a bad cold. As the month passed, we could hear over the phone that he didn’t feel well and that he sounded congested. We found out later that he was not giving us the entire story.

We all play several roles even over the course of a day—for example, a wife, a mother, an employee, a boss, a student. Devoting ourselves to these roles requires little self-exploration. Society has mapped out numerous expectations for a wide variety of roles. These expectations are fairly well known, so we can follow the basic script without much introspection.