Photo: February 16, 2026 from a luncheon worship service at Woodside Church in Yardley, PA
From the Heart
It has been a while since I have taken time to use an entire blog to pray for an event, and this…
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Abide
"If you abide in me, and my words abide in you..." (John 15:7a)
Since childhood, Scripture memory has been woven into my life—through Christian school, Sunday school, and even at home with a little plastic loaf of bread filled with verse cards. The funny thing is, I’ve never had a great memory. And as my health declined with thick brain fog, memorizing only became harder.
But in God’s kindness, He’s used that weakness to keep me leaning on Him—helping me take in His Word through hearing, reading, studying, memorizing, meditating, praying, and singing.
Along the way, I noticed others who struggled too—or simply wanted someone to memorize with. So I began helping individuals, then small groups, hide God’s Word in their hearts together. That’s what this blog is about.
What you’ll find here: A reflection on a verse or verses, a verse image, a prayer, and maybe a song. I will possibly share a prayer for an upcoming event.
May all and any of what is written here help us live God’s Word in our everyday lives. To Abide.
Abide
Laid Up Treasure: James 5:1-6
Verses to Abide In
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion…
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If the Lord Wills: James 4:13-17
Verses to Abide In
“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will…
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Who Are You to Judge: James 4:11-12
Verses to Abide In
“Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are…
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More Grace: James 4:6
Verses to Abide In
“You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose…
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He Yearns: James 4:5
Verses to Abide In
“You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose…
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You Ask and Do Not Receive: James 4:3
Verses to Abide In
“What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so…
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Wisdom from Above: James 3:17
Verses to Abide In
“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial…
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Who Is Wise: James 3:13
Verses to Abide In
“Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast…
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Blessing & Cursing: James 3:10
Verses to Abide In
"but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the…
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