Kim Thompson-Pinder I truly believe that the best way to start the day off is with the Lord. When we put our relationship with Him first, it strengthens us to live victoriously each and every day. Does that mean sometimes sacrificing sleep and getting up early to spend quiet time...
Jennell Houts Ten months ago, my husband’s company was bought out, and his position was eliminated. He is a hard-working, dependable employee, and this surprising decision felt very unfair. After one month of severance pay ran out, he attempted to start a career in insurance. We had high hopes, but...
Kim Thompson-Pinder One of the biggest things that I have had to conquer in my Christian walk is fear. Until God started working on my heart I never knew just how much fear was in there. The amazing thing is now that I am free, I don’t know how I...
Kim Thompson-Pinder Who you marry is one of the most important decisions that you will make in your life. As a Christian it is even more so because divorce is not something that should be considered unless in the most extreme cases. One of the things that I see happen...
Kim Thompson-Pinder Many people don’t realize that what God wants from us is a vibrant, exciting relationship with Him. Being a Christian isn’t about following a bunch of rules to try and please Him and earn our way into heaven; it’s about God’s free gift to us: “For by grace...
Kim Thompson-Pinder What is Faith? Faith is a gift that God gives to us so that we can accomplish wonderful things on this earth and show people that God is real. Faith is the ability to believe that God is going to do what He says He is going to...
Kim Thompson-Pinder For me, one of the best ways to get to know what a word means is to look it up in the dictionary. Here are three of Webster’s definitions of wonder: Something or someone that is very surprising, beautiful, amazing, etc. A feeling caused by seeing something that...
Kim Thompson-Pinder Okay, I know what you are thinking. Out of all the fantastic works of Christian fiction out there how can anyone choose only three novels? Really, you can’t choose just three and satisfy everyone. If you ask ten people to list three of their favorite Christian novels, you...
Kim Thompson-Pinder We were just starting worship one Sunday morning when the sister of my good friend slipped into the sanctuary and caught my attention. “Shirley is in the hospital and she is in intensive care,” she told me. I was surprised because I had seen my friend just two...
Kim Thompson-Pinder What is faith? One definition is that faith is believing in the unseen. God is not visible to us in our day-to-day life. God asks us to believe in Him though we do not see Him. Yet when we step out in faith and believe in Him, we...
