Author Archives: Barbara
Choose to Jubilate
Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Jubilate is another way to say celebrate a joyful occasion. Believe it or not, God loves to jubilate! He is a God of joy. The scriptures are full of exhortations to rejoice. (Psalm … Continue reading
Choose to Always Love God
Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren In the book of Romans, we are asked a rhetorical question: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or … Continue reading
Choose to Focus on Your Core
Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren It excites me when denominations try to focus on what they have in common and not what separates them. I remember sitting at a Women of Faith Conference where Chonda Pierce actually had … Continue reading
Choose to Have a Unity of Faith
Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren The idea of Christian denominations is an interesting one. Some ask, “If God is so intent on unity of the faith, why are there so many denominations?” (Ephesians 4:13) I must admit I … Continue reading
Choose to Have Unity of the Spirit
Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Psalms 133:1 says, “How good and how pleasant for brethren to dwell together in unity.” Some feel that unity is hard to achieve. I have a solution. If everyone would just agree with … Continue reading
Choose to Lay Up Treasure in Heaven
Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren The story goes that when John D. Rockefeller died, someone asked his accountant how much did he leave? The accountant said, “He left all of it!” It’s true. As they say, “You never … Continue reading
Choose to Look to God Foremost
Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Moses was a meek man. God chose him to lead Israel out of Egypt. He parted the Red Sea. God gave him the Ten Commandments. Those in the campground who occasionally caught a … Continue reading
Choose to Stop Procrastinating
Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Procrastination is the name of the game and I’m very good at it. I have a myriad of excuses for not doing what I know I need to do, and they have … Continue reading
Choose to Use Common Sense
Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Last time we discussed the importance of wisdom. There is a fine line between wisdom and common sense. Wisdom is the ability to discern and judge what is good or true. However, common … Continue reading
Choose to Get Wisdom
Another Year of Choices By Barbara Dahlgren Solomon was considered the wisest man who ever lived and was the principle writer of the book of Proverbs, which tells us to get wisdom and understanding. (Proverbs 4:5) Why? Because wisdom and … Continue reading
