by Stonecroft | Jul 3, 2019 | Encouragement
People love their dogs. Joan Wurst loves people who love their dogs. “I raise and show beagles with a young man, Jordan, as my partner in the endeavor,” Joan, a Stonecroft Speaker from Pennsylvania, says. “We are both quite wrapped up in our dogs and the activities...
by Mary Speidel | Jul 1, 2019 | Encouragement
Kelley Lane held up a large cardboard sign marked with a message in bold, black letters: “Frazzled Mom.” She then flipped the sign around to reveal a much different point: “Free and Strong.” Standing before a crowd of about 150 women, Kelley shared the story of...
by Robyne Baker | Jul 1, 2019 | Encouragement, News
We’ve heard it before: Words can hurt. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Our words in stories of struggle and triumph can have a powerful effect on others and ourselves. Words can lead to freedom. Just ask Samantha Payne, a young mother of four, and an Army wife...
by Stonecroft | Jun 25, 2019 | Encouragement
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” ‒ Acts 1:8, NASB Can you imagine what it was like when these words...
by Mary Speidel | Jun 1, 2019 | Encouragement, News
Michelle Cartwright maneuvered a rental van along a narrow side street lined with brightly colored adobe houses. None of them had numbers on them. No one was in sight. Nothing remotely resembled the place Michelle and her passengers hoped to find in Old Town, Puerto...
by Dr. Naomi Cramer Overton | May 15, 2019 | Encouragement, Printed Newsletters
I want to update you on vision. But not just my vision. Your vision. And most importantly, God’s vision. One of my favorite names of God is Jehovah-Nissi, or “God is my banner.” This vision will be like a banner going out in front of the troops, one that gives us...
