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Spiritual Gifts
Years ago I did a spiritual gifts inventory. My gifts were faith, mercy and leadership, in that order. After learning my gifts I...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 20, 20203 min read
The Billboard
I think it is funny how God speaks to me sometimes. Many people ask for signs but I ask for billboards - just to make sure I get it! He...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 19, 20204 min read
Forgiveness Does Not Change The Past But It Does Enlarge The Future
"If you haver never been told 'I am sorry' by someone who wronged you and the pain they caused you - I will. I am so very sorry for what...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 18, 20203 min read
God Will Provide
When the girls were younger we took them whale watching in Cape Cod. Seeing those whales the size of school buses right beside of our...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 15, 20203 min read
Wilderness Woes
Last year, Mike gave me a diamond ring and told me he was more excited to buy me this diamond than the first. This diamond represented...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 14, 20203 min read
Fall For Jesus, He Never Leaves
I saw this fall message and loved it. I am not creative enough to come up with that! A few years ago I heard someone talking about all...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 13, 20203 min read
The Funeral
When I was a little girl I always had a will. Yes, a will. I do not know why but that was important. I knew which friends were...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 12, 20203 min read
Unstoppable God
As I struggle with the task I have been asked to do, I go to God for comfort. While I am uncomfortable being live streamed for Pastor’s...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 12, 20203 min read
Leo The Distraction
While I was trying to write a devotion, my daughter's cat, Leo, walked on my keyboard, laid on my keyboard and finally laid down. ...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 8, 20203 min read
Two For One Special
I got in trouble in the second grade and had to go to the cloak closet! Everybody knew what that meant - the big wooden paddle with...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 7, 20203 min read
Church Is Not A Spectator Sport
My friends make fun of me because I do not like to be in the limelight. Even with them who I have known most of my life. Oftentimes...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 6, 20203 min read
She Is In The House
Since my daughter, Ivey, has come back home life has been interesting. I find unflattering pictures of me at bedtime holding her cat on...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 5, 20203 min read
Financial Peace In Uncertain Times
In the first month of Covid, I was getting caught up in all of the unemployment and "what if's". You know, the devil can really use the...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 4, 20203 min read
The Sabbath
When I was in college I would go to my Granny's when I needed a break. She would cook for me and always do my laundry! It was standard...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Oct 1, 20202 min read
"The Lord Is My Provider"
This weekend Mike and I went to Knott's Island with some friends. We rode around in the boat looking for the wild horses. It was...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Sep 30, 20202 min read
Sharing Jokes And Jesus
I love to laugh. There is nothing better than the laughter that hurts my sides and makes me sore. This is most of my Friday nights! I...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Sep 29, 20204 min read
Double For Your Trouble
After three years, 14 doctors and medical doctors not believing her, my daughter, Sarah, was finally seen by a naturopathic doctor who...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Sep 28, 20203 min read
The Lord Is Our Keeper
Saturday I had some news that laid heavy on my heart. All day, I kept saying, “I trust You God, I know You are bigger than this.” Rarely...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Sep 27, 20203 min read
A Quick Pick Me Up
Recently I was home alone and just felt some anxiety. I could not put my finger on what was bothering me. One of the blessings from my...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Sep 24, 20202 min read
Claim It
Quickly, I learned to speak healing and health out loud. I was told on August 30, 2012 that I had stage 3 breast cancer and we wouid...
Jill Jarrell Newsome
Sep 23, 20203 min read
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