Dr. Carolyn Coon

  Faith the size of a mustard seed… both Matthew (17) and Luke (17) talk about faith and our acting on it. Faith isn’t something that’s put on the shelf and only brought out when company comes, need arises. Faith IS active and working. And when you look at it… if you aren’t acting in […]

     “Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred,      let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt,       faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light;      where there is sadness, joy.      … grant that I

  Who you are. What you do. How you go about Be-ing and Do-ing starts and ends here – the attitude of your heart. Do you check your heart? If you take your blood pressure, or have it taken regularly, do you check your heart’s attitude as well? Starting with the bottom line… the attitude

  Do we really know what the word, ‘prosper’ means? When you use or hear it – what is the reference? What is it we hear? My guesstimate would be that the subject is either financial or material. Yes? But ‘prosper’ is so much more expansive then that limiting definition.     “Beloved, I pray that

  Is that how you would describe you… or your life… or your faith? Hopefully not, because if you view yourself and your life in with that perspective, you are diminishing the gift of life that’s been given you. Equally important is the question about what is ‘nothing’? I often quote Romans 8:17 – beginning at

  What does this phrase say to you? How do you react when you sense in your spirit that change is about to occur? Does this make you excited, anticipating; fearful or anxious? Whatever your reaction, the point is that there is ALWAYS a sense of… wondering. How will the new influence who you are and

     “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom      of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many      will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in      Your name, cast our demons in Your

    We … well many of us, put a positive spin on the teaching on sowing and reaping. It is positive. When we read in John (15) about abiding in the vine that we reap a fruitfulness. We also learn that apart from abiding we can’t achieve the fruitfulness… we are told that apart

  Isaiah 49:8      “Thus says the Lord: ‘In an acceptable time I have heard you. And      in the day of salvation I have helped You:’”  which is repeated by Paul in 2Corinthians 6:2 as he continues this thought;         “Behold now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”  

  How do you walk – as forgiven or still dead in your sins? When you’ve gone to the Lord repentant, seeking forgiveness, and determined to not repeat do you then walk as forgiven or do you hold on to your guilt? For many, they still walk as condemned which means that they are hanging