by LaurieGreenWestlake | Sep 13, 2023 | BeBrave Bible Briefs, Revelation
The Reasons God Wants You Involved in Community Building It’s time. I can’t explain it beyond that little nudge of direction the Holy Spirit gives you when He wants you to take action. I’ve long held back on talking about Great Commission work because, to be honest, a...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Aug 31, 2023 | BeBrave Bible Briefs, Religion and Spirituality, Revelation
When human nature (envy, jealousy, complacency, deceitfulness, selfishness, fear, anger) intersects God’s Grace, the results are the birth of a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. I’ve done my share of questioning God and His sovereignty. Having a son...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Aug 13, 2023 | Religion and Spirituality, Revelation
Getting Bright in Light of Revelation Currently immersed in the book of John, I am refreshed. When I use the word refresh, I mean renewed: my thinking, my attitude, my reasoning lighter—cooler, like an angry burden lifted. The book of John, at this season of my Ezer...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Jun 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Critical thinking—biblically. Like you, I experience hard seasons in my Bible reading. Instead of those mountain top moments of epiphanies, my Bible scrolling can be more like a desert trek searching for water, or shade, or any seat of comfort during life’s extreme...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | May 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Tucked in among the drama between a jealous King Saul and the immensely more popular plus ruggedly handsome Servant David, is the small but gigantically symbolic story of one woman fulfilling her God-ordained role as the ezer—the hero helpmate. Her name is Abigail and...
