Archive for January, 2017
By jasonmaddox On January 28th, 2017
Written by Lydia D’Ross, Ordained Minister and Outreach Chaplain for RENEWAL at Brookhaven Hospital Moses had lots to say about divorce. Moses as judge of Israel, granted divorces only in certain areas. He did not grant divorce simply because a couple couldn’t work it out. Even Jesus talked about divorce. Jesus speaking to his disciples…
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By jasonmaddox On January 27th, 2017
Written by Lydia D’Ross, Ordained Minister and Outreach Chaplain for RENEWAL at Brookhaven Hospital Jesus was very a humorous human being. Jesus says in Matthew 6:34 “So don’t worry about tomorrow. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Tomorrow will have its own worries.” We tend to worry about tomorrow when tomorrow is not…
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By jasonmaddox On January 21st, 2017
Written by Lydia D’Ross, Ordained Minister and Outreach Chaplain for RENEWAL at Brookhaven Hospital Laughter is like medicine to the human spirit or in other other words, it’s good for our “soul.” Proverbs 17:22 says, “A cheerful heart is good medicine…” Proverbs also talks about how the human spirit is sad when laughter is absent…
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By jasonmaddox On January 20th, 2017
Written by Lydia D’Ross, Ordained Minister and Outreach Chaplain for RENEWAL at Brookhaven Hospital Have you ever been misunderstood? Being misunderstood can be frustrating, and can even end relationships. Jesus was misunderstood by some in many ways. It is the reason why he often used parables as a communication method to get his point across.…
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By jasonmaddox On January 15th, 2017
Written by Lydia D’Ross, Ordained Minister and Outreach Chaplain for RENEWAL at Brookhaven Hospital January is the first month of the year where many believers take time for quiet consecration. Faith goers take time out of their busy schedule, and seek God for direction. Some plan a time for a Daniel fast, eating no meat…
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By jasonmaddox On January 14th, 2017
Written by Lydia D’Ross, Ordained Minister and Outreach Chaplain for RENEWAL at Brookhaven Hospital “.. be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.” (1 Timothy 4: 15) Recently, I started my new year’s spiritual resolution by first doing a cleanse. This involved taking several different vitamins…
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By jasonmaddox On January 11th, 2017
Written by Lydia D’Ross, Ordained Minister and Outreach Chaplain for RENEWAL at Brookhaven Hospital “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:18-19)…
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By jasonmaddox On January 3rd, 2017
Written by Lydia D’Ross, Ordained Minister and Outreach Chaplain for RENEWAL at Brookhaven Hospital What does procrastination actually mean? At times, we know that we are all guilty of it. Romans 8:7 says, “The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.”…
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