This is a very different selection for the from Trial to Triumph play list than previous songs. Psalm 30:11 says: You have turned my mourning into dancing… I still remember the first time I heard this and the impact it had on me. Yes! I needed to DANCE! Sometimes we just need to proclaim the…
Read moreSaturday’s Song Special – Whom Shall I Fear with Lincoln Brewster and Kari Jobe
This song has meant to much to me during the past two and a half years. It is a “must have” addition for the From Trial to Triumph playlist. Let the words wash over you. I love how it speaks of “I won’t believe the lie…” Doing our trials well begins by choosing to…
Read moreSaturday’s Song Special – Heather Williams’ Hallelujah
Today’s song special to add to your “From Trial to Triumph” play list is an amazing song by Heather Williams, called, simply, Hallalujah. Heather Williams sings this song with such passion that I feel as if she can see into my heart and cries out for me. I must admit that this song is a…
Read moreQuiet Time “Smorgasbord”
smor·gas·bord [smawr-guhs-bawrd, -bohrd or, often, shmawr-] noun 1. a buffet meal of various hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, salads, casserole dishes, meats, cheeses, etc. 2.an extensive array or variety: The company has a smorgasbord of employee benefits. Don’t you love a good smorgasbord? Buffets are always so much fun! Although we typically mean FOOD when we…
Read moreSaturday Song Special – Ginny Owens – If You Want Me To
Today’s selection to add to your From Trial to Triumph play list is a wonderful “jazzish-bluezy” song sung by Ginny Owens. The words to this beautiful song are powerful: IF YOU WANT ME TO The pathway is broken And The signs are unclear And I don’t know the reason why You brought me here But…
Read moreSunday’s Song Special – Kutless – Even If
I don’t ordinarily plan to have a Sunday song, but this is just too good NOT to share! My thoughts have been taking me captive all afternoon. After a Praise-Fest and a session of renewing my mind using my I Deserve a Donut App, I knew that the Lord was prescribing a bath for me!…
Read moreSaturdays’ Song Special: Kristian Stanfill – One Thing Remains
God is using this song to wash my mind again and again constantly with truth… The chorus has gotten stuck in my mind for the past three days. When I am on the tennis court, teaching kids, vacuuming the carpets at home, driving in my car, in a conversation with my husband (or anyone), the…
Read moreSaturday Song Special ~ Travis Cottrell “Refine Me”
Another great song to add to your “From Trial to Triumph” play list: This is the kind of song that has been used by God to transform my thinking. It will go through my mind at all times of the day and night and it is a beautiful prayer to our God, proclaiming truth about…
Read moreStep 10 – Rest in His Embrace
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. ~ Psalm 46:10 There are times when being busy–even with wonderful spiritual disciplines like those we have been using at this blog–can be a way to escape from dealing with the feelings we…
Read moreSaturday Song Special – “I Have A Song”
I have decided to use Saturdays for song recommendations. I may do it on other days, too, but I hope you will build a playlist and call it something like “From Trial to Triumph!” Or something like that. We are doing that, you know. We are going from trial to triumph on the path of…
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