By Gail Schmidt, Volunteer for Setting Captives Free
January 10, 2024
Every day, we have choices in our lives. Choices that can determine our eternity. The Bible tells us that we can walk into eternity via two paths offered to us. One path is from God, and the other is from the world.The first path from the world is wide and easy to walk. On it, we experience how the world tells us to live. We put ourselves first. Self-love is most important. No one else but yourself should be of any consideration. We are driven to get what we want, no matter the cost to anyone ... By Gail Schmidt, Volunteer for Setting Captives Free
December 19, 2023
This time of the year always seems to be like the beginning of a new year. Christmas is such a joyous time for Christians as we celebrate the birth of our Savior. This event marked the coming of our Savior into this world. It was the start of our Savior’s mission that God had set into motion from the beginning of time. It was God’s idea and, for us, the redemption that we would need to be able to never be separated from ...
By Gail Schmidt, Volunteer for Setting Captives Free
November 13, 2023
In the Old Testament Book of Haggai, the Lord spoke to the leaders of Israel and the people. He calls them to consider their ways. The people had returned from exile in Babylon, where they had been for seventy years.They had returned to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. They had been given all they needed to rebuild. They even started to rebuild. But when opposition came, they stopped building.They started to build their own beautiful houses but never worked on building the place where God would dwell with His people—the place where the glory of God would be on full ... By Gail Schmidt, Volunteer for Setting Captives Free
October 23, 2023
In the Waiting TimesLord,What is it you have for me to “wait” for? Psalm 27:14 tells me: “Wait for the Lord, be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!” ... By Gail Schmidt, Volunteer for Setting Captives Free
September 21, 2023
Have you ever considered the healing you are given by the wounds that were inflicted on Jesus, our Lord and Savior? Isaiah 53:5 tells us, “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.”As I dwell upon this verse and all Jesus endured for me, the Lord brings me to the cross to see how the wounds of my Savior bring healing to ...