Holly Smith

I was having an early morning discussion with my husband about this verse: “I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him. “ (Is. 57:18) My husband asked, “What were his ways? What sin had he committed? What if it wasn’t necessarily a sin but…

The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. He  challenges us when we are sick to seek God for the keys to our healing. My husband had battled symptoms of all sorts for years. After checking these sicknesses out and finding nothing, we believed he was being oppressed by a spirit of infirmity. II Cor.…

The words kept echoing in my mind, “Why do you honor your sons more than me?” (I Sam. 2:29) I was listening to the lecture in Bible Study Fellowship  about Eli and his sons taken from I Sam. 2. God had planned for Eli’s family line to minister to him forever but since the sons…

The Best is Yet to Come Posted on April 26, 2015 by hollysmith A few lines of a song kept going through my head today from the lyrics of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunke “Sail on, silver girl, sail on by, your time has come to shine, All your dreams are on their way. See…

A reed swayed by the wind? (Luke 7:24 NIV) John the Baptist as a child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the desert until he appeared publicly in Israel. (Luke 1:80) Solitude with God in the desert was his school. He gained the lessons and experiences needed to verify his beliefs, listened…