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Sharing lessons from God's Word.

I am not sure I ever saw myself doing a blog, but I do love sharing what I learn as I study God's Word and this seemed like a great way to do that.

I love word studies. The Loser Bible Study Series is based on the word lose in Mark 8:35. This particular word study has already encouraged me in so many ways. It is my desire that you will be encouraged as well as you seek to lose your life and find it in Christ.

Janice Wolfe

Jan 6, 2022
2 min

Day 43 A Place of Loss

Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem. (Lk. 13:22) Evidently, He could not get there fast enough for the Pharisees. (vs. 31) I laugh at their fear tactic. “Get out of Galilee! Herod will kill you!” I am filled with awe at my Savior’s response. “I’ll just keep serving, I’ll just keep healing. I’ll just keep walking. Today. Tomorrow. And the next. Until My work is finished!” Jesus knew Who He was - the Messiah. He knew where He was going - to Jerusalem. He knew why He was going the

Janice Wolfe

Jan 4, 2022
1 min

Day 42 Tragic Loss

It is human nature to blame human tragedy and loss on the judging hand of God for some sin in one’s life. When we see suffering and tragedy we often see God as a judge. We tend to ignore His mercy, grace and ultimately, His great desire for us to repent and return to Him. “ I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” Luke 13:5 Jesus addresses this tendency for us to equate suffering with judgment in Luke 13:1-5. The choice to be judgmental during a

Janice Wolfe

Dec 8, 2021
2 min

Day 41: A Season of Loss

“ I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” Luke 13:3 Ever have a loved one who went through a tremendously hard season of life but instead of looking to God they look around and then within? Their response to the loss was to become completely wrapped up in themselves. They do not care to hear how hard anyone else’s trial is because their trial is the worst thing ever and the only one that matters. They shut others out. It's heartbreaking to watc

Janice Wolfe

Nov 16, 2021
2 min

Day 40: Blood Loss

“From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.” Luke 11:51 They called to talk. Dan was happy to do so. Happy to work things out. Looking for reconciliation. But it was a trap. Have you been there? Caught in a trap by those who hate God, His way and His Word. “Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.” Lu

Janice Wolfe

Oct 5, 2021
2 min

Day 39: You Can't Lose with Jesus

“God did not take Harry to destroy my life!” This statement captured me as I sat across the table from Cindyann Rasquina, a veteran servant of the Lord now navigating through the rough waters of widowhood. No, Cindyann, Jesus has not come to destroy your sweet life of service and ministry. In her book, The Icing on the Cake, Margaret Stringer shares her rocky road to the mission field - an unexpected teen pregnancy, rejection by her church and family, a lonely delivery and s

Janice Wolfe

Sep 21, 2021
2 min

Day 38: Losing the Eternal Advantage

It has been said that if I am wrong about God then I have wasted my life, but if the lost person is wrong about God then they have wasted their eternity. This is the ethos of our passage for today. If I were to stretch a hundred foot rope across a wide room from end to end I could give you a picture of eternity. But we are not in the same place, and neither are we in a wide room. So you will have to imagine a 100 foot rope stretched from end to end. And if you could imagi

Janice Wolfe

Sep 13, 2021
2 min

Day 37 Committed to Losing

Committed to Losing Each of the four gospels record in some way this concept of losing to save. Losing my life involves denying myself, taking up my cross and following Christ. In a Sword of the Lord Conference at our church, Dr. Shelton Smith asked the question, “How do you know if you're following Christ?” The answer came in the form of another question, “Are you fishing for men?” “And he (Jesus) saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19

Janice Wolfe

Sep 2, 2021
2 min

Day 36: More to Lose

We all try to save. But have you ever thought you had the best deal ever to find out in the end that the deal cost you more than you wanted to pay?? More time, more money! More, more, more!! Dan and I had a night like that this past winter. We had a coupon for a free pizza at a local restaurant. After a hard day of work, we looked forward to our free meal. I was going to go pick up the free pizza, take it home and Dan was going to meet me at home. Wrong! You had to dine in

Janice Wolfe

Aug 20, 2021
2 min

Day 35: No Fear of Loss

Moments that fill us with fear can blow in faster than a spontaneous summer thunderstorm. We were driving home from church one Sunday evening when we received a frantic call from our college-age daughter. The conversation went something like this: “Mom! Someone has broken into the house!!” “Heather, where are you?” “In my bedroom! I locked the door!” We were just minutes away so I tried to assure her to stay calm and quiet. I kept her on the phone peppering her with question

Janice Wolfe

Jul 27, 2021
3 min

Day 34 Envy: A Lost Cause

Day 34 Envy: A Lost Cause Is it right to do good, or to do evil? Is it right to save life, or to destroy it? These questions seem like they would be easy to answer. Right??? Unfortunately, it is not so easy to answer when one's mind is clouded by envy. “Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭6:9 Jesus healing a man on the Sabbath infuriated the Pharisees. Their

Janice Wolfe

Jul 16, 2021
4 min

Day 33: Lose the Old

Day 33 Lose the Old I am pretty sure at the time I had not had a brand new dress in the last 4 years. Yes, I had picked up some hand-me-downs and had shopped at thrift stores, but new? No, that was not in the budget. Putting your husband through Bible college while birthing and rearing 3 growing children would not have left any room in the budget for any new anything! So I was just a bit overly excited to be purchasing 2 new dresses at the dress shop. Bible college was done

Janice Wolfe

Jul 7, 2021
3 min

Day 32: The Power to Lose

We have finally reached the book of Luke in our word study. The Greek word apollymi is found nearly 30 times in this book. More than any other book of the Bible. The scene is a familiar scene as this story was also recorded in Mark 1. Jesus is accused of coming to destroy, by a spirit of an unclean devil. The question that stands out to me is this, “Did Jesus come to destroy?” Years ago I listened to the testimony of an older woman who had been paralyzed in a diving accident

Janice Wolfe

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Day 31: The Impact of Loss

“And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.” Mark 11:18 I was just 15 years old when I experienced one of the saddest days of my life. I was losing my best friend and that is a big deal for a 15-year-old girl. Her family was moving away. Not just moving for a better opportunity but moving because immoral men in our small town did not like her father’s stand for

Janice Wolfe

Jul 2, 2021
2 min

Day 30: The Path to Loss

“Sin will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay and cost you more than you want to pay.” I remember a friend relaying to me how she found herself doing things she never imagined she was capable of doing. She had taken a path that led her away from the Lord. She ended up wandering so far from God she felt she would never find her way back. In Mark 12:1-11, Jesus shares a parable and to be honest I find the actions of the husbandmen rather

Janice Wolfe

Jun 29, 2021
2 min

Day 29: Lose Myself

“For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.” Mark 9:41 We may lose when we give, but when we give in the name of Christ we will not lose our reward. Of course we are all tempted at times to do things for our own glory or in our own name, to build a name for ourselves. The Bible talks about this Matthew 6:2 and 5: “Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet

Janice Wolfe

Jun 24, 2021
2 min

Day 26: The World to Lose

I attended Christian camp every summer from the time I was 9 years old. I loved camp! Of course, one of my favorite times each day was swim time. We swam in a pond. There was a shallow end and a deep end that was divided by a floating rope. In order to get to swim in the deep end you had to pass the swim test. The swim test involved swimming from the floating rope to the diving board and back. I really did not know how to swim so I got halfway to the diving board, began to s

Janice Wolfe

Jun 9, 2021
2 min

Day 12: The Lost Dog

Originally posted on Facebook January 31, 2021 When Dan and I married in February of 1998 we had a total of 7 children living in our home. Dinner was a happening from the get-go. Our oldest daughter Tabi boasted of washing over 90 dishes one Sunday afternoon! Each week we would have a big, after-church Sunday dinner and yes, she actually counted the dishes one Sunday while the rest of us were napping. Cleaning up the dishes and the kitchen were not the only chores that had to

Janice Wolfe

Jun 9, 2021
2 min

Day 11: I've Got Something to Lose

Originally posted on Facebook January 20, 2021 When my son David was in grade school he took part in a decathlon track event for boys his age. There were ten events that involved jumping, throwing and racing. David had taken quite a few first place ribbons already that day. There was just one event left. If he won it, he would win over all. The last event was the mile run. I felt confident because I knew firsthand that David was quite a runner. I had been chasing him aro

Janice Wolfe

Jun 9, 2021
2 min

Day 10: Start Losing Today

Originally posted on Facebook January 15, 2021 Theme Verse: “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.” Mark 8:35 “Lose” from the Greek word “Apollymi” means “to destroy fully.” It is translated “lose” in our verse for today. “And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise

Janice Wolfe

Jun 9, 2021
2 min

Day 9: Lost on Purpose

Originally posted on Facebook January 13, 2021 Theme Verse: “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.” Mark 8:35 “Lose” from the Greek word “Apollymi” means “to destroy fully.” It is translated “loseth” in our verse for today. “...and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10:39b When I was eleven years old, I ran away from home. After leaving a note for m

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