by Barbara Lardinais | August 23, 2023 | Wake Up Call
John the Baptist was a giant of a man; the forerunner prophet to the ministry of Jesus. He was also Jesus’ cousin called to his destiny even from the womb. A blunt man, John called the Jews to repentance. To the Pharisees he said; “‘You brood of...
by Barbara Lardinais | August 18, 2023 | Wake Up Call
You know you aren’t supposed to go into any full blown exercise or workout without doing a warm up first. Your muscles need to ease into it. The best way to do this is with a series of slow stretches for the muscles which will be called upon. If this is done...
by Barbara Lardinais | August 11, 2023 | Wake Up Call
Here’s an interesting piece of historical trivia: groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. Sixty years later to the day came the infamous 9/11 attack which took out one of its five wedges. Back in 1941 Europe was already at war and the United...
by Barbara Lardinais | August 4, 2023 | Wake Up Call
What a great beginning the human race had. Adam and Eve were in the garden of Eden and all was well. They had the brightest future and as their offspring, so did we. But when Satan tempted Eve she ate from the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and...
by Barbara Lardinais | July 28, 2023 | Wake Up Call
Lately I was discussing the subject of getting outside your comfort zone with a bunch of ladies. I shared my own story of taking up the violin so late in life and how God used it in many ways which I had no idea were going on at the time. As we talked about ways to...
by Barbara Lardinais | July 21, 2023 | Wake Up Call
On the face of it this is a pretty harsh saying: “‘If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.'” (Luke 14:26) Hard to believe...