Tricia McNair: Noble Life Ministries

I can relate to when you work hard and try to do the right thing and nothing you do seems to be working out. At times like this I want to say, " Stop the merry-go-round and let me off!" I realize that even King David in the Bible, of long ago, felt this way. He writes in Psalms 55:1-6 " Give ear to my prayer, O God, And do not hide Yourself from my supplication. 2 Attend to me, and hear me; I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily, 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me, And in wrath they hate me. 4 My heart is severely pained within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. 6 So I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. " When the pressure of life is too tough and hard we all want to fly way and be at rest. But then I remember who I am in Christ and my emo...

Never stop praying - I Thessalonians 5:17 (NLT) I remember being able to pray to God for help since I was very young. I used to see my mother and grandmother pray and ask God to help us. Whenever things were tough we could always count on God to make a way out of no way. My Mom, Billie Jean, never stopped praying for what our family needed, and somehow it seemed as though every single time God would answer. I came to believe that my mother had some special relationship between her and God. It seemed as though when Mom prayed God heard. I have seen her on her knees asking God to bring home my sister who was her wayward daughter, as she would say. She prayed consistently for my sister when she ran away from home. One day through a lot tears and praying my sister, Helen, finally came home. My Mom never stop praying, she never gave up on any of us kids, and she never gave up on God. There were times in our family when we had no food in the house even though my father who was a Steve...