Author Archives: Julie Cosgrove

About Julie Cosgrove

A freelance writer and speaker, Julie B Cosgrove has written hundreds of web content and articles with secular and Christian themes, led retreats, workshops, and Bible studies and writes regularly for several Christian websites and publications. She has authored two nonfiction works, P.R.A.Y.I.N.G.: Bringing Power and Purpose to Your Prayers, (2009) and Song Notes: Devotionals from the Book of Psalms (2010), both available through Amazon.com. A member of the Christian Writers Fellowship International, Amercian Women Speakers Ass'n,Toastmasters, Int'l and North Texas Christian Writers, Julie lives outside of Fort Worth, Texas. Contact her @ www.juliebcosgrove.com.

The Woman Caught in Adultery

There is no doubt she did what they said, is there? It says she was caught in the act. It never says she is remorseful about it. There are no verses that she was a believer in Jesus or a follower of His teachings. Nothing indicates that she has a clue who this man drawing in the dirt is until she sees His authority in action and sees the people who accused her walk away defeated in their efforts. And even then, she calls him Lord – or teacher. That is like us saying, “Sir.” It was not an acknowledgement of faith, but it was a beginning. Continue reading

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The Deeper Well

 Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had … Continue reading

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The Woman Who Bled Luke 8:42b-44,47-48

As Jesus went on His way, the crowds almost crushed Him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. She came up behind Him and touched the edge of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. I see two healings in one – the bleeding, and her faith. Continue reading

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Serve It Up

Serve It Up   Mark 1:29-31  And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.  Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.  And he came and … Continue reading

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