Steph Robbins Ministries

The Honeymoon is Over!

Steph — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:38:56 +0000

For months after my marriage, I was in what I call the “honeymoon bubble.” Every time I would hear “Mrs. Robbins,” it felt both strange and sensational! I must have had an aura about me when I was in that bubble, something like the cloud that hangs over Pigpen’s head in the Peanuts cartoon, for [...]

The Voice

Steph — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:25:01 +0000

What do you get when you put four celebrity judges together with hopeful musicians seeking their own celebrity status? No…not American Idol. It is the “other” singing show. The Voice is NBC’s successful, but fierce singing contest, that searches for that one, unique sounding voice. A voice that stands out above all others. In the [...]

The Servant Test

Steph — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:00:46 +0000

The Servant Test “I don’t want to do this, Lord!” “This is not MY responsibility!” “I am not his daughter, I am his niece. I am not the one that should be looking after him. I have my own family to tend to.” All were my responses last August, as I drove to my uncle’s [...]

The Frustration Test

Steph — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:59:20 +0000

A young man, who had recently started a new job in the produce department of a grocery store, was approached by a customer asking to buy a half head of lettuce. As politely as he could, the young man said, “In this store, we don’t sell half heads of lettuce, we sell whole heads of [...]

The Discouragement Test

Steph — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:55:42 +0000

One day, Satan decided to have a yard sale in order to purge a number of his tools. There were envy, deceit, malice, sensuality, enmity, thoughtlessness and many other tools that he had used successfully (priced very low). One piece, however, Satan priced very high. It bore the label… Discouragement. “Why do you want so [...]

The Misunderstanding Test

Steph — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:24:34 +0000

A little girl, having taken too long to complete her errand to the store for her mother, was asked upon her arrival back home, “What on earth took you so long?” “I was watching the devil’s funeral,” she replied. “What do you mean—‘the devil’s funeral’?” her astonished mother asked. “Well, I was watching the cars [...]

The Willfullness Test

Steph — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:29:16 +0000

One Sunday, while sitting in the car reading and waiting for my daughter to finish her trail ride, I noticed that the horse and pony that had been left behind were not happy; especially the pony. Back and forth he ran from one end of the electric fenced paddock to the other. I kept a [...]

The Failure Test

Steph — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:25:24 +0000

While many of us may not always be able to identify with life successes, most of us can identify with failing. Even the heroes of faith experienced failure: Moses ran away to hide in the wilderness for 40 years. Simon Peter denied knowing Jesus, not once, but three times. Abraham lied about Sarah being his [...]

The CSI Test

Steph — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:48:44 +0000

Have you ever watched the TV show “CSI”? Perhaps you have caught an episode or two of “Law and Order,” “Castle,” “Bones,” or watched a televised trial? The point is, if you’ve watched any crime scene investigation show, you will know that the first question always asked by those probing the crime committed is, “What [...]

Celebration

Steph — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:51:48 +0000

“Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord!” Luke 2:10-11 (NAS) Two thousand years ago, this angelic announcement reverberated throughout heaven and [...]