John the Baptist recognized that for Jesus' interests to shine, John's own self-interest must decrease. We are like the lampshade to God's light; the thinner the lampshade is, the more the light will shine through.
Read more..Any hardship that drives us to God and His Word is good for us. That’s because what we gain in knowing the Lord is worth so much more than all the wealth, power, and fame the world could offer us.
Read more..James invites us to alter our viewpoint when it comes to facing trials. Consider or think carefully about, contemplate, give thought to, reflect on all of the trials in your life. Ultimately trials are a gift — so much so, that we are encouraged to consider them “pure joy”!
Read more..Our lives are similar. We let thing grow into our lives that can smother us.
Read more..Nothing and no one can drive a wedge between you and God’s love!
Read more..Yes! We are immeasurably blessed! God’s mercy is new every morning and you will know it when you meet with Him each new day. “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23
Read more..Dear God, help me understand your unfailing compassion for the world, and for me too. I confess that I am as messed up as people around me, and am desperately in need of your redeeming love. Keep from me a smugness of heart that would hold back my own compassion for others. Amen.
Read more..Soak in this portrait of your heavenly Father. He is more wonderful than our mind can comprehend. He is there, even if we feel that He has left.
Read more..Father, You are an ever present help in trouble. You have created us and know our tendency to fear, but You ask us to turn to You because You want to help us. Thank You for Your love, mercy, peace, and strength. Amen.
Read more..A crisis can bring doubt, especially if the Lord is not responding as quickly as we might like Knowing who God is enables us to trust Him through the crises of life.
Read more..Hope in God comes from more than a belief that He exists. The Bible calls hope in God “an anchor for the soul”.
Read more..Remember Paul’s words in Romans 8:38, “Nothing can separate us from his love.” Step to the well of God’s love and drink up. Once filled by his love, you’ll never be the same.
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