May 26, 2018
Open Heart
Someone recently commented to me, and it is the same comment I have heard from
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May 21, 2018
No Pecking Order with Jesus
Jesus flip-flopped the pecking order. 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love does not boast, it is not proud. Jesus has no room for pecking orders. In a world of upward mobility, choose downward servility. “Regard one another as more important than yourselves” (Philippians 2:3 NASB).
Read more..May 19, 2018
No Condemnation
"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" Becoming a Christian means we have been liberated from law keeping.
Read more..May 18, 2018
His Perfect Love
If God loved us with an imperfect love, we would have high cause to worry. Imperfect love keeps a list of sins and consults it often. God keeps no list of our wrongs. His love casts out fear because he casts out our sin. Tether your heart to this promise, and tighten the knot.
Read more..May 14, 2018
Closed Doors
There was a time not so long ago when I let the doors that slammed shut in my face slam my self-esteem with crushing blows. I had not learned yet that closed doors were simply part of God directing my paths.
Read more..May 12, 2018
Your Wish, My Command
What if I started each day with the question, “God, what would you like me to do today? What would it look like to start each day like that?
Read more..May 10, 2018
Resources
By faith we need to gladly, freely, fully, and gratefully cast ourselves upon His resources without reservation—He is the all-sufficient One Who never changes, Who never faints or grows weary, Who never slumbers or sleeps, and Who is the keeper of His people from this time forth and forever more.
Read more..May 9, 2018
Two Sticks of Dynamite
I remember the day a couple called me over to pray with them in a specific situation. I made the appointment. I listened. And I prayed. Yet when I left I had the sense that my prayer had not gone past the ceiling. I felt frustrated.
Read more..May 5, 2018
Posture of Prayer
To be honest, I have wrestled a lot with this thing called prayer. *Why does God want us to pray when He knows what we need even better than we know ourselves? *What good does my prayer even do? Who am I to change God’s mind or challenge Him on His ideas?
Read more..May 5, 2018
Ask What You Will
Prayer has always been the breath, life, vitality, strength and power of the Christian. Beginning with our Lord, who spent much time in prayer, and continuing with the disciples and fruitful, Spirit-filled Christians through the centuries, prayer remains a major emphasis in the life of every believer.
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