Nevertheless
Two types of thoughts continually vie for your attention. One proclaims God’s strengths; the other lists your failures.
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Are People Asking Questions?
In a recent conversation with a successful businessman, he described how he encourages his Christian colleagues to live and work in a secular environment where a verbal expression of faith may not be welcome…
God-Size Rest
God is longing to give you His God-size rest of spirit, soul, and body as you abide in Him.
Deception of the Heart
Our God is so amazing. Majestic. Gracious. Loving. We may think, “I would never serve another.” But tragically, it happens all the time. “Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside…
The Conveyor Belt to Heaven
I have been very ill recently and there is no doubt that God has been, and is, with me through this experience, traumatic as it has been.
Store of Salvation
In Isaiah, the Lord refers to himself as a store! A rich store filled with everything good, beautiful and necessary for abundant life.
Spiritual Sunglasses
The psalmist prayed, “Open my eyes…” and the hymn writer penned, “Open my eyes, illumine me…” How different will be my viewpoint of the people and world around me when my prayer is the…
Restored From Shame
God delights to restore us from our shame. Will you allow Him to do so? “No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame...” Psalm 25:3
Worship on the Go
God doesn't desire more of our time, sometime, He desires more of our attention all the time. "My eyes are ever on the Lord." Psalms 25:15
Compelled by Love
Is serving God your obligation or passion? I was sitting alone in a hotel room in Rome, thinking to myself, “Why am I here?” I grew up believing that in order to be a…
Roller Coaster Journey
Sometimes, I feel like I’m just going AROUND and AROUND– trying to set up appointments and rescheduling cancellations.
Pluck It and Bag It
As I pulled the fragrant, dark cilantro leaves, I realized there were a lot more "good ones" than I originally thought. That made me sigh with relief because I hadn't wasted all my money…
Not the Walking Wounded
There was a time when I was the walking wounded, before I learned to forgive and let go. If I had waited until my offender was sorry, I would still be waiting. I knew…
For God Loved the World
God's love is more than emotion and intention. God's love is demonstrated.
Are You Feeling Ignored?
To be ignored feels like the person is saying, “You’re so unimportant to me that I can’t even be bothered to acknowledge your presence.” Except that they’re not saying anything at all. And...
Simple Devotion to Jesus
God is jealous for your undivided affection. Choose the one thing that cannot be taken away from you: fellowship in devotion to Jesus, filling your heart with Him, hanging on His words, and joyously…
A Bee Attack
What are the “bees” in our lives? The psalmist wrote that the enemy nations surrounded him like bees.
Wounded in Pursuit of Oneness
The Bible says, "Pursue peace with all men" (Hebrews 12:14). Pursue means we aggressively take the initiative to make things right. It means we act on behalf of Heaven rather than allow another’s anger…
The ‘Trust Fall’
How to trust God is not always easy to explain, but the Lord gave me an excellent illustration. When I was younger we would go to camp for the summer. While there we participated…
Where is Your Trust?
What object or person do you trust? Where is your security? The dictionary definition of trust is “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.”
Trusting God in Extreme Situations
Are you in a place today where you are ready to give up? Throw in the towel?
More and More Like Him
With all of my heart, I want to be more and more like Jesus Christ. To this end, I will avoid legalism and license and embrace the freedom I have in Him to live…