January 14, 2024
Obstacles or Pathways
Have you ever asked the Lord to draw you closer to Himself -- then, found an overwhelming trial lying between you and that closeness?
Read more..Thoughts By Bethany Hayes
January 4, 2024
A Simple Promise for a Hurried Life
I just spent an unhurried weekend in an unhurried town with a good friend who’s never in a hurry. Coming from a hurried town and a hurried life, slowing down didn’t come easy. Until slowing down was required—slower than I realized.
Read more..December 26, 2023
Lord, Make Me Like That
Lord, Make Me Like That. Like a tree planted by a river, finding a constant source of life and nourishment. Like a tree spreading out its roots to that source, reaching for that which will make it strong.
Read more..November 15, 2023
Prayer: The Great Exchange
Prayer is the great exchange—need replaced by peace even when the need still exists. Prayer places the trial in Another’s hands and knows His faithfulness will stand the test.
Read more..September 3, 2023
Expectations
Expectations. We all have them. We may call them by a different name – hopes, dreams, visions for the future, a reason to set goals today.
Read more..July 22, 2023
Why God is Smiling at You
God is pleased with us based on what Christ did for us; never because of what we do for God.
Read more..July 16, 2023
STEPS and STOPS
We can never determine all the why’s of God’s leading. But we know this . . . His own, silent answer to our why’s have a greater meaning than we could ever comprehend.
Read more..July 10, 2023
How to Get There When You Don’t Have a Road Map
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with my eye.” (Psalm 32:8)
Read more..June 20, 2023
What God Already Gave: Forgiveness
Forgiveness that forgets. When the sins God already forgave haunt you, remember. He forgot.
Read more..June 17, 2023
When You’re Waiting for the Impossible
"Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?” Jeremiah 32:27
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