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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Where Peace is Found
Are you looking for peace this Year? Why do many Christians lack peace?
When We Dare to Let God be For Us
“Trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. . . Rest in the Lord.” (Psalm 37:5,7)
What’s on Your Mind?
Guarding our thoughts, being sober-minded, and meditating on eternal truth will produce a transformation the Bible calls the “renewing of the mind.” (Romans 12:2)
The Debt We Always Owe
Recently, the Lord enabled me to get out from under a debt that would have taken years to pay off. As soon as it was paid, I logged into my account to look at…
The Love that Will Not Let You Go
If His love was anything less than tenacious and loyal, He would have tired of you and me long ago.
Sweet Half Hour of Prayer
How many of us have an hour to pray? Though it would be sweet, can we really find that much time in a day or even a week to commit solely to prayer? These…
His Strength Made Ours
His strength. Made ours. “. . . out of weakness were made strong.”(Hebrews 11:34)
Why Are We Celebrating Christmas?
Answer: Jesus was born! How would the average person answer that question? Tradition? Family? Love for hearth and home? Read the rest...
A Message and a Promise
A Message and a Promise. No matter the doubts, the frustrations, the “wish-things-were-different” thinking that takes our affection off things above, in Christ, we can be confident that it will be well with us.
How to Turn Tangled Thoughts into Trust
How should every tangled thought respond to such a powerful God? Trust. “He is a shield to all those who trust in him.” (Psalm 18:30b)
When You Feel Like a Failure
“I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come . . . shall be able to separate us from the love of…
When You Can’t Pray – Give Thanks
We find it hard to pray; not because we don’t have anything to ask for, but because we're too disheartened to pray.
When Everything Else Fails
At the end of his life, John Newton said, “My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things: that I am a great sinner and that Christ is a great Savior!”
Very Little Things
“We need to trust God in the little things, and also in the VERY little things.” – George Mueller Imagine – if possible – existing before anything else did. Speaking galaxies into being. Knowing…
Ten Times More
Someone once said, “If you believe one-tenth of what you say you believe you should be ten times more excited than you are.” And I ask myself the question: Where and why do we…
Reflecting Christ
If others are to see His life, we need to step out of the way and become a corner in this dark world where the life of Christ can be reflected.
Father Forgive Them
Complete and final forgiveness is ours only through our Lord Jesus Christ. “For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12).
Why We’re Told Not to Fear
There is much in the world that tempts us to fear. Fear is typical in a world like ours. But we’re told 365 times in Scripture to “Fear Not!”
An Alternative to Counting Gifts
Don't miss out on the joy of offering the "sacrifice of praise to God continually."
Is God Smiling at Me?
The message of the Cross is this: "God is for us." (Romans 8:31) Relax beneath the smiling face of God.