Devotional: God is Always in Control. As believers, we must accept that God won’t always make sense to us. Isaiah teaches that His ways and thoughts are higher than our own (Isaiah 55:9). He sees the beautifully completed big picture.
Read more..We would probably all prefer to grow in our faith without ever making a mistake before God's eyes, but we cannot deny that missteps are instructive. Failure teaches believers
Read more..The hardships of life can easily drag us down if we don’t keep our focus on the Lord.When you feel unsatisfied, remember all you have in Christ and respond according to these truths rather than your feelings.
Read more..When you hit bottom as David did, there is a way back. Focusing on the Lord can lead you out of discouragement and into His presence.
Read more..Do you think of yourself as rich? No matter how much money you have, if you're a believer in Jesus, you're extremely wealthy because God has lavished the riches of His grace upon you.
Read more..Are you burdened by your past? By pouring out your heart to God, you can find peace and freedom.
Read more..A heart of compassion is achieved not through self-effort but through a God-focused life. As we draw near to Him through His Word and His Son, He transforms our focus, thoughts, and feelings.
Read more..The Lord controls and sets limits on our burdens so they don’t overwhelm us.
Read more..Many Christians struggle with waiting. So why might the Lord have us delay? One reason is to protect us.
Read more..Is there someone in your life you’re struggling to love? Someone, it just seems impossible to muster any affection?
Read more..Being supernatural in nature, divine joy exists independently of our circumstances. Happiness, on the other hand, comes from external causes, is an earthly in character, and increases or decreases as events change.
Read more..A devastating event can certainly strain how we see our relationship with God. Yet there’s no need to spiral into shame about the struggle.
Read more..Where is God calling you to trust Him? Remember, each time you face risk, it’s an opportunity to experience His faithfulness firsthand.
Read more..Whatever you’re going through right now, remember that Jesus knows how you feel and sympathizes with your pain and weakness. He may not remove the anguish or change your situation, but He does promise He’ll always be with you.
Read more..Believer’s prayers have tremendous impact, particularly on their own faith and life. Do you understand what an awesome privilege it is to kneel before the all-powerful Father and know that He listens and will respond? God loves to be good to His children and answer their prayers.
Read more..Do your desires align with God's purpose and plan for your life? He longs to give His followers abundant blessings and fullness of joy. So allow your dreams to be conformed to the Lord's will, and follow His guidance faithfully. Only when you surrender to Him will you experience God's best for your life.
Read more..Jesus was never merely human. As complex as it is for us to comprehend, He was fully God and fully man. This is the unique way in which our heavenly Father chose to demonstrate His eternal love for us.
Read more..Prayer starts with transitioning our thoughts from the situation at hand to the Lord. What we need is His perspective on the difficulty we’re facing.
Read more..Even hardship and pain have a place in God’s plan for each believer. During a particularly painful time in my life, I decided that I should learn something from my distress, as Job did.
Read more..Our forgiveness toward others should have no limitations. God’s unconditional pardon of our sins destroys any excuse we might devise for holding onto bitterness.
Read more..Instead of focusing on the privileges due us, we should take the biblical perspective of loving enemies and forgiving persecutors (Matthew 5:44). Believers lay down their rights so they can take up the cause of a holy kingdom. That doesn’t mean that we let people trample on us.
Read more..Discouragement is a state of mind in which we become faint-hearted and lose confidence in God, ourselves, or others.
Read more..Freedom is something we all love, but do we really know what it is? Some people think it’s being able to choose or act with few if any restraints, limits, or accountabilities. But that is what God calls rebellion
Read more..Amid the ups and downs of life, does God’s joy sustain you? Or do trials leave you hopeless and discontented? Our Father offers a higher way of living—not without pain but with strength to endure. Continually remember the vast treasure you have in Him and His
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