Be an Encourager
Sometimes you need more than words, you need someone with skin on. Someone who will listen to you, stand by you, pray for you, believe in you.
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thoughts by Helen Grace Lescheid
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God Is Present with You Now
Thank you, Father, that when you say “never will I forsake you,” you mean never. You are with me now.
Christ is Risen Indeed
Why did Mary not recognize Jesus? I think it’s the same reason I often don’t recognize the living Christ in my life. Mary expected to find things as she had left them--a dead body…
My Life Has Purpose
“recognizing your purpose means everything. I assure you that you too have something to contribute. You may not see it now, but you would not be on this planet if that were not true.…
When Answers Aren’t Enough – There is Jesus!
One day my husband, a strong Christian leader, signed himself into a mental hospital. But my husband did not recover.
God’s Holding Patterns
When God wants to do something new in our lives, it is often preceded by major renovations. “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, put painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of…
God Loves Me the Same on Good Days and Bad Days
"Because of the LORD’S great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness" Lamentations3:22,23
Take the Panic out of Christmas
“The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and
Hope Stronger Than Hurt
Hope for the hopeless. I discovered that when life hits us with a tsunami, Jesus is there in the water with us. Clinging to Him we are saved. Knowing Him is the most valuable…
Forsaken but not Alone
When we’re going through a difficult time, we look to friends and family to be there for us. But sometimes we’re bitterly disappointed. We don’t get the support we had hoped for.What helps me…
I Want People to See Jesus in Me
What do you do when Christians disappoint you? As a young Christian, I hungered for the abundant life Jesus talked about, a life of victory over sin and of fruitful work.
Let Thanksgiving be the Habit of your Life
Why is thanksgiving so important? It acknowledges God in the situation. When things go wrong the last thing we want to do is give thanks. But it’s the most beneficial. Thanksgiving prepares the way…
The God of Second Chances
God loves to use ordinary, weak, human beings to do His work. Thank you, Father, that I can do everything through him (Christ) who gives me strength (Philippians 4:13)
In Christ I Have a New Life
What happens when we repent of our sins and receive Jesus Christ as Savior? Jesus forgives us and cleanses us from all sin. We are adopted into his family. We’ll go to heaven when…
Seek God and Not an Experience
If we seek an experience—an emotional high—rather than God, we will become disappointed.
He’s Holding Me
During a very difficult time in my life, people kept encouraging me, “Keep hanging onto God and his promises and you’ll make it.”
I Have a Choice
Every choice we make takes us down a certain path. Either to a person that is in harmony with God...
Speak Faith, not Fear into Your Children
Cathy, our third daughter, was our shy one. When company came to the house, she’d run to the bedroom and hide.
Who Am I Really? A Victim or a Victor?
If we base our self-worth on a sad experience which happened in the past such as: I’m a divorcee; I’ve had cancer, I’ve suffered abuse…This leads to defeated thinking like I’m damaged goods, this…
How to be Really Free
How do you feel about the word surrender? It’s not a popular word in our culture. We are afraid that if we surrender we’ll be oppressed. Maybe a person in authority has abused us…
After What I Did, Can God Use Me Again?
When we have sinned, we are prone to think that, even though God forgives us, our life of service is finished. Our reputation is ruined. We’re a complete failure. Satan wants us to live…
God’s Steadfast Love
We have three mistaken notions about God’s love: 1. If God loves me He will protect me from painful experiences. 2. I don’t deserve God’s love. I haven’t done enough to earn His love.…