While We are Waiting on God
Prayer: ”Father, I thank you that you are working even though I can’t see it at this time. I want to trust you with this. I give it to you now.”
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The Father is Waiting
When we do come back, God doesn’t just forgive us; He dresses us up with a new identity, He clothes us in a rob of righteousness. He shows us we are loved and that…
Be a Peace Maker
Peace makers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.” James 3:18
Living in Forgiveness
Sometimes God uses the most unlikely persons to teach us a lesson. Jesus showed us that forgiveness has a cross in it. It costs us something. But un-forgiveness has an even greater price: It makes…
God is Our Guide
“We sometimes spend time looking around for a green light, when we ought to keep going in the obvious direction until we find a red light,” Dr. Charles Price
God Is Watching
God is not up in heaven watching me through a spy glass. He’s up close holding my hand!
Forgiveness Opens the Door
Be free to be the person God wants you to be. Dear Jesus, take over my heart so that I will see people as you see them and forgive them as you forgive them.
Give Thanks in All Circumstances?
Father, I can thank you in everything for your plans for me are plans to prosper me and not to harm me, plans to give me hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11)
Soar Like an Eagle
You are not meant to be tumbling in the undertow; you are meant to soar. Because Christ lives in you, you can live triumphantly.
If God is All-Powerful, Why Doesn’t He Stop the Evil?
God is present in our suffering. He’s suffering along with us
Jesus says, “Come to Me”
“Come to me, all you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest,” Matthew 11:28
God is Holy and Merciful
When we invite Jesus Christ to come into our lives, He removes the sin barrier between us and God.
I Can Trust Him Always
Don’t miss out on a blessing because it isn’t packaged the way you want. Hold onto the promises of God. You can trust Him.
An Angel at Christmas
Have you ever been far from home at Christmas? Whose Christmas angel can you be? "Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."…
What’s in a Name?
One evening as a boy studied the photo of his father he said, “I wish daddy would just step out of the picture and be here with me now.”
The Message of Christmas is “Fear Not”
Like Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds, we are so prone to fear. We’re afraid because we feel alone and forsaken, when we encounter the unknown, and when we face something bigger than us. Why…
God with Us
God is with us now, not just in thought or in theory or in wishful thinking. But in actual fact.
Life Is Not Fair
Yes, life is unfair. Jesus hasn’t promised us a fair world but he has promised us victory. “Take heart!” He said. “I have overcome the world.”
Let Him Calm Your Fears
Visualize yourself sitting on God’s lap with your head resting on His shoulder. Hear him saying, “I am with you. I am mighty to save. I take great delight in you” (
Put Down Your Burden
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest” Matthew 11:28
God Knows Me and He Loves Me
Often we hide our true selves from people. We put on masks. We pretend. We people please. Why? We want to be liked. We want to belong.
What’s In Your Heart?
What comes out of our mouths when we are bumped? What a testimony it is when, instead of anger, out come words of faith and blessing.
Do all Things Really Work Together for Good?
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose”(Romans 8:28).
I Want to Experience More of God’s Love
Most of us have sung, “Jesus loves me this I know,” and recited “For God so loved the world,” since we were children. Yet, we don’t experience God’s love. Why is that? We may…