Pulling Down Strongholds
Make no mistake. The devil is a real devil! Every conflict is a contest with Satan and his forces. Prayer, worship, and Scripture are our weapons.
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Our Strongholds
Does a stronghold have a strong hold on you? Do you feel nothing but despair? Do you think thoughts of defeat? A stronghold is a false premise that denies God’s promise.
Forgiveness: A Space of Grace
When it comes to forgiveness, all of us are beginners. No one owns a secret formula. As long as you are trying to forgive, you are forgiving.
Battling Anxiety
What does all this anxiety, all this restlessness mean? Simply this– you are a human. It doesn’t mean you’re a failure. It doesn’t mean your parents failed you or vice versa. And, this is important, it…
What’s Separating You from Joy?
What’s the one thing separating you from joy? How would you finish the statement: “I’ll be happy when….”
God Will Lighten Your Load
If we let him, God will lighten our loads. Why don’t you try travelling light?
Jesus Washes the Disciples Feet
It has been a long day. Jerusalem is packed with Passover guests, most of whom clamor for a glimpse of the Teacher. The spring sun is warm. The streets are dry. And the disciples…
Grace Delivered Us from Fear
The same one who saved us first is there to save us still. Such is the message of grace.
The Dungeon of Bitterness
Bitterness is its own prison. you can choose, like some to put away your hurts before they become hates.
Give God Your Guilt
Is guilt having its way with you? Isaiah 1:18: “No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can take it out and make you as clean as freshly fallen snow.”
A Love That Never Fails
By Max Lucado - A Love That Never Fails. A love that never fails! Hard to imagine, isn’t it? Has human love ever failed you?
Nothing Can Separate Us
Nothing Can Separate Us - by Max Lucado. “Nothing above us, nothing below us, nor anything else in the whole world will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that…
God Runs Toward You
God runs when he sees the son coming home from the pig trough. When the addict steps out of the alley. When the teen walks away from the party.
Weighed Down with Anxieties
Anxiety is not a sin; it is an emotion. Anxiety can, however, lead to sinful behavior.
True Courage
The point is clear. The Father of Truth will win, and the followers of Truth will be saved. The prize is yours. Applaud the victory!
A Real Friend
You don’t abandon a friend -not even when that friend is dead. John stayed close to Jesus.
The God Who Feeds My Soul
“I am the bread that gives life.” John 6:35 Can you see why Jesus called himself the Bread of Life?
The Right Vision
God has the right vision — he has seen the homeland. He has the right directions — he has cut the path.
Just Call Him Jesus
God's Plan for humanity....it was crafted in the halls of heaven and carried out on the plains of earth. Only holiness could have imagined it.
Jesus Knows Just How You Feel
Listen to Hebrews 4:15, “. . .he Himself has shared fully in all our experience of temptation, except that He never sinned.”