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Trouble Comes with Life
No one gets a free pass, but we can believe this: one way or another, God's relief and deliverance will come.
Into His Likeness
If I have the mind of Jesus, why do I still think so much like me? Why do I still have the hang-ups of Max? Why do I still hate traffic jams?
Our Sure God
Our moods may shift, but God’s doesn’t. Our minds may change, but God’s doesn’t.
Prayerful Waiting
f you are waiting on God, you are watching for God, searching for God, hoping in God.
All Things Work for Good
We know…There are so many things we do not know. We do not know if the economy will dip or if our team will win. We do not know what our spouse is thinking…
Look Over Your Shoulder
We cannot go where God is not. Look over your shoulder; that’s God following you. Look into the storm; that’s Christ coming toward you.
Peace through Prayer
Max Lucado shares how prayer, gratitude, and faith in Christ replace worry with God’s peace that guards our hearts and minds.
Tests Are Temporary
Being Tested: 1 Peter 1:6 says, “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.”
God Will Help You
If Jesus was willing to use divine clout to solve a social faux pas, how much more would he be willing to intervene on the weightier matters of life?
God Answers the Mess of Life
Ezekiel 36:26 says, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you!” Grace calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off!
Learning to Trust the Master
God's greatest blessings often come costumed as disasters. Some of you doubt it. How can God use cancer or death or divorce? Simple. He's smarter than we are.
Jesus Has What You Need
We can calmly take our concerns to God because he is as near as our next breath.
Sole Provider, Sole Comforter
When there is truly no other name that you can call, then cast all your cares on him, for he is waiting in the midst of the storm.
God is Cheering for You
If your God is Mighty enough to ignite the sun, could it be that He is mighty enough to light your path?
Contagiously Calm
The gentle person is sober minded and clear thinking. The contagiously calm person is the one who reminds others God is in control.
What Faith Sees
“Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:11 (NIV) Faith is trusting what the eye can’t see.
As Christ Forgave You
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you” Ephesians 4:32
My Struggles are About Him
Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.
Come and Drink
“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink." God describes Himself as “the fountain of living water.” (John 7:37-38). Dear child of mine. Are you thirsty? Come and drink. I delight…
Take Goliath Down
Imitate David. Never give up. One prayer might not be enough. One apology might not do it. One day or month of resolve might not suffice.
God our Father
Who will take our hand when we are weak? Who will guide us through the hectic intersections of life? Don’t we all need an Abba who will swing us up into his arms…