2023-06-28
God is at Work in Us
It took prison to show me how empty life is without God.”
Read more..Thoughts By Max Lucado
2023-06-03
Untying Knots
Life gets tangled. People mess up. God loves to untie the knots when our life gets messy.
Read more..2023-05-23
When the Storm Doesn’t Stop
When in a storm can you turn your eyes away from the stormy world and look into the wonder of God? Here are 5 promises you can recite:
Read more..2023-05-19
Like Sheep
When David said in Psalm 23, “The Lord is my Shepherd,” couldn’t he have come up with a better metaphor than a shepherd for sheep?
Read more..2023-05-11
God’s Loving Pursuit
Dare we envision a God who follows us? Who pursues us? Who chases us? Who tracks us down and wins us over? Who follows us with "goodness and mercy" all the days of our lives?
Read more..2023-05-07
A Prayer for Troubled Times
A Prayer for Troubled Times. Father, We are sad, Father. And so we come to you. We don’t ask you for help; we beg you for it.
Read more..2023-05-02
Eternal Happiness
“God has planted eternity in the hearts of men.” Ecclesiastes 3:10, TLB You will never be completely happy on earth, simply because you were not made for earth.
Read more..2023-04-29
My Grace is Sufficient
‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness'” (2 Corinthians 12:7-9).
Read more..2023-04-22
Hope Restored Along the Way
“He restores my soul.” (Psalm 23) Our Shepherd majors in restoring hope to the soul. Whether you are a lamb lost on a craggy ledge or a city slicker alone in a deep jungle, everything changes when your rescuer appears.
Read more..2023-04-19
Meet Your Fears with Faith
Meet Your Fears with Faith “...and teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20
Read more..2023-04-03
Let Your Gentleness Be Evident to All
The Greek word translated here as “gentleness” describes a temperament that’s seasoned and mature. It envisions an attitude fitting to the occasion, levelheaded and tempered. This gentleness is “evident to all.”
Read more..2023-03-26
A Heavenly Affirmation
Each of us has a fantasy that our family will be like the Walton's, an expectation that our dearest friends will be our next of kin. Jesus didn't have that expectation.
Read more..2023-03-21
An Unearthly Love
Live full lives, full in the fullness of God. Mark it down: God loves you with an unearthly love.
Read more..2023-03-14
The Cure for Ingratitude
1st Thessalonians 5:18 tells us to “give thanks in everything!” In everything? In trouble, in the hospital, in a fix, in a mess, in distress? JESUS DID.
Read more..2023-03-10
God’s Doing What’s Best for Us
He doesn’t delight in our sufferings, but He delights in our development".
Read more..2023-02-25
What to Do with Worry
Next time you’re worried about your health or house or finances or flights, take a mental trip up the hill. Take your anxieties to the cross
Read more..2023-02-19
I’m Here
"You are all around me--in front and in back--and have put your hand on me." Psalm 139:5 Pause and listen as His Majesty whispers ever so gently,
Read more..2023-02-09
Disarming Anxiety
Your goal is not to know every detail of the future. Your goal is to hold the hand of the One who does; and never, ever let go!
Read more..2023-02-06
What You Were Made to Do
Your existence is not accidental. Your skills are not incidental. God shaped each person in turn!
Read more..2023-02-03
Look to the Source of Help
Look to the Source of HELP: God—your rescuer, has the right vision. He also has the right direction. Maybe you need your hope restored.
Read more..2023-01-24
Leave Your Guilt at Calvary
Do you carry a load of guilt? So many do. If our spiritual baggage were visible, do you know what you would see? Suitcases of guilt, bulging with binges, blowups, and compromises. The kid with the baggy jeans and the nose ring? He’d give anything to retract the words he said to his mother.
Read more..2023-01-20
Give Thanks
Gratitude gets us through the hard stuff. To reflect on your blessings is to rehearse God’s accomplishments. To rehearse His accomplishments is to discover His heart. Gratitude always leaves us looking at God and away from dread. So practice gratitude!
Read more..2023-01-17
Trust God to Lead
Worrying is one job you cannot farm out—but you can overcome it! And there’s no better place to begin than Psalm 23:2. “He leads me beside the still waters,”
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