Joy in God’s Presence
Delighting in God’s presence surpasses that of any human experience. In Him, the psalm says, we find “fullness of joy.”
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Reasons for Joy
Are you so focused on what you don’t have that you’re blind to what you do?
Born To Swim
The Bible is filled with stories of people who depended on others for support and success. Encouragement is to a team what wind is to a sail - it moves people forward.
Patient People
God is being patient with you (2 Peter 3:9). And if God is being patient with you, can’t you pass on some patience to others? Of course you can! Because before love is anything…
Focus on Today
We are “culturalized” into worrying more because we want more. We seem to never be satisfied, never secure.
Trust in the Lord
Prayer: Abba Father, please give me courage to not lean on my own understanding. I know my thinking can be flawed and what I intend for good can blow up in my face. Please…
Learning to Listen
If you want to be just like Jesus, let God have you. Spend time listening for him until you receive your lesson for the day—then apply it.
Is your Spiritual Battery Dead?
“Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.” Colossians 3:2
Helper of Mankind
One morning a few years ago, when going for a walk, I happened to notice a boy pulling a wagon. In the wagon was a smaller boy and a bunch of newspapers. As they…
The Beautiful Thing about Commitment
Living for Christ can seem hard, even impractical at times. We tend to focus on what we can do to earn our way to God, rather than accepting His free gift of salvation
Welcoming Gently
Dear God, thank you for sending Jesus to show us a life worth imitating. May I bow in awe of His glory and from that place open my heart to people.
Marinated in the Word
take time to immerse yourself in the Word. Do it deliberately and regularly and the finished product will have a heavenly aroma.
Christ, Our Life
For many, Christianity is simply the religion into which they were born. For others, Christ is Savior and more: He is their very life (Colossians 3:4). When Jesus is your life you cannot go…
Complaining in the Wilderness
“Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you.” Philippians 2:14
Heart’s Desires
You have found your delight in the Lord, and He has placed within you the desires that are from Him, for Him, and can only be fulfilled by Him.
Contentment
What if God’s only gift to you were his grace to save you? Would you be content?
Unoffendable
No one ever says, "Today, I think I'll try to develop a hardened heart of stone." Such things enter our souls through stealth.
God Is Faithful
God is faithful. We can trust his promises to be kept and his purposes to be good. How do we know? The sunrise each morning is a reminder that the Father of heaven and…
Loving as God Loves
Our friends need a flood of tears. Our children need to be covered in the oil of our love. But if we haven’t received these things ourselves,
Becoming A People of Mercy
Mercy, Not Wrath. The church was created not to fulfill God's wrath, but to complete His mercy. True prayer is born of love and comes in the midst of need.
Get Up and Get Out
As a friend of mine said once, almost nonchalantly, a true Christian is choosing the most dangerous occupation in the world.
The Mission Field Next Door
Lord, Open my eyes that I might see the mission field before me and then give me the conviction and the courage to go into all the world and preach the gospel to all…