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Put on the New Self
Dear Father, may people see the character and likeness of Jesus in me today.
The Gift of Discernment
If you truly seek to crucify your instinct to judge and genuinely are pursuing Christ's redemptive heart, you will have laid a true foundation for the gift of discernment.
Turning From Discouragement
Instead, may we all become victorious over despair and disappointment by trusting in and depending on Him.
A Prayer of Freedom
Prayer. My Father, what a wonderful God You are. My children (and I) are handmade by You. You are our designer.
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 New Is Here
God so loved the world He created that He gave sinful man A SECOND CHANCE by sending His only Son as our Savior, not only for us, but for the whole world. Will you…
Living in God’s Joy and Peace
A Prayer to stay Living in God's Joy and Peace amidst trials
Mercy, Peace and Love
Are you tired or weary today? Allow God to renew you with His strength. Are you discouraged or downhearted? Allow God to lift you with His love.
The Right Vision
God has the right vision — he has seen the homeland. He has the right directions — he has cut the path.
Forget the Former Things
Lord of all eternity, please help me to learn from my mistakes this past year, but not to dwell on them. The year is gone, finished, past. We cannot reclaim it or undo it.
Life’s Greatest Investments
The time to invest your time, talent and treasure for Christ and His kingdom is now. The powerful tide of secular humanism, atheism, materialism, and other anti-God forces us threatening to engulf the world.
A Resolution Worth Keeping
"This year I resolve to know nothing but Christ and Him crucified." May your new resolution for the year be nothing but Christ and Him crucified. It's simply Christ. Christ plus nothing.
Overcoming Anxiety
It was with a heavy heart that I sat down for my daily hour of meditation and prayer. “Lord, I need added faith this morning” I prayed.
Hunger and Thirst for God
Are you feeling empty from trying to satisfy your soul with something other than the Lord? Come to Him with all your heart, and discover the fullness He offers.
The Names of Christ
The names given to Jesus tell a great deal about His ministry on earth 2,000 years ago. The scriptural names describing Him reveal who He was and is and will be for eternity.
Marvelous Love
Shivering and in pain, she struggled over the frozen countryside. But the night was so cold. Snow began to fall. Realizing that the time was near to deliver her baby, she took shelter under…
We Have Seen His Glory: Adore Him
Angels: we marvel at their words and authority, and we tremble at their greatness and awesomeness, but...
God with Us
This is Christmas. This is Emmanuel: God with us. This is the advent - the coming of the Lord. God invading history. The one who invented it coming into it and submitting himself to…
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.
Transform My Heart
God wants us to treat each other as he has treated us, thinking of their needs and God's will before our own. Now that's one revolution I hope I get to see fully happen!
Do Not be Afraid
The shepherds were afraid when the angels appeared to them. Luke 2:8. Have you ever noticed God is always telling us to not be afraid? The Bible teaches...
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.”