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Place of Shelter
I am sitting in my shelter, which is a mobile home in the deserts of southern California, in the middle of a sand storm.
With Your Whole Heart
had suitcases full of mistakes and I was heading in the wrong direction. A friend challenged me to take a risk and try following Jesus wholeheartedly.
Grace to Keep on Yielding
Circumstances in our life keep changing which means we have to change as well. We are unable to change without the Holy Spirit’s power.
Sanding off the Rough Edges
When our hearts offer grace, freely received from the heart of God, we are giving out samples of the kindness and love we have received from God.
Home Battle Front
Friend, pray daily for your family. Seek God's guidance in His Word. God will be with you in this battle and He, through you, will win!
Substitute God
I love food. I love to think about food, to cook food and to plan special occasions around food.
Do You Want Control or Freedom?
Control or Freedom: I don't understand it. How can we ever think we have control? Why do we demand it and think we must have it?
Dreaming Big
So many meanings to the word dream: to think, imagine, have ideas. f all people, followers of God should dream big because God is the reason for our dreaming.
Praying the Names of God
The many names of God present some aspect of God's inexhaustible, awesome glory. For every need and circumstance you are facing there is a name of God to meet that need.
Overcoming Unbelief
If your faith is small today in believing God can intervene in something you feel is impossible, ask Him to help you overcome your unbelief. He will meet you at your point of desire…
Out of the Pit
Are you in a season of despair? I have been there. Although I knew God was with me, I struggled deeply with trusting Him and keeping hope alive.
What’s Under the Snow?
“Though your sins are like scarlet,? I will make them as white as snow…”
God Doesn’t Need Pretty Words
I’ve known many believers, both young and old, who don’t like praying out loud in a group because they don’t feel like they have the right words to say.
If You Want Peace, Prepare For War
Question: Are you aware and ready to fight spiritual battles in your life? If you want peace in your life as a Christian, you must prepare for the battle.
Nothing to Fear
When we experience storms in life, how do we tend to act? Jesus said: ‘Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?’” Mark 4:40
Forgiveness
Ask your Father if you hold any bitterness or anger against Him about what He has allowed in your life. If painful events have distorted your image of God, receive His healing love and compassion. May your…
Accepted in the Beloved
If we have fallen somewhere along the way, if we've not trusted him, if we've wanted our way more than his, let’s do as Jesus instructed Peter (John 21:15-23).
Drink of the Living Waters
When your soul is depleted and parched from the incessant trials of life, when you long desire to hear the words of comfort and feel the Lord’s presence, do you know where to go…
How Big is God?
How BIG? “Who has measured the [earth’s] water in the hollow of his hand?” Isaiah 40:12
Living Out of Bounds
I beseech you my dear brothers and sisters, stay on track. Make it a point to be protected by good boundaries in order to see the growth you desire as a Christian. Finish the…
True Confession
Have you ever had a secret? “Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous; sing, all of you who are upright in heart!” Psalm 32:11
Flowers in the Snow
And then slowly, but very surely, the warmth of God’s love begins to melt the cold realities threatening to overwhelm.