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A Conversation about Love & God
You are a human being who is loved by God. You are intelligent, beautiful, loved, and not alone. Take a minute to think about that – God loves you.
A Wonderful Expression of Love
ubmitting ourselves fully to God allows Him to come into our lives in ways that we could never fathom and in ways we could never arrange on our own.
Then Do It
My Father and Savior, your Word is clear and I know what I should do. I want my faith to be alive, and my actions to be aligned with it. Amen.
God’s Foot Prints
Loving Father, help me see your footprints with the eyes of faith when I seem to be drowning in the swirling waters
Sense of Being
Be blessed to know that you are loved, wanted, and needed in the world. Your Father placed you right where you are. Be blessed with relaxing in His perfect care in every detail, knowing…
Worth the Effort
I tried many things to fill the void in my life. However, in reflection, I realize that I forfeited peace often over the years because I didn’t seek to know God more. I didn’t…
A Legacy of Empty Boxes
What will your legacy be? What will be the conversation about us when family gathers after we are gone?
Step into the Fullness of God
All of us have weaknesses. No need to elaborate on them. However, it’s important to focus on the grace that God.
A Sense of Wonder
Contentment: Today, I encourage you to write down the little blessings that add to the pleasure of your day. See if you can come up with ten.
How to Spend a Day with the Lord
How to Spend a Day with the Lord. Following an outline is helpful, so you don’t have to wonder, “What do I do next?” Experience a transformative 'Day with the Lord'
Caution! Don’t Jump the Due Process
Today, the world is almost accelerating faster than the wind. Proverbs 14:16 "The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence."
Pray Before You Leap
As I recently prayed about an important decision I needed to make, I remembered there was a time when I didn’t. As a young Christian I didn’t even know that I should.
Hold My Hand
I will save you and help you with My right hand, for I rescue those I love. I raise a banner of victory against all attacks. You are a beloved
God is Bigger than All My Problems
God is bigger than all our problems! ‘And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound…
When God Seems Small
When God seems small, we need to remember the exhortation found many times in the Psalms to magnify the Lord. To “magnify” means to “to increase in significance; to cause to be held in…
Your Life is the Only Bible Some People Read
Thought: What are they reading in my life and actions today? What are they reading in yours?
All About Me
Help me, Lord, to relate to you and others not on the basis of material possessions. May my vision increasingly be like yours. 1 Samuel 16:7 "Man looks at the outward appearance, but the…
Faith Believes
Faith believes that what God says will take place without a shadow of a doubt. Faith believes that we will see the promises of God unfold even when it looks impossible. Faith believes in…
Always Green
He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. Jeremiah 17:7,8
Leaving a Margin
When we live at a pace that continually drains us we end up taking it out on those closest to us. Complaining, frustration and lack of patience can surface all too often.
Wisdom and Knowledge
Each one of us has some insights, knowledge and wisdom, but the scope is usually fairly narrow and limited to our sphere of influence and knowledge--our world.