How to be Really Free
How do you feel about the word surrender? It’s not a popular word in our culture. We are afraid that if we surrender we’ll be oppressed. Maybe a person in authority has abused us…
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How Well Do You Know Jesus?
“Then you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know you’” Luke 13:25
Camouflage
“I will meditate on the glorious splendor of your majesty and on Your wondrous works”
Remember Who You Are
Take some time to gaze into the Living Water and see the reflection of who you are.
Ugly to Beautiful
“Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.” And Peter left the courtyard weeping bitterly.
He’s Still Knocking
I wonder how many times during the day Jesus gently knocks to warn me of his waiting presence? Not a warning that danger is imminent (though that may be true), but to warn in…
The Joy of the Lord!
"Bless the Lord, oh my soul and all that is within me praise His Holy Name." Psalm 103:1
Jesus Weeps
"As He approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it." Luke 19:41 He is about to face the most horrible experience ever encountered.
How to Make a Difference in Someone’s Day
Often, one of the only things we can do for someone is to be there. 3 Things We Can Do to Make a Difference in Someone's Day
Celebrate Freedom
Father, thank You for my freedom. I don’t take it for granted. I receive and embrace this freedom that makes me free body, soul and spirit.
By Your Grace, Not My Effort
Lord, bless me indeed. Your kindness and commitment of covenant love leads me to repentance and is unchanged by my blindness and failures, great or small
Into the Heavens
It is not always easy to see the love God has for us. We often hide ourselves from His love behind a cloud of guilt or in a fog of doubt.
What is Your Hail?
Sometimes, we see trials as black cloud-shapes of the enemy, but not every black cloud contains an enemy. What is your hail? your cloud?
Forgiveness and the Risen Christ
On that glorious Easter morning our sins were forgiven and we were granted eternal life. However long we live we can never grasp the true meanings of those words or ...
Personal Revival
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test my thoughts. Point out anything in me that makes you sad, and lead me along the path of everlasting life” Psalm 139:23-24
Uncomfortable Love
Just as Jesus gave Himself for us, we need to give ourselves to others. It might be our time, a listening ear, or words of encouragement; whatever it is, love will place specific demands…
God’s Love
Diana says she’s not afraid of her past. In fact, her dramatic change speaks volumes about God’s love.
Glory and Grace
Because of Christ on the cross, because “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities, we can experience the ultimate incongruity of both glory and grace.
Stepping Up
Father God, You alone know how inadequate I feel for the task You are calling me to. Help me to have the courage to say “yes”.
A Front Row Seat
Why God does want me to be in community with other believers? Why can’t I just do church on my own? People always make things so complicated and messy.
BEWARE! We Have Many Observers
Question: What do 'they' see when they observe you? People are observing you.
Lessons from a One-Legged Sandpiper
Lord, Help us not to cave into our circumstances, but to see them as opportunities to run the race with an endurance that only comes from keeping our eyes fixed on You.
The Tapestry of Life
“For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb…My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in…