2023-11-15
Prayer: The Great Exchange
Prayer is the great exchange—need replaced by peace even when the need still exists. Prayer places the trial in Another’s hands and knows His faithfulness will stand the test.
Read more..Prayer is the great exchange—need replaced by peace even when the need still exists. Prayer places the trial in Another’s hands and knows His faithfulness will stand the test.
Read more..My prayer for you is that you recognize the greatness that is on the inside of you. Every one of us has been created with specific intent.
Read more..Pain brings us back to the basics of our faith. “Do you love Me?” Are you ready to say with me: “Father, you know that I love you.”
Read more..Most worry develops because we cannot fix our problems. We can’t make things happen and we can’t make things stop. When we choose to trust, worry loses its fierce grip from our nervous wringing hands.
Read more..I clung to this promise: “the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” In moments of panic or despair, I surrendered my feelings to God and pleaded for His peace. And in His great mercy, in the moments I felt I couldn’t go on, God filled my heart with overwhelming peace. He also led me to the right doctor, counselor, and friends who helped me get the support I needed.
Read more..Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift of your Holy Spirit! I don’t want Your Spirit on a shelf in my life. Your Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in me, is the most intimate part of my life, making me fit for you. I don't want to take your gift for granted. Amen.
Read more..One day I thought about the verse, “Keep yourselves in God’s love,” (Jude 21) and I wondered, “How do I keep myself in God’s love?”
Read more..We who walk with Christ often experience this tendency toward slave thinking. We grow discouraged in the tough battle of addictions or grief or abuse or self-doubt.
Read more..Have you ever been disappointed with God. You trusted him to bless you with a job or to answer a fervent prayer for a loved one and nothing happened. It’s as though God doesn’t care.
Read more..God pursued us even before we began to pursue Him, and that He knows us even more than we know ourselves.
Read more..Poem by Kathy Cheek. Lord, When people look at me Will they see You? When people talk to me Will they hear You? When they come to me And need the strength That You can give...
Read more..What is there to say when tragedy strikes? Proverbs 2:1-5 gives us a clue: ...turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—...
Read more..Could it be that the rooms of my life closed off to God are locked because I haven’t sufficiently developed that same love and trust with my Heavenly Father?
Read more..Thought: If you have struggled with knowing where you fit in the Kingdom of God, ask God to show you through your everyday life what He has called you to.
Read more..God has written a letter to you. The Bible isn’t just a storybook about God, the people of Israel, and a man named Jesus. It is a love letter from God to you. When Jesus walked on earth He said, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love.” (John 15:9)
Read more..The Light shone brightly in the splendor of Heaven.Then looking down upon His creation Abba Father ...
Read more..Look for the reasons to praise your children. Do it often. Every day! Use words that encourage. Things like, “I love you sweetheart.” Or, “I couldn’t be more proud of you.”
Read more..Pause and ponder over some disappointments you’ve encountered in life. Do you think they all happened by mistake?
Read more..Jesus emphasizes hearts directed to God and not centered on material things. We know to invest our money into the work of God to invest in heaven.
Read more..Often, the divide is long and wide between who Jesus really is and who we want Him to be.
Read more..Is your heart fully saturated for the Lord? How can your heart “drip” love onto the relationships in your life today?
Read more..I love God’s sense of humor. To laugh is so good for us. It changes our mood and allows us to see the world through new eyes.
Read more..Father, help us to be wise. Amen. “Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding” Proverbs 4:7
Read more..I never had the confidence to take on things that scared me until I came into a relationship with God.
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