"When I first became a believer, there was nobody to disciple me so I...” was the same story I had heard time and again, unfortunately. New followers of Christ who have never attended church before often lack a spiritual mentor, which is understandable.
Read more..How Do We Wait? Waiting is not necessarily resignation from all activity; it is submission to God's better idea.
Read more..Dear Father, I want to trust you even when I don’t understand. I believe that you are lovingly and thoughtfully putting together this life-package for me. I want to know you in a deeper way.
Read more..Dream job: As a young girl, I knew I wanted to be a counselor. When I was in high school, one of my friends laid on my bed while I gave her relationship counsel and typed notes into my computer. Fast forward 20 years later, and I’m doing the same thing: only this time the clients I work with are talking to me as their marriage therapist and coach. I knew this seed was planted long ago
Read more..It is so important that we have the Biblical image of God and not someone else’s.
Read more..Let me just say that emptiness leaves us empty. But without the emptiness how can we be filled? Think about it, if we’re already full, how can God fill us?
Read more.."He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” Psalm 23:3
Read more..Our Father's teacher heart is evident by the way many of His instructions are followed by a "so that" phrase.
Read more..Take a step back and ask God to help you see your situation through His eyes. In tough times we need Him to broaden our perspective. Be still my friend and know that He is God.
Read more..God wants all of us to walk in truth. When we do this, we are His delight. He also says that anyone who asks for wisdom will receive it (James 1:5). This is the first step when you are tempted to lie
Read more..One of the most incredible things God gives us is the gift of freedom. He lifts the burden of sin and the wages of death and He sets us free.
Read more..Have you ever considered that people have a good side that we parade around for all to see and a dark side that we hide from view. Will you let God in to work on your dark side?
Read more..God hears your prayers, my friend! No matter what the circumstance is—Matthew 21:22 says, “And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
Read more..At times, if I really stop and think about how I felt during times of great distress and grief in my life, I realize that I don’t want to cause the Holy Spirit of God to experience grief because of my actions. Let us not resist the Lord’s prompting to turn away from the temptation which so easily besets us.
Read more..We delude ourselves into thinking that our quiet times are primarily for our own benefit. We are intellectually aware that God is always with us, that His eye is not only on the sparrow but on each of us.
Read more..Yield: To relinquish control to someone or something; To give something up to someone else; The opposite of being in control or in charge.
Read more..Forgiveness that forgets. When the sins God already forgave haunt you, remember. He forgot.
Read more..A lot of people we meet daily, walk around with plastic smile on their faces but with heavy hearts. Beneath their designer clothes and expensive accessories lies a broken and shattered person who longs for someone to share his/her thoughts with.
Read more.."Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?” Jeremiah 32:27
Read more..Scars are meant to draw us closer to the Lord, not further from Him. They shape us into better servants for his kingdom. When God’s grace is extended to us in the form of healing, we are able to reflect on who we are and what we can become as his sons and daughters.
Read more..John 10:10 “The thief’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness”
Read more..After listening to someone share how they blew it by losing their patience over a very small matter when their sincere intention was to keep calm in a disagreeable situation, I was reminded how recently a similar thing had happened to me.
Read more.."I have said these things that in me you may have peace." How do we have peace amidst life’s binding circumstances?
Read more..Like the psalmist, we too can pray to our Father, who will strengthen us when we are weak and powerless.
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