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Responding to Difficulty
The Lord controls and sets limits on our burdens so they don’t overwhelm us.
All Stressed Up and Nowhere to Go
In today's world it is virtually impossible to avoid stress. Almost everyone is carrying some amount of it, in varying degrees.
All the Days of My Life
Today: Read Psalm 23 afresh. What is the Lord saying to you in the midst of your life? Trust him to lead you from this day forward — all the days of your life!
Increase Your Trust in God
Sometimes we can feel parked in our faith and not moving forward in trusting God. “COME unto me all you who are weary and heavy burdened and I will give you rest…for your…
The Gift of Love
Is there someone in your life you’re struggling to love? Someone, it just seems impossible to muster any affection?
The Lord is My Shepherd
The Lord is My Shepherd. There’s a fog upon the landscape. That has dimmed the sun’s bright ray, I don’t know what lies before me Oh, my Shepherd, show the way. There’s a voice…
The Great Shepherd
The Great Shepherd is leadingyou away from the dry and desolateplaces into the path where the stillwaters flow!Comforting and protecting youfrom dangers that you don't even
Prayers of Mercy
After reading Catherine Marshall’s book, I began to pray "mercy" prayers. Just a simple prayer like, "Lord, have mercy on ______."
In Your Faithfulness
Some days are just plain tough! Those we care about are hurting. Our plans are falling through. Our prayers seem to bounce off the ceiling and fall at our feet.
What to Do with Worry
Next time you’re worried about your health or house or finances or flights, take a mental trip up the hill. Take your anxieties to the cross
God Lifts Our Burdens
What a difference I experienced when I stopped allowing the worry to consume me by choosing to let it go. I gave this burden to the Lord, and He lifted it from my shoulders.…
Transforming Power
My own power is inadequate to make the changes I want to see in my life. But the amazing power of the Spirit in me can transform me into someone who looks and acts…
Does God Know What You’re Going Through?
Does God Know What You’re Going Through? In order to get through what you’re going through, focus on who God is — his unchanging nature. Regardless of circumstances and how you feel, hang on…
Cast Away the Dark Fears
Darkness is more than a symbol, it is a pervasive way of living and viewing the world. Darkness is the place of deception, evil, crime, predators, sin, and death.
The Empowering Emotion of Joy
Being supernatural in nature, divine joy exists independently of our circumstances. Happiness, on the other hand, comes from external causes, is an earthly in character, and increases or decreases as events change.
Overwhelming Peace
You see, it is only in Christ that you can find real peace which flows like a river, the best rest for your aching soul.
To Him be the Glory
“To Him be the glory forever! Amen.” Romans 11:36 “To Him be the glory forever!”
Your Hope in Him is Never in Vain
Lord, you know how easily I can lose hope during trials. Help me trust in and through you so that I regain the hope I need to persevere.
