Trusting God’s Plan in Trouble
The next time you’re tempted to think that God has let you down, remember that trouble is one of the means He uses to strengthen your belief in Him.
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The next time you’re tempted to think that God has let you down, remember that trouble is one of the means He uses to strengthen your belief in Him.
I believe the author of Habakkuk is telling us where true peace is found. It isn’t the absence of chaos, but rather knowing where to go for sanctuary in the middle of it. This…
Help us to lean upon You and draw our strength from You. Give us the endurance we need to stand firm, to continue on, to press in, and to press through everything and anything…
Life's painful experiences are really teachers for your learning, to bring you to the realization that, discipline and integrity are the order of the day.
In times of difficulty, testing and even persecution you can experience supernatural peace of heart and mind. Learn more.
"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Galatians 6:9
Yes, life is unfair. Jesus hasn’t promised us a fair world but he has promised us victory. “Take heart!” He said. “I have overcome the world.”
Have you sought the LORD lately? Many of us made a commitment to turn all of our lives over to him last week; how have you done at that commitment? God promises wisdom to…
If we are going to be true children of our Father, his values must become our own, his lost sheep must become our quest.
Bring Him your grief and pain as often as you need to and receive His crown of beauty and oil of gladness.
Lord God, it is a mystery why life is so hard at times and why there is so much suffering. May you increase my faith and trust in you.
We cannot go where God is not. Look over your shoulder; that’s God following you. Look into the storm; that’s Christ coming toward you.
Where is your place of refuge? Are you disturbed by the challenges in your daily life or by the uncertainties in the world we live in today?
Pray always and be comforted by God's kindness and compassion, hope and love, light and consolation — the perfect cure for a troubled heart and soul.
Sadly, listening has become a lost art. We email and text on our cellular devices with little face-to-face communication. People listen with very little eye contact all the while looking around or checking their…
Let’s remember that the Lord Jesus is coming back to take us to a prepared place. Till then, His peace and grace will sustain us.
Lord, Build me up so that I might reflect your loving mercy to others, and provide for me people who can stir that up so that it flows out of me without thinking. In…
Be intentional today to stand as one loved by God, with purpose and dignity. Reach out in kindness to someone today and feel His love flow to you … and through you.
If you find that you are crying a lot lately, here is a final encouragement from Psalms 30:5b: Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning!
"for some, to love others as Christ has loved us remains an ideal too far to reach. Therefore let's start small and bring this task closer to home....love just one person"
The more I worried, the worse things became. One night while tossing and turning in my bed, I remembered the verse Isaiah 40:31 about God renewing our strength