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Tag: comfort

2019-10-03

Faith and Fear

Lord, help me not to fear the unknown future. Let me remember you already know what lies ahead and will safely lead me through it. Help me banish fear and grow in faith and trust in you. Amen.

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2019-09-29

Trust Jesus in the Darkest Times

Our lives can change in an instant when we are faced difficult situations. The key to working through it is to turn to and trust in Jesus.

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2019-09-26

Let God’s Light Through

John the Baptist recognized that for Jesus' interests to shine, John's own self-interest must decrease. We are like the lampshade to God's light; the thinner the lampshade is, the more the light will shine through.

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2019-09-24

The Field Trip of Trials

Any hardship that drives us to God and His Word is good for us. That’s because what we gain in knowing the Lord is worth so much more than all the wealth, power, and fame the world could offer us.

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2019-09-20

Receive His Love

Nothing and no one can drive a wedge between you and God’s love!

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2019-09-20

New Day Clean Slate

Yes! We are immeasurably blessed! God’s mercy is new every morning and you will know it when you meet with Him each new day. “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23

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2019-09-18

Called to Compassion

Dear God, help me understand your unfailing compassion for the world, and for me too. I confess that I am as messed up as people around me, and am desperately in need of your redeeming love. Keep from me a smugness of heart that would hold back my own compassion for others. Amen.

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2019-09-17

Fear Not

Father, You are an ever present help in trouble. You have created us and know our tendency to fear, but You ask us to turn to You because You want to help us. Thank You for Your love, mercy, peace, and strength. Amen.

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2019-09-16

Hope for a Bright Tomorrow

Hope in God comes from more than a belief that He exists. The Bible calls hope in God “an anchor for the soul”.

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2019-09-14

God Isn’t a Consolation Prize

It’s the promise of a life beyond this broken one, a far better life than we have ever known that we must cling to in this uphill journey. 

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2019-09-13

Stay Free

How to do it: Allow your thinking to be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. Ask for the very concrete help He has promised in His Word.

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2019-09-13

Stand Firm

We have been set free! We are delivered from law, sin, and death. We have been set free to serve God and share in his grace eternally. So how will we use that freedom?

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2019-09-10

The Tongue

The tongue does a lot of physical things for our body, but I believe that the prime gift God gave us with our tongue is to edify the saints and spread the Word to the sinners.

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2019-09-07

Undertow

If we walk with our Lord in the way He deems, then the undertows in our world will no longer be a snare.

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2019-09-07

Troubles

One of the major challenges in the Christian life is learning to trust God in the midst of our troubles. So often the deliverance he offers is not what we want.

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2019-09-06

Grace Chooses Forgiveness

Grace chooses to give the forgiveness that’s been received! “I forgive you. I want your life to be the best it can be. God gave me a second chance at life, and I passed it on”

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2019-09-06

Forgiving

Forgiveness is for us, not our offenders. It releases us to live in freedom and to learn from the hurts in our past. But it’s not for weaklings; it makes us stronger.

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2019-09-05

When Things are Tough

Gracious Father, every good thing I have in my life has come because of you. The family I have been blessed with, the protection I have received, the values that I hold, the successes I have enjoyed, the hope I have, the salvation I have received, and the future I anticipate are all mine because of your grace and not my goodness. Thank you! Thank you! In the name of Jesus I thank you more! Amen.

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2019-09-03

Words in Silence

“O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before You and wait in expectation. Psalm 5

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2019-09-02

Don’t Look Back

Grief is more than losing a loved one. We grieve the loss of anything that was important to us, including a home, a career, or our health.

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2019-08-31

God’s Masterpiece

You matter to God! Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”

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2019-08-29

Walking Away and Coming Home Again

What causes a person to close the door on their relationship with the Lord? Lose faith? What makes some Christians - walk away?

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2019-08-28

Patience Toward My Enemies

Have you ever been bullied? When we experience hardship, we might ask, “What is God teaching me here, and how may I, like him, be patient and merciful even toward my enemies?”

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2019-08-28

Fruit of Kindness

Be blessed with the fruit of kindness that the Holy Spirit produces in you, your grateful response to unmerited kindness

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