Most people have so many burdens they simply don't know what to do with more. Our Father in heaven, however, says "Cast all your anxieties on me. You can share all of them with me, because I genuinely care for you."
Read more..This verse should prompt Christians to want to do good works for Christ (serving, teaching, and loving others), but also remind us that these works can be performed wherever we are.
Read more..We all make choices every day. I choose to walk the Colossians 3 way. Colossians 3:12-15 As God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Read more..Let God love you. Let Him love you dearly, let Him love you daily, let Him love you deeply. Grab hold of His love and never let go. “God is love” (1 John 4:16).
Read more..What a day of rejoicing in Heaven it must be when one of us finally decides to trust our Master enough to crawl up from our situation, reach out to him, then whisper, "I love you and want to be near you."
Read more..When we try to please others, when we fear what others may say or do to us, we place ourselves in a position of great vulnerability. Our lives no longer remain our own.
Read more..Father, thank you that you will help me persevere in following Jesus no matter what obstacles I face. Help me to not turn back, because I know you have a perfect plan that will come to pass in your good time.
Read more..Hope is a command, the promise of God, and a position in Him. Last week we look at the command to hope.
Read more..Not only does God's blessing rest on us, his presence goes with us. We cannot ever be in a place where he is not with us.
Read more..Dear Lord, please help me to trust, to take the good and the bad, and to use negative experiences on the journey as ways to build my faith. Amen.
Read more..“If you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you” Psalm 91:9-10 Your serenity matters to heaven, and God guarantees he will guard you.
Read more..Christian friend, let your soul take heart and be encouraged. He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Read more..God of hope is the essence of your Father. It is who He is, and you are in Him (Romans 15:13).
Read more..There are many kinds of fear. Some of these are legitimate. Others are imagined. Still others are irrational.
Read more..Life can be cruel sometimes. You feel pummeled from all sides. Haven’t you experienced this? I have. In a few short years my marriage fell apart. Our children moved far away. I lost my nursing job. I lost my health.
Read more..The pandemic has exposed a truth the comforts of the modern world so often conceal — our earthly lives are a wilderness wandering.
Read more..Jesus promised peace for those who trust in Him, and He delivers on His promises. Our part is to take one day at a time and believe that He will carry us through. Our
Read more..Whatever comes your way, whatever crosses your path, in your heart you must say and believe, “Lord, I trust you with this, completely, this is in Your hands, Your perfect hands.”
Read more..“I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). We need that reminder. We all need that reminder, for all of us need hope
Read more..“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for; the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
Read more..Jesus makes it very simple. He says, “Make yourselves at home in my love.” We don’t need to go looking for home; we may simply come home to Jesus.
Read more..Paul focused on eternal life, the love of God, and the forgiveness of sins. What he had in Christ was far greater than what he didn’t have in life!
Read more..I can’t do anything disconnected from my Source. Thank you, Jesus, that you are my "Source” of everything I need for today. Amen.
Read more..Can you see how God used circumstances to guide his Holy plan and how he uses circumstances to speak to us even now?
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