What Does it Mean to Love God?
Pain brings us back to the basics of our faith. “Do you love Me?” Are you ready to say with me: “Father, you know that I love you.”
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Do Not Worry
Generous Father, banish fear and selfishness from my heart. I know you have already provided the most incredible gift of all time, Jesus. Please help me pursue you and your will,
Finding Perfect Peace
Most worry develops because we cannot fix our problems. We can’t make things happen and we can’t make things stop. When we choose to trust, worry loses its fierce grip from our nervous wringing…
The Anxiety That Consumes
I clung to this promise: “the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” In moments of panic or despair, I surrendered my feelings to…
Are You Overloaded?
We really need is to unload some of the junk, worries, cares and burdens from our life. The Bible tells us where to start.“Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares…
Keep Yourself in God’s Love
One day I thought about the verse, “Keep yourselves in God’s love,” (Jude 21) and I wondered, “How do I keep myself in God’s love?”
Accepting God’s Gift of Love
Many people simply can't believe that the Lord could love them. Others believe that He loves them, but only when they are pleasing Him in some way. Why is it so hard for us…
Remember the Cost
A slave, released from years of bondage, wouldn’t need to be informed that it was for his freedom that he’d been freed. He’d never go back to that bondage.
Slave Thinking
We who walk with Christ often experience this tendency toward slave thinking. We grow discouraged in the tough battle of addictions or grief or abuse or self-doubt.
To Love Others
We are not the source of love: God is. We are not the great example of love: God is. God's love is expansive and open to all.
We Don’t Have What It Takes
“Not knowing what to do” Means that faith can go about the business of doing what it is meant to do…putting all its focus upon the Lord!
What Do You Say?
What is there to say when tragedy strikes? Proverbs 2:1-5 gives us a clue: ...turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—...
No Private Rooms
Could it be that the rooms of my life closed off to God are locked because I haven’t sufficiently developed that same love and trust with my Heavenly Father?
Chapters in Life
Eternal glory? I’d like a large cup of that ..... wouldn’t you? Everything in this life is preparing us for the next.
Words, Words, Words
Look for the reasons to praise your children. Do it often. Every day! Use words that encourage. Things like, “I love you sweetheart.” Or, “I couldn’t be more proud of you.”
Life’s Passing Storms
Sometimes the Lord interrupts our life by sending turbulence so we will do what those sailors did—in their misery and helplessness, they cried for God’s help.
For Me to Live is Christ
While many carry out the principle of living for Christ halfheartedly, few would dare say that they live wholly for Christ
Spill Your Heart Before God
What is your mountain? What is the challenge of your life? Call out to God for help!
Saturated Heart
Is your heart fully saturated for the Lord? How can your heart “drip” love onto the relationships in your life today?
Refuse to Worry
God didn’t create us to worry. It is an acquired worldly skill. He says to trust Him and refuse to worry.
Saturated in God’s Love
“Where God’s love is there is no fear, because God’s perfect love drives out fear” 1 John 4:18
You can Know the Spirit’s Fullness
Jesus knew His disciples were fruitless, quarreling, ambitious, self-centered men, so - on the eve of His crucifixion - He told them,