2021-01-19
Sometimes the Lord Sends an Adversary
When we recognize that all of God’s Providence is filtered through love, we know how to accept and face the adversary which He sends.
Read more..When we recognize that all of God’s Providence is filtered through love, we know how to accept and face the adversary which He sends.
Read more..If there is anything we don't like to do, it's wait. Maybe that is why God is so interested in us learning to do it!
Read more..Our sense of peace can be dislodged and replaced by turmoil and confusion before we even realize it. God’s Word puts it simply.
Read more..Dear Father, I want my words to be words of healing, not of hurt. I want to remember that ‘kind words are like honey—sweet to the soul and healthy for the body” Proverbs 16: 24
Read more..I speak peace to the storms that are raging in your life today. Be at peace and trust His promises to you. God is not slack concerning His promises. Make it a point to rest in His love for you.
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..Peace is not an emotion. Peace is a Person. Be blessed with peace, not as the world knows peace, but the peace that Jesus gives from his person and presence. He can never be taken away from you, and you can be blessed with peace of Jehovah-Shalom at all times.
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?
Read more..Christmas doesn’t look like Christmas at all, (especially with the challenges of COVID 19
Read more..Recently I found myself talking with a friend on this very topic. She felt as if God was telling her that a new season was coming, but she didn’t know what to do in the meantime. Was she supposed to rest? To work? To wait?
Read more..My seat was in row thirty-seven, a window seat in the back of the plane. The seat beside me had an “occupied” sign on it, so I knew that the occupant must have boarded the plane in another city.
Read more..Question: What does the fact that Jesus has always existed and will always exist mean for you and me?
Read more..Each time you become aware of having sinned, bring it immediately to Jesus, thanking him for his perfect forgiveness of all your sins including that one. Then invite him to transform that area of your life through his Spirit.
Read more..God reminds us to turn away from our own self-seeking ways. He calls us to turn to him with a willingness to obey his will. If we refuse, we must know that we are walking the road that leads to death.
Read more..Thought: I'm not good at waiting. But, my hope in the Lord gives me patience that is beyond my human tendency.
Read more..Although we don't know all that God could do in our lives if we'd radically commit ourselves to Him, the thought of missing out on His plans should be enough to motivate us to obey.
Read more..What would happen if you approached a fork in the road and found two signs—one reading “Road of Comfort” and the other, “Road of Adversity”?
Read more..In the midst of healing from a profound heartbreak, the clarity and depth of God’s love burned through me as ferociously as the moment I first received Christ into my life. The intensity of his love significantly transformed my thinking.
Read more..“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
Read more..Above all else, I know that God is there and He cares. The proof is in the ways He has purposed my plight in the past...and in yours.
Read more..I am going to ask a serious question. We have all faced it including myself,
Read more..“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You
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