Winding Roads and Center Lines
What is your center line? What has kept you on course while following Jesus? My center line for staying the course? “I have loved you with an everlasting love…” (Jeremiah 31:3)
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Enough with All the Lies
“If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9
No Condemnation
Do you carry a burden of guilt and self-condemnation? Know from God’s Word that those who are in Christ can lay that burden down and never, ever pick it up again.
No Greater Love
Perhaps the most intense love and protective instinct in the experience of mankind is that of parents toward their children. There is little that most mothers or fathers wouldn't do for a baby.
You Are God’s Great Idea
You are a masterpiece created by God! Oswald Chambers wrote, “Individual lives are the expression of a pre-existing idea in the mind of God.”
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
In our broken world, our relationships are often less than ideal. However, when Jesus dwells within us, He begins to mend the wounds of our broken relationships.
Storms of Our Own Making
God’s Storms...Get our attention; Humble us; Lead us to repentance; Align our life with His plans.
Fishy Reactions
Following God's agenda instead of our own is not always easy but when Simon Peter did it, he had enough fish to feed his family for 3 years. Think about it.
Unthinkable Instructions
What sea faces you? Before God gives the command to move on, he asks us to be still. Stop long enough to hear God’s sure whisper, “I will fight for you.”
The Power of God’s Grace
Grace is one of God's most amazing gifts. It provides us with everything we need to live in perfect freedom: pardon for our sins, healing for our hearts, the companionship of God's indwelling Holy…
When We Are Fearful
“Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand”.
At His Feet
Imagine… If you had the chance to sit at the feet of Jesus, to look upon His face and deep into His eyes, and listen to every word He had to say. Doesn't the…
Abundant Life for the Asking
If we view Him as a God of love and forgiveness, we are prompted to love and forgive others also. Our view of God determines the quality and degree of our faith.
Who Do People See
When I read that God is “compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love,” I can ask myself if those same characteristics are becoming more a reality in my life. Am I looking…
Pain Filled Morning
Friend, maybe you, like Gracie, need to be lovingly reminded of God’s purpose for your life. If you’ve turned your heart over to Jesus, God promises that you are purposed, planned, loved and guided…
Comebacks after Setbacks
Whether you have recently become a believer or have followed Christ for many years, you’ve undoubtedly discovered that the Christian life is a series of highs and lows.
The Danger of Strength
Success and strength can become dangerous when uncoupled from reliance upon our Creator God, when we assume autonomy instead of recognition that all we are and all we accomplish are from the hand of…
Beautiful, Broken Jar of Clay
Be encouraged that even if you are facing hard times, God has a plan for your life. He can and will use your weakness and fragility for His glory. Whether your clay jar is…
Pressing Undo
Whenever we make mistakes, we should always be looking for how to right our wrongs as best we can. Sometimes it is embarrassing. Sometimes it is expensive, but it is always the right thing…
Put Your Guilt to Rest
In my work as a nurse with seniors, I’ve sometimes witnessed the power of a past sin that keeps robbing my patient of present blessings.
Where is the Flashlight?
Let God be your flashlight of peace. Trust in his good and perfect plan, even in darkness where the reality of that plan seems fleeting.
Be Spirit-Led
Father so often we take for granted the tools you have given us to help us live a holy life that is pleasing to you. I pray that we will begin to examine our…
He Can Heal the Hurt
I caught my husband making love to another woman. He swore it would never happen again. He begged me to forgive him, but I could not - would not.