2021-06-18
The Punishment that Brought Peace
"After a choked up confession to my mom, I went out into the winter night, and ended up weeping on the stoop of a darkened office building."
Read more.."After a choked up confession to my mom, I went out into the winter night, and ended up weeping on the stoop of a darkened office building."
Read more..Walking with the Lord is a walk that takes place in the heart—a heart to follow Him. My journey with the Lord is a walk to seek Him, and this is a walk of the heart I choose to take each brand new day.
Read more..Are you weighed down by the clutter in your life? I mean lots of little chores to do sometime in no particular order.
Read more..As believers, we know God uses our troubles to accomplish His good purposes.
Read more..Friend, God cares about you, but he also cares how you respond to your circumstances. Do you leave your worries with God in prayer? Or do you constantly chew on the problems you face?
Read more..Have you ever been so burdened by a problem that you say "I just don't even know what to pray?"
Read more..The New Testament has a word for such activity: encouragement. “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up” (1 Thessalonians 5:11).
Read more..Someone said you have to receive at least five compliments to make up for every criticism.We can build up or we can tear down with our words. Every time we speak we have that power.
Read more..Are you a perfectionist? Do you find yourself needing to be perfect in everything, never allowing people or for that matter, God to see your flaws?
Read more..My granddaddy was a bi-vocational pastor. He pastored small churches around Stanley and Union County while also running a little shop behind his house. He would fix tires, golf carts, and tractors.
Read more... We forget how significant one touch can be. Aren’t we glad Jesus didn’t make the same mistake? Jesus touched the untouchables of the world. Will you do the same?
Read more..Wouldn’t it be great if it were easy to do God’s will? But sometimes it seems as if a mountain stands between us and what we’ve been called to do. Read: Zechariah 4:1-9
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..He will keep in perfect peace those whose eyes are fixed on Him, because you trust in Him (Isaiah 26:3).
Read more..When tempted to react angrily to someone else, ask the Holy Spirit to help you exercise self-control and look at that person with compassion.
Read more.."God's power to live a holy life and be a fruitful witness is released by faith, based on His faithfulness and the authority of God's Word."
Read more..The Lord has many rewards available to us when we abide patiently in His will.
Read more..As spring unfolds across the Northern Hemisphere this month, may we pause to observe the wonder of the newness of life.
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..How much do you trust the Lord? Better yet, how much of yourself have you entrusted to the Lord?
Read more..I feel the arms of God around me, as I lay on my bed at night. Asleep, I feel the Angel's touch- I'm surrounded and held tight.
Read more..How is God our refuge? How do we run into the fortress he claims to be?
Read more..Who we are, what becomes of us in life, is in God's hands. We cannot purchase or achieve lasting honor for ourselves without his blessing.
Read more..I am grieved by the tone of today's rhetoric as I am sure you are. There is so much toxic public conversation with accusation, shaming, vulgarity, you-name-it.
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