Tag: encourage

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2024-02-07

Waiting on God

How can we make a time of waiting more tolerable, even fruitful? “I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.”Psalm 130: 5

2024-02-05

A Divided House

She wept as she told me of the difficulties in their marriage. They were pulling in different directions. Jesus talked about this very thing.

2024-02-04

The Power of Love

Godly love enables us to: Respond graciously in trying circumstances; Sacrifice without complaining; Wait patiently for others instead of pushing them to change...

2024-01-29

Servant Living

After Jesus washed the disciples’ feet, He told them, “Since, I your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each others feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you” (John 13.12-14).

2024-01-20

Don’t Limit God

Father God, thank You for opening our eyes and teaching us new truths and showing us new insights about Yourself. Help us to keep on being learners. Prevent us from trying to put You in our man-made boxes. You are so great! Amen.

2024-01-18

The Age of Opportunity

Division and discord feel as rampant as ever, and nowhere is that more evident than in social media. Snark and sarcasm have become weapons of choice, wielded to belittle those who hold opposing views.

2024-01-13

Praying the Scripture

This is a sample Prayer for God to continue His work in the hearts of those I love. You too can pray this people you love.

2024-01-12

Developing Patience

James tells us to consider trials a joy (1:2). But we often fail at this, don't we? Humanly speaking, praising the Lord for tribulation is unnatural. However, doing so begins to make sense to believers when they cling to God's promise that good comes from hardship.

2024-01-11

The Seal of Your Father’s Pleasure

God told his Son how he felt about him. He fed him with his words that nourished him with the vital emotional nutrients of sonship

2023-12-27

God’s Love

God's love through Jesus Christ Is the rock of my Salvation, I do not have to be afraid Even though my enemies are all around me, For I know He will fight for me. God's love cradles me and fine Tunes my every care!

2023-12-26

Reflecting God’s Love

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another" John 13: 34-35

2023-12-23

A Miracle on Christmas Eve

My father was born in the Ukraine and spent his first fifteen years there. One Christmas his two older brothers bought a German-made Christmas musical wind-up tree stand for their parents. It was mechanical and played Silent Night. Their gift brought great delight to this family of ten.

2023-12-22

Restored!

God knows our own hearts get nicked and scraped and stained by the weariness of life at times. We carry on and do our best. We bolster our courage and find the good. Yet we get tired, and our souls can get dry and parched.

2023-12-16

No Condemnation

There is no condemnation for those who receive Jesus Christ as their Savior. The believer's penalty for sin is paid, and he can stand blameless before God.

2023-12-09

The Lord will Provide

We live in a scary world. One of the hardest things I have to do is to let go and let God. I want to run my world, my way and on my schedule. Relax and remember that God is in control.

2023-12-05

Choose Trust

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."

2023-12-05

Advent – JOY

An Advent Christmas Devotional by Gail Rodgers.

2023-12-04

Voice of Doom

God doesn’t want us listening to the voice of doom that often bounces around in our heads and says things like, “I just don’t have the talent, education, or drive to make it.” In 1 Thessalonians, Apostle Paul tells us to build each other up.

2023-12-01

Never Absent

Like a ray of light piercing the dark depths of the ocean; God reminds us with His word that nothing can separate us from His Love.

2023-11-27

When Panic Attacks

What spiritual machete can we use to hack through the tangle of terror to create a clearing for the reality that God is with us to strengthen and help us?

2023-11-25

How to Trust God

God is so good to remind us that we need to take stock of our thoughts. Thoughts are the seeds in our lives that result in actions and responses. We choose to let them stay or to take them captive and throw them out.

2023-11-23

Search Me

God does know us. We cannot pretend we are something we are not with him. He knows us — inside and out, through and through. This should liberate us to share a remarkable degree of intimacy with him, but most of us run from such a close relationship with our Father.

2023-11-22

Blessed Peacemakers

Thought: Through the enabling of God's Holy Spirit, I will seek ways to become a peacemaker in building bridges of love, trust and understanding where there is now conflict, discord and even hate.

2023-11-16

Look in the Mirror

When people see you reflect Jesus, they are drawn to His great love. They'll sense His unconditional acceptance.

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