2025-04-12
Ponder the Holiness of God
Stare at the mountain less and at the Mountain Mover more. Ponder the holiness of God. Let his splendor stun you and inspire you!
Read more..Stare at the mountain less and at the Mountain Mover more. Ponder the holiness of God. Let his splendor stun you and inspire you!
Read more..This verse is hard for me, because I know I am so blessed. Trouble and distress do not seem to be a part of my vocabulary right now.
Read more..It is not always easy to see the love God has for us. We often hide ourselves from His love behind a cloud of guilt or in a fog of doubt.
Read more..Sometimes, we see trials as black cloud-shapes of the enemy, but not every black cloud contains an enemy. What is your hail? your cloud?
Read more..PRAYER: LORD, we are truly sorry for being a pain, again. It dismays us to think we can continue to cause You sadness.
Read more..How have you been lately? Think honestly for a moment. Is peace your norm these days or has discouragement, fear, doubt, negativity, or chaos been your usual? We feed our spirits by the things we dwell on in our minds. God knows us so well.
Read more..Let’s peer into the window of time and see Jesus’ last hours on earth as he hangs on the cross. His worst enemies in attendance.
Read more..Just as Jesus gave Himself for us, we need to give ourselves to others. It might be our time, a listening ear, or words of encouragement; whatever it is, love will place specific demands on us to give to others.
Read more..Life is full of the unexpected. You never know what is going to happen next. I knew it was going to be a challenging day when I saw water bubbling up by the sidewalk in front of our house. "When things are going well for you, be glad, and when trouble comes, just remember: God sends ...
Read more..Because of Christ on the cross, because “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities, we can experience the ultimate incongruity of both glory and grace.
Read more..Lord, thank You for being so faithful. Please heal my wandering heart. Strengthen my faith and make me steadfast in my pursuit of You. Amen.
Read more..Why God does want me to be in community with other believers? Why can’t I just do church on my own? People always make things so complicated and messy.
Read more..Let God choose for you, it will be the right decision. Let God guide you, it will be the right direction.
Read more..Lord, Help us not to cave into our circumstances, but to see them as opportunities to run the race with an endurance that only comes from keeping our eyes fixed on You.
Read more..“For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb…My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.” Psalm 139:13,15
Read more..Reading the Bible at the start of the day is a good place to invite the presence of Jesus in to quiet our rushing about. However, I have found it requires a submissive heart and willing attitude to allow the Holy Spirit’s influence on, and into, our thoughts and beings.
Read more..God does not describe us by our failures…or our successes—and that’s freeing because God’s love is not dependent on what we do, or fail to do. We are loved by God, not because we are perfect, but because we are His.
Read more..When my circumstances are overwhelming. When the world is in turmoil. When someone I love hurts me. I pray — a lot.
Read more..Isn’t this a bit like being a ‘closet’ Christian? By this I mean that one becomes a Christian, studies about being a Christian, learn all about what it is to be a Christian, even acting like a Christian
Read more..I used to work in a program where overtly talking about God was not allowed. It took me years to resolve the fact that while I couldn’t speak the name of Jesus, I could ask God to make me into a seed planter by teaching biblically-based principles and treating my clients with love and respect.
Read more..No one else did what Jesus did. Therefore no one else is worthy of our worship. Only Jesus, together with God the Father — the Savior and Creator of the world — is worthy to receive power, wealth, strength, wisdom, glory, honor, thanks, and praise.
Read more..Repentance, Rest, Quiet, Trust. There is something about these words that appeals to me. They are contrary to human nature, but calming when I am stressed or fearful.
Read more..Are you investing in the right things, being guided by the best markers that will bring you to a desired destination? How is your life lining up?
Read more..God can turn things around for the good. We only need to look forward to his blessings and use them to help others instead of looking back on our past.
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