2024-06-20
Joy in God’s Presence
Delighting in God’s presence surpasses that of any human experience. In Him, the psalm says, we find “fullness of joy.”
Read more..Delighting in God’s presence surpasses that of any human experience. In Him, the psalm says, we find “fullness of joy.”
Read more..No matter what we go through in life, God will cause it to work together for our good. Prayer: Lord, help me to always remember daily that all things are indeed working together for my good, because I love you. Amen.
Read more..God uses flawed and fumbling folk on earth to be His hands and feet. Sometimes we are the ones He encourages to get out there in a ministry, and at other times He graces us with others to minister to us.
Read more..Is there someone who needs your patience or forgiveness today? Look for an opportunity to show God’s love to someone today.
Read more..We are “culturalized” into worrying more because we want more. We seem to never be satisfied, never secure.
Read more..Prayer: Abba Father, please give me courage to not lean on my own understanding. I know my thinking can be flawed and what I intend for good can blow up in my face. Please bless me with wisdom and insight as I seek to live for you in today's confusing and immoral world. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Read more..My life is often seen in hindsight. When I am going through something, my focus is on the here and now. After the dust settles, then I have time to reflect. It is often then that I see God’s hand prints all over what happened.
Read more..We read in God’s Word that He wants us to talk to Him, but also that He speaks.
Read more.."Let me know Your ways that I may know You. Show me Your glory. Go among us"
Read more..One morning a few years ago, when going for a walk, I happened to notice a boy pulling a wagon. In the wagon was a smaller boy and a bunch of newspapers. As they went along they would stop in front of each house and the bigger boy would tell the smaller boy to take a paper up to the steps of the house. At times...
Read more..Living for Christ can seem hard, even impractical at times. We tend to focus on what we can do to earn our way to God, rather than accepting His free gift of salvation
Read more..For many, Christianity is simply the religion into which they were born. For others, Christ is Savior and more: He is their very life (Colossians 3:4). When Jesus is your life you cannot go on without Him.
Read more..The way to walk a tightrope is to keep ones sight on the goal, never looking down to the ground nor over our shoulder at what is behind.
Read more..“Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you.” Philippians 2:14
Read more..What do you do when you encounter a negative atmosphere? “But You are a shield around me, O LORD; You bestow glory on me and lift up my head.” Psalm 3:3
Read more..You have found your delight in the Lord, and He has placed within you the desires that are from Him, for Him, and can only be fulfilled by Him.
Read more..When the way gets hard, He grips our whole hand in His and leads us up the steep incline.
Read more..What forms your idea of God? Childhood memories, personal experiences, and unmet expectations can create a skewed picture of God.
Read more..God is faithful. We can trust his promises to be kept and his purposes to be good. How do we know? The sunrise each morning is a reminder that the Father of heaven and earth is at work keeping his universe in working order.
Read more..Our friends need a flood of tears. Our children need to be covered in the oil of our love. But if we haven’t received these things ourselves,
Read more..As a friend of mine said once, almost nonchalantly, a true Christian is choosing the most dangerous occupation in the world.
Read more..“Let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. We do
Read more..The late Dr. Bill Bright was famous for saying, “God has something for us to do until our last breath.” Jesus said in Acts 1:8 (Amp), “But when you receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be my witnesses . . .”
Read more..Lord, Open my eyes that I might see the mission field before me and then give me the conviction and the courage to go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Amen.
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