Called Out of Darkness
It’s pretty amazing that, as Jesus followers, we have been called out of darkness. Yet what does that actually mean when darkness seems to cast it’s shadow all around us? How do we escape…
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It’s pretty amazing that, as Jesus followers, we have been called out of darkness. Yet what does that actually mean when darkness seems to cast it’s shadow all around us? How do we escape…
I read a great quote recently: “Good morning! This is God. I won’t be needing your help today.” You might want to stick it on your bathroom mirror or your fridge.
Thought: At all times of difficulty in my life - spiritual, material, physical - I will look for God's hand of blessing in the joyful assurance that He cares for me.
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.” Mark 8:34-35
Father, you know the pain and the heartaches we have experienced in our relationships. You know the deep wounds that still bleed need mending.
Persevering through anxiety is easier when we know God intimately, believe His Word, and trust Him explicitly. In the process, we’ll discover that our anxiety is outweighed by His peace.
God has given us the freedom to choose how we live our lives and it is up to us to ensure that we choose the path that God is showing us. Do we take…
Father God, thank you that I can come to you and call upon you, not because of who I am but because of who you are. Thank you that you are the same Lord…
Let's follow Jesus' example. Let's "put on the apron of humility, to serve one another"
What causes you to stumble? What takes you away from God rather than drawing you closer to him? What makes you want to stop believing rather than rest in peaceful trust?
Worship is a voluntary act of gratitude offered by the saved to the Savior, by the healed to the Healer, and by the delivered to the Deliverer.
Friends, God wants to use you. Explore the desires and gifts He’s given you. Discover ways God can use you to reach others in His name. Investing your life in this way will yield…
When God seems small, we need to remember the exhortation found many times in the Psalms to magnify the Lord. To “magnify” means to “to increase in significance; to cause to be held in…
Of all the names for God in the Bible, this is my favorite: "Him who is Able to Do Immeasurably More." Our God is the same God who parted the Red Sea and fed…
Let these four truths encourage you to view your next trial from God’s perspective. Though you may not feel it at the time, the Lord is with you. He is your hope and sufficiency.
Deep down at the core of who she was, she believed that God was GOOD no matter how things might seem. She tasted of His goodness and knew Him in ways I only dreamed…
Reclaim and restore a “first love” relationship with Jesus, and, one day at a time — one breath at a time —, you’ll begin to experience an insatiable, irrefutable intimacy with God.
We never know how a person will come to faith in Christ. It might take a hundred different encounters to draw someone to Jesus.
God knows the hopes of humble people, and He will hear our cries and comfort our hearts. Sometimes He withholds the rain; other times He sends the rain and with it the outpouring of…
Lord, help me not to fear the unknown future. Let me remember you already know what lies ahead and will safely lead me through it. Help me banish fear and grow in faith and…
Have you ever doubted God? At some point in life, every one of us could probably answer yes
1 Samuel 16:7 says, “. . .man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”