A New Year’s Resolution
So this year – I’m not holding back, I refuse to play it safe. I’m making a list and trusting in God’s power to enable me to keep them. And if I fail -…
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So this year – I’m not holding back, I refuse to play it safe. I’m making a list and trusting in God’s power to enable me to keep them. And if I fail -…
It was with a heavy heart that I sat down for my daily hour of meditation and prayer. “Lord, I need added faith this morning” I prayed.
What are we doing for the sake of the gospel? Are you praying? Are you going? Are you giving?
Are you feeling empty from trying to satisfy your soul with something other than the Lord? Come to Him with all your heart, and discover the fullness He offers.
My children often show me the very basics of our humanness. Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as…
The names given to Jesus tell a great deal about His ministry on earth 2,000 years ago. The scriptural names describing Him reveal who He was and is and will be for eternity.
Don’t miss out on a blessing because it isn’t packaged the way you want. Hold onto the promises of God. You can trust Him.
Angels: we marvel at their words and authority, and we tremble at their greatness and awesomeness, but...
Could I honestly say, “Just give me Jesus”? What about my Christian community? Family? Books? Familiar worship? My culture? Career?
You know what it’s like to ride with someone who knows all the back roads. The “easy” roads. The “secret” way to get places. But you also know the truth. It’s not really “secret.”…
One evening as a boy studied the photo of his father he said, “I wish daddy would just step out of the picture and be here with me now.”
This is Christmas. This is Emmanuel: God with us. This is the advent - the coming of the Lord. God invading history. The one who invented it coming into it and submitting himself to…
How interesting that God chose shepherds as recipients of the “birth announcement” of the Savior. Shepherds weren’t men who worshipped in sanctuaries with stained glass windows.
God wants us to treat each other as he has treated us, thinking of their needs and God's will before our own. Now that's one revolution I hope I get to see fully happen!
The shepherds were afraid when the angels appeared to them. Luke 2:8. Have you ever noticed God is always telling us to not be afraid? The Bible teaches...
Like Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds, we are so prone to fear. We’re afraid because we feel alone and forsaken, when we encounter the unknown, and when we face something bigger than us. Why…
Father, wrap us in your arms today, and hide us as the storms of life rage round about us. Reassure us that we are the apples of your eye and that you will never…
God is with us now, not just in thought or in theory or in wishful thinking. But in actual fact.
Ironic as it may appear, one of the hardest things to do is to be saved by grace. We take our free gift of salvation and try to earn it or diagnose it or…
Everything changes when we see the face of God. He came with tears, too.