Beginning of Wisdom
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When God Looks on Us with Favor
“Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you
Making Sense of God’s Wisdom
What doesn’t make sense to the world around us makes perfect sense to God; and what strikes the world as incredibly wise doesn’t even compare to the foolishness of God.
So Many Freedoms
one of the greatest freedoms we have is to boldly come before the Creator of the universe, the God of all time and creation, and speak openly and confidently with him
In Her Brokenness
"Find rest, O my soul,," Psalm 62:5 Is your TO DO list more pressing than helping others in need?
Sealed by God
As a parent, when our children stumble, we don’t disown them. We may punish or reprimand, but cast them out of the family? We cannot. They are biologically connected to us.
Too Bright?
The best way to lead someone to Christ may not be to blast it in their eyes, but to let it glow from within us through our acts and words.
Don’t Replace God
Vengeance fixes your attention on life’s ugliest moments. Score settling freezes your stare at cruel
Words of Strength
Do not withhold encouragement from the discouraged. Do not keep affirmation from the beaten down! Speak words that make people stronger.
Desire of Your Heart
Susan just “knew” that if God would give her the desire of her heart she would be happy. If this one thing could happen, she believed she would be content.
Created, Lost, and Bought
The story is told of a young boy taken with model ship building and the sailing of his boats on the lake outside of town. After saving up quite a large sum from mowing…
Giving with Strings Attached
A woman we’ll call Marie loved to give things away. When I was a child, I frequently was the recipient of her gifts.
Least Likely to Succeed
Have you ever heard comments about successful leaders such as, “I would never have expected him/her to succeed?”
A Mother, a Stroller and a Baby
It was Sunday morning and we were having coffee and a bagel at the local coffee shop before we went to church. A young woman walked into the coffee shop, wheeling her baby in…
Programmed Seashells
“Who decreed the boundaries of the seas when they gushed from the depths? Who clothed
Made Blameless
A follower of Christ is completely freed from all punishment as well as the guilt and power of sin.
Hard Hearted
"Blessed be the name of the Lord", because this disease of the heart is not incurable
Faithful One
I praise God that He takes delight in being the One who is perfectly faithful when we can’t be.
Do Not Disturb
The finishing touch in the travel kit was a "Do Not Disturb" sticker. The humor of it hit me: if we are honest we spend most of our days like that.
The Battle Within
Do you long for righteousness but find that self-righteousness keeps getting in the way!
Are You Done Yet, Lord?
It seemed as though the challenges would never end. An aging parent fell and broke her hip. A brother’s cancer wasn’t responding to treatment.
Today Will Do
Don't worry about tomorrow. Lord, I don’t need tomorrow’s mercies, For Your portion today will do.
That Which Cannot be Broken
Your salvation is one thing no one can snatch out of your hand. "they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.” John 10:28