2021-04-17
Psalm 23
The LORD is your shepherd; you shall not be in want. He makes you lie down in green pastures, he leads you beside quiet waters, He restores your soul.
Read more..The LORD is your shepherd; you shall not be in want. He makes you lie down in green pastures, he leads you beside quiet waters, He restores your soul.
Read more..“Consider your hidden life with God,” Oswald Chambers also said. That hidden life will bear up in the darkest seasons. T
Read more..Every minute spent in prayer is valuable. If ten minutes is all the time you can give, see what you can do in that time. Most people can spare more time. If you will only persevere from day to day, time will come of its own accord.
Read more..“I can do everything through him (Christ) who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13). “… for
Read more..Too many of us are fixated on immediate gratification.
Read more..How is God our refuge? How do we run into the fortress he claims to be?
Read more..The cliche “slow and steady wins the race” contains a grain of truth. How we live today affects our lifelong journey.
Read more..Our confidence is not in our ability but in God’s ability. How would things change in your life if you traded self-confidence for God confidence?
Read more..Jesus did not come to start a new religion; He came to bring us life—eternal life. Christianity is not a religion. It’s a new life.
Read more..As God’s child, you reflect your Father’s image as His light shines through your eyes, as His words are on your lips, as His peace is upon your countenance, as His grace is in your responses,
Read more..Thank you, Jesus . . . for allowing me to know You! You have given me Your Word so that I may know You. This isn’t a casual relationship but an intimate, personal, all-consuming one!
Read more..Do you know God’s grace? If you do, you can live boldly, live robustly; his safety net will break your fall. Nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace.
Read more..Jesus commanded us to “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Matthew 28:19-20a
Read more..“O, God, You are my God, earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You…”
Read more..It is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9
Read more..In the Bible, crying out refers to speaking audibly with great emotion concerning an urgent need. God invites us to use this form of prayer to communicate that we desperately need His mercy.
Read more..We are not created to be merely admired by others. God intends that we are to imitate Him by helping to produce other works of art.
Read more..“God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8
Read more..“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” Proverbs 17:17
Read more..As much as we want to love well, our sin nature can breed in us a desire to stay emotionally safe and respond sinfully in situations where we could be turning to God for help.
Read more..Jesus tends to his sheep. And he will tend to you. Go to him. Others may guide us to God. Others may help us understand God. But no one can do the work of God, for only God can heal.
Read more..Father, thank you that you will help me persevere in following Jesus no matter what obstacles I face. Help me to not turn back, because I know you have a perfect plan that will come to pass in your good time.
Read more..Peace like a bright shining sun waits for me behind those clouds! Maybe I am the one doing the blocking as I begin to pile on fretting, stressing, and far too much worrying.
Read more..Trusting God isn’t easy. Trust develops over time. Trusting God with my heart, soul, and mind gives me strength and peace that does not come from myself. He calms my fears in ways I can’t achieve on my own. ...
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