To be honest, I have wrestled a lot with this thing called prayer. *Why does God want us to pray when He knows what we need even better than we know ourselves? *What good does my prayer even do? Who am I to change God’s mind or challenge Him on His ideas?
Read more..Prayer has always been the breath, life, vitality, strength and power of the Christian. Beginning with our Lord, who spent much time in prayer, and continuing with the disciples and fruitful, Spirit-filled Christians through the centuries, prayer remains a major emphasis in the life of every believer.
Read more..God has kept no secrets about this life. He has told us that we will experience
Read more..Faith believes that what God says will take place without a shadow of a doubt. Faith believes that we will see the promises of God unfold even when it looks impossible. Faith believes in what we can’t see, and knows it is there.
Read more..As Christians, we’re not to drag our brothers and sisters before God to be punished or examined under a holy microscope. We are to forgive them, just as Christ forgave all of us on the hard wood of the cross as He bled for us…and them, too. After all, we probably need forgiveness for something we have done or said, too.
Read more..“Such a high priest [Jesus] truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set
Read more..As we walk through these challenging days of change in our world, both globally and personally, I am amazed with the direction the Lord gives us in His word. I was comforted by the fact that God has already let us know in Hebrews 12:26 that everything that can be shaken will be shaken so that only that which cannot be shaken will stand.
Read more..Please open your Bible and read; John 2:1-11 What’s the significance of Jesus’ miracle of
Read more..God is changing you from the inside out. Ezekial 36:26-27 “I will put a new way of thinking inside you. I will take out the stubborn hearts of stone from your bodies, and I will give you obedient hearts of flesh. I will put my Spirit inside you and help you live by my rules and carefully obey my laws”
Read more..There’s much about God we don’t understand. Why didn’t He stop the earthquake or the tsunami? Why doesn’t He protect innocent children? Why do the wicked prosper? C.S. Lewis writes: "You can’t analyze God. He is too awesome, too big, too mysterious,”
Read more..Praise is the most heavenly of Christian duties. The angels do not pray, but they never cease to praise both day and night. To be silent over God's mercies is to incur the guilt of ingratitude
Read more..Are you, like Martha, standing face to face with an insurmountable problem? Yes, you believe all the right things about Jesus, but are you willing to trust Him completely? Even now - with this present problem?
Read more..Are we all not a bit like Pharaoh? Father, I pray that I would not be like Pharaoh with his hard heart, but instead give me a soft heart that is quick to turn back to You. Amen.
Read more..What will happen if your job disappears? Or your health diminishes? Or the economy takes
Read more..“I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word.” Psalm
Read more..The Value of Pain You can’t bring a cup of cold water to someone if
Read more..“Beware of false teachers who come disguised as harmless sheep, but are wolves and will
Read more..“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
Read more..“Then He (Jesus) arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be
Read more..Be blessed as you let your Vine dresser take you through the process to be fruitful.
Read more..“What is the price of five sparrows? A couple of pennies? Yet God does not
Read more..“Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy.
Read more..“Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch
Read more..“The Lord takes pleasure in his people…“ Psalm 149:4 It seems silly to announce my
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