January 17, 2017
God Loves Humility
“He saves the humble.” Psalm 149:4 With the same intensity that He hates arrogance, God
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January 13, 2017
Courage to Draw Near
Father God, So many things distract me and You often seem far away in my day to day reality. Help me to use the exercise daily of opening my hands and having You show me what I need to wash out of my life.
Read more..January 10, 2017
DARE
A few years ago, I kicked New Year’s resolutions to the curb. I was tired of the guilt, of never making it past January with even one resolution. Instead, each year I choose one word to focus on, with the hope that God would develop it in my life.
Read more..January 8, 2017
Grace to Keep on Yielding
“For God is at work within you, helping you want to obey him, and then
Read more..January 8, 2017
Peace of Heart and Mind
"I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart! And the peace I give isn't fragile like the peace the world gives. So don't be troubled or afraid" John 14:27 Read the rest...
Read more..January 7, 2017
The New Is Here
A New Creation: The old year is gone and the new has come. It’s a blank slate. Last year is history and this year is a mystery.
Read more..January 5, 2017
Where is God?
It is important to recognize that God dwells in a different realm. He occupies another dimension. “My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8–9).
Read more..December 9, 2016
What Love Says
1 Peter 4:8 says “Love covers a multitude of sins.” Love doesn’t expose. It doesn’t gossip. If love says anything, it speaks words of protection.
Read more..November 30, 2016
A Big View of God
Exactly what is worship? I like King David’s definition in Psalm 34:3, “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.” Worship is the act of magnifying God, enlarging our vision of him, and observing how he works.
Read more..November 23, 2016
Keep Your Lips From Speaking Lies!
Lying is wrong and does not please God. We cannot lie and be filled with His Spirit at the same time. Jesus said, “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth” (3 John 1:4).
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