2025-12-25
Invited to the Manger
The manger scene of Baby Jesus’ birth can seem so irrelevant today. Nice on a Christmas card, yes, but not really having any impact on our lives.
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Tag: Holy Spirit
2025-12-22
Happy Birthday, Jesus
I have been wondering what I should give Jesus for His birthday this year. What would He like? What can I give Him?
Read more..2025-12-21
When Life is Not a Christmas Card
What do we do when life is not a Christmas card? What do we do when life is hard and we don’t know what to do?
Read more..2025-12-20
Prince of Peace
“His name will be...Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 Heaven opened herself and placed her most precious One in a human womb. The Omnipotent, in one instant, made Himself breakable. He who had been Spirit became pierceable.
Read more..2025-12-16
The Mingling of Joy and Sorrow
The story of Christmas is one of beauty - and also of impending sorrow. We easily forget that the child of the manger grew up to be the man of the cross. It is at times like this we are reminded to not neglect either aspect of the story.
Read more..2025-12-16
Behold the Lord Jesus
“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.” Colossians 2:9-10
Read more..2025-12-15
God With Us
The manger dares us to believe the best is yet to be. I love Christmas because it reminds us how“God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God!”
Read more..2025-12-14
All Your Needs
“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19
Read more..2025-12-04
How do you Define Happiness?
What is the difference between happiness and joy? Happiness comes from without; joy comes from within.
Read more..2025-12-02
Overwhelmed by Problems
“God has not given us a spirit of timidity but of power and love and discipline” (2 Timothy 1:7). The path to spiritual revival is found in the very things we are sometimes reluctant to do—praying and reading the Word.
Read more..2025-12-01
Our Potential
Have you ever really messed up? Maybe it was a mistake or a poor choice, but it was something so big you didn’t see a way to come back from it. I imagine we all have.
Read more..2025-11-30
What is the Advent Season About?
Advent means the coming of something extremely important and awaited! At Christmas time we traditionally celebrant the Advent season, the season where we remember the birth of the long awaited Christ child, the Savior of the world.
Read more..2025-11-29
He Never Fails nor Forsakes
With the certainty that God will never, never fail me nor forsake me, will I seek to find fulfillment and meaning in my life in Christ and not in materialism. Will I will encourage others to do the same today.
Read more..2025-11-29
Never Alone
As a single woman, I have a lot of freedom. But with freedom comes occasional loneliness.
Read more..2025-11-28
Blessed is the Nation Whose God is The Lord
For the next week, bless the spirits of men and women of influence in the political and economic arena to fit the profile of those who are blessed of the Lord.
Read more..2025-11-26
Wandering Desires
Is your heart prone to wandering? God says it’s better for us to hold on to what we have than to desire something we don’t or may never have.
Read more..2025-11-25
Feeling Lost?
Are you feeling rather lost? Had you hoped for more of a sense of direction as fall approached? We all have times when uncertainty gets to us.
Read more..2025-11-25
Tender Words to the Tired Heart
Are you weary, here is what you need to know: it’s okay to rest. Jesus is your David. He fights when you cannot. He goes where you cannot. He’s not angry if you sit.
Read more..2025-11-24
Moments of Weakness
Temptations can come at any time, but they are especially dangerous in periods of weakness because that’s when we’re more prone to yield.
Read more..2025-11-21
The Gift of Experience
In the fall I found myself in a very deep pit. I was over-committed, exhausted, stressed out, and severely depressed.
Read more..2025-11-20
Are you Strapped to God?
Dearest Lord, let us strap ourselves to you. Anchor us in faith and help us to cling to your love, no matter what swirls around us.
Read more..2025-11-20
A Prayer of Thanks
Father, thank You for the blessing of Your favor upon my life! Thank You that Your blessings come to me abundantly, unexpectedly, delightfully— like showers from heaven, like the dew upon dry ground, like rivers flowing through a thirsty land.
Read more..2025-11-17
The Ugly Truth about Self-Reflection
The Ugly Truth about Self-reflection. The Lord longs to help us in our times of need, but we must first surrender ourselves to Him.
Read more..2025-11-14
What’s Your Excuse?
Abba, we recognize our insufficiencies. Help us to focus on Your strength and not our own in our times of weakness.
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