2021-02-28
Where Are You Looking?
When we leave Jesus to the side of the picture and focus on the things that swirl around us we often find our footing unsure and our clarity blurred. When we put Jesus in the center...
Read more..When we leave Jesus to the side of the picture and focus on the things that swirl around us we often find our footing unsure and our clarity blurred. When we put Jesus in the center...
Read more..Why should we admit it when we are wrong? According to the verse above, it is to be assured of God's forgiveness and to be cleansed from our “dirtiness.”
Read more..Today: Invite the Spirit to make you conscious of any thought that is contrary to God’s truth, and seek to replace that lie with a truth from the Word.
Read more..Bid farewell to the burden of religion. Gone is the fear that having done everything, you might not have done enough. You climb the stairs, not by your strength, but God's.
Read more..Ephesians 5:18 "Be filled...with the Holy Spirit and controlled by Him" Jesus knew His disciples were fruitless, quarreling, ambitious, self-centered men, so...
Read more..“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.” Ezekiel 36:26 Father God, I am grateful for your strength and grace that enables me to live according to your plan as I accept you into my life and commit my ways to you.
Read more..What is God asking you to believe him for today? Will you sneer, hesitate, or full-heartedly trust in him?
Read more..When things end or don’t go our way, it’s easy for others to say that life still goes on. Yet, we know what we’re going through. It hurts.
Read more..In life there are many unexpected packages. Some I like and others I don’t. I have come to realize that no matter what comes, God is in control.
Read more..There are many kinds of fear. Some of these are legitimate. Others are imagined. Still others are irrational.
Read more..God delights in a heart that is devoted to Him. Prayer: Lord, help me grasp the truth that your greatest delight is not in what I can do, but in my devotion to you. Amen.
Read more..As we face our giants, as we face our fears and our concerns, as we face what life throws our way, let’s try to stand as David stood. Stand with strength and confidence in the Lord.
Read more..What is it within you that is crying out to be medicated by something other than God? Once you are able to identify the root of the destructive cycles you face, it will place you on a path towards healing.
Read more..When one is disappointed, he is cut off from his appointment with destiny. Their appointed breakthrough remains in the heart of God, but the individual is isolated by unbelief. Hope deferred has made their heart sick.
Read more..Do you ever pray for things without believing God will actually answer your prayer?
Read more..Life can be cruel sometimes. You feel pummeled from all sides. Haven’t you experienced this? I have. In a few short years my marriage fell apart. Our children moved far away. I lost my nursing job. I lost my health.
Read more..When a young couple in love is apart, they long to be with each other again. When a parent is separated from his or her child, the parent misses the child intensely.
Read more..We know that God satisfies the yearning soul. He provides ample supply of what we quietly and desperately need.
Read more..“And He has put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many shall see and fear (revere and worship) and put their trust and confident reliance in the Lord.” Psalm 40:3
Read more..Listen attentively to the voice of the Spirit each day as He points you to Jesus Christ, who offers you His wonderful fruit: love, joy, peace.
Read more..Don’t permit the past to hold you back. God has not limited his purpose for your life to one task, one workplace, or one group of people.
Read more..The way we treat others is rooted in how Jesus treats us. Thus, the call to love is not a call to sentimentality. It is the willingness to live like Jesus.
Read more..Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
Read more..Any time I think I can live the Christian life in my own strength, I’m in trouble. When I’m tempted to do it my way, to tough it out or go at it alone, I look to the cross. It wasn’t up to me then; it’s not up to me now. How do you view the cross?
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