Out of the Pit
Are you in a season of despair? I have been there. Although I knew God was with me, I struggled deeply with trusting Him and keeping hope alive.
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Are you in a season of despair? I have been there. Although I knew God was with me, I struggled deeply with trusting Him and keeping hope alive.
Jesus not only did a work for us; he does a work in us! Colossians 1:27 tells us...
To become more mature in your faith, spend more time in His Word and look out … you will see the tempter coming. Armed with the Word, you will have the strongest armor to…
When we experience storms in life, how do we tend to act? Jesus said: ‘Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?’” Mark 4:40
“Love covers a multitude of sins,” the scripture says in 1 Peter 4:8. Love doesn’t expose. It doesn’t gossip. If love says anything, love speaks words of defense. Words of kindness. Words of protection.
"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" Becoming a Christian means we have been liberated from law keeping.
If we have fallen somewhere along the way, if we've not trusted him, if we've wanted our way more than his, let’s do as Jesus instructed Peter (John 21:15-23).
When your soul is depleted and parched from the incessant trials of life, when you long desire to hear the words of comfort and feel the Lord’s presence, do you know where to go…
How BIG? “Who has measured the [earth’s] water in the hollow of his hand?” Isaiah 40:12
We need to be careful what we pray for. If God’s bottom line is to make us more like Jesus, then we should start praying like it’s ours too. Dear God, make me more…
And then slowly, but very surely, the warmth of God’s love begins to melt the cold realities threatening to overwhelm.
His grace erases guilt. His oversight removes fear. His direction removes confusion.
When we fully grasp these 4 principles, it changes the lenses through which we see everything.
The Long Life of Words. "The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me." John 14:10
For most of us, waiting is not our problem. Or, maybe I should state, waiting is our problem
God's strength, given to us on a daily basis, is more powerful than any resolution we can determine in our own heart.
Protecting our relationship with God is possible, but it requires purposeful attention to our spiritual life. It requires more than daily quiet time, church attendance and the like. Here are some suggestions to protect…
Father, my heart is stirred when I think of all the new things you want to do in and through me,
Are you Content? How's life working out for you? Has it been a tough year? Have you struggled? I have. Maybe most of us have.
When we exchange worry for faith, this transaction is an act of worship. We choose to submit to God’s rule and reign in the circumstance. We honor His role our life and express faith…