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Tag: Jesus

2020-12-23

God Guided Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem

Can you see how God used circumstances to guide his Holy plan and how he uses circumstances to speak to us even now?

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2020-12-23

Quiet Joy

If we could feel the quiet joy that Mary felt that night, We'd celebrate Your coming in a new and different light. Breathe calm into our frantic rush, help us Your peace to know.

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2020-12-20

When Christmas Does Not Look Like Christmas

Christmas doesn’t look like Christmas at all, (especially with the challenges of COVID 19

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2020-12-18

Letting God Lead

Recently I found myself talking with a friend on this very topic. She felt as if God was telling her that a new season was coming, but she didn’t know what to do in the meantime. Was she supposed to rest? To work? To wait?

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2020-12-17

Using God’s Kindness

How has God shown you kindness, and how can you through everyday actions show kindness to others?

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2020-12-17

Walk it Out

“Whatever you did for the one of the least of these brothers and sisters of

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2020-12-13

Praise

I did a Bible word search for the word "Praise" and it appears 296 times in the New International version of the Bible.  I read through all 296 of them this morning. All but a six are in reference to praising God. It was a good exercise. By the time I finished - all I wanted to do was praise the Lord. There was no reference to man praising man. It actually speaks against it.

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2020-12-11

You Can Have Joy

Joy is true contentment that comes from internal factors like our faith in the Lord. True joy is everlasting and not dependent upon circumstances.

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2020-12-11

Divine Appointments

My seat was in row thirty-seven, a window seat in the back of the plane. The seat beside me had an “occupied” sign on it, so I knew that the occupant must have boarded the plane in another city.

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2020-12-10

Jesus, from Everlasting to Everlasting

Question: What does the fact that Jesus has always existed and will always exist mean for you and me?

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2020-12-08

Erasable

Each time you become aware of having sinned, bring it immediately to Jesus, thanking him for his perfect forgiveness of all your sins including that one. Then invite him to transform that area of your life through his Spirit.

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2020-12-08

A New Heart

God reminds us to turn away from our own self-seeking ways. He calls us to turn to him with a willingness to obey his will. If we refuse, we must know that we are walking the road that leads to death.

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2020-12-07

Waiting Patiently

Thought: I'm not good at waiting. But, my hope in the Lord gives me patience that is beyond my human tendency.

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2020-12-06

One More Reason to Praise

s children of God, we have the ability to obey God’s laws if we are filled continually with the Holy Spirit and refuse to obey the old evil nature within us. Question: Thinking back to what’s happened in your life today (or yesterday if you’re reading this early in the morning!) what can you give God praise for?

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2020-12-04

Lessons from Odd Places: Ingredients

Today think of ways you could add kindness to the fabric of your relationships. Maybe it is an expression of appreciation through a simple thank you. Maybe it’s a helping hand.

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2020-11-30

The Value of Godliness

Surely, you and I don’t welcome suffering, but it makes us better people if we continue to trust God. While we may not feel better, we become better.And God will reward us with the blessings attached to godliness. 

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2020-11-30

Where Grace Abounds?

If a recently released Christian prisoner came to your church, would he feel welcome? Would you welcome him?

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2020-11-29

Growing Through Our Adversity

What would happen if you approached a fork in the road and found two signs—one reading “Road of Comfort” and the other, “Road of Adversity”?

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2020-11-28

By Definition

In the midst of healing from a profound heartbreak, the clarity and depth of God’s love burned through me as ferociously as the moment I first received Christ into my life. The intensity of his love significantly transformed my thinking.

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2020-11-28

God is a Redeemer

God is a Redeemer;He bought us with a great price,He rescues and breaks the chains of bondage,He finds us and brings us home.God is a Restorer;He returns what was destroyed andreplaces what was stolen.

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2020-11-25

What’s On Your Mind?

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,

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2020-11-24

Plight

Above all else, I know that God is there and He cares. The proof is in the ways He has purposed my plight in the past...and in yours.

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2020-11-22

Who Do You Say I Am?

“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You

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2020-11-21

Blessed are the Humble

As commonly interpreted, the word “blessed” means “happy”   You and I are assured of happiness when we are making conscious strides toward humility. All of this becomes possible as we yield to God’s indwelling Holy Spirit.

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