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Tag: Jesus

2020-01-21

Pressing Undo

Whenever we make mistakes, we should always be looking for how to right our wrongs as best we can. Sometimes it is embarrassing. Sometimes it is expensive, but it is always the right thing to do.

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2020-01-21

Put Your Guilt to Rest

In my work as a nurse with seniors, I’ve sometimes witnessed the power of a past sin that keeps robbing my patient of present blessings.

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2020-01-20

Where is the Flashlight?

Let God be your flashlight of peace. Trust in his good and perfect plan, even in darkness where the reality of that plan seems fleeting.

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2020-01-19

Be Spirit-Led

Father so often we take for granted the tools you have given us to help us live a holy life that is pleasing to you. I pray that we will begin to examine our own ways, our motives, our thoughts and our desires.

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2020-01-17

Comforted in Trials

Trials and temptations come to all of us, often arriving without warning. Some can be extremely difficult and different than anything we could have imagined.

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2020-01-16

He Can Heal the Hurt

I caught my husband making love to another woman. He swore it would never happen again. He begged me to forgive him, but I could not - would not.

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2020-01-13

Encourage One Another

Dee didn’t pick me because I was good.  He called my name for one reason only.  He was my big brother.  And on that day he decided to be a good big brother.

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2020-01-12

Taking Our Thoughts Captive

When we begin the practice of thinking about our thoughts and where they go, we can change our lives.

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2020-01-11

Underneath: Everlasting Arms

Susan was broken-hearted. She had just lost her first child at birth. The trauma of that experience had affected her relationship with her husband and with everyone else around her. She had become cynical and moody. She blamed God

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2020-01-10

Always With Us

Abandonment is a common issue in this world. Maybe you have experienced it yourself. But God says he will stick with you no matter how hard it gets.

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2020-01-10

Trials

I don't know about you, but it is hard for me to appreciate our need to go through trials. In fact, trials in life are just plain hard to tolerate!

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2020-01-09

Rely Only on God

None of us like to be “needy”. My need for God has led to my experiencing him on a new level.

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2020-01-06

Reflections

I sit and I watch in awe, in wonder at the works of Your hands. It’s so majestic, yet so refreshing all in the same breath. Your power so quaint yet well-defined with each wave. You have taken me captive. I can’t seem to pull away.

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2020-01-05

The Trouble with Circumstances

Today, I fought discouragement because I looked at me - instead of God. I looked at my circumstances instead of looking at Him. But then, I fixed my gaze on Him and by the time evening fell - discouragement had also fallen away.

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2019-12-30

One Breath

I’m reminded of how fragile life can be and how easily I forget that it is so. I get glimpses and reminders of my eternal destination but they are all too quickly swallowed in the temporal of the here and now. The crazy. The busy. The hectic.

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2019-12-27

Jesus Became Like Us

John 1:14 says, “The Word became flesh and lived among us.”  The God of the universe left the glory of heaven and moved into the neighborhood. Our neighborhood! Why? Because He loves to be with the ones he loves!

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2019-12-23

Seek and to Save

Jesus came so that the last could be first, the sick could be healed, the sinners could be saved, and the lost could be found. That was his purpose: to fix that which was broken ? not just us, but our world, our humanity, and all that goes with it.

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2019-12-19

A Christmas Prayer

Lord Jesus, We, like the wise men, are looking for a star. This Christmas, we ask you, heal us, help us and be born anew in us. In a new hope, Your Children

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2019-12-15

The Sacrifice of Praise

Why is praise called a “sacrifice”?  I believe it is because true praise given in the less-than-ideal situations of life indicates that I sacrifice my right to grumble about people, circumstances and God; I willingly forsake action which ‘comes naturally,’ is ‘only human’ and which ‘everyone’ indulges in.

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2019-12-14

His Word Remains Forever

Today's Thought: I will place my complete confidence in God's unchanging Word and will rest upon His faithful promises to all believers for supernatural living.

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2019-12-14

Blue Taffeta Dress

by Katherine Kehler “Every good and perfect gift is from above” James 1:17 How are

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2019-12-11

God Is Present

‘My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest” (Exodus 33:14). In all of life’s challenges, God gives us the one thing we need the most:His Presence.

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2019-12-08

The Treasure Box

“. . . But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” What were those things she stored in her “treasure box”?

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2019-12-07

Christmas Time. Family Time?

Christmas is about Hope. Hope is best shared with family even amidst broken family gatherings. Make the most of your Christmas gatherings.

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