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Not Hard at All
I will obey God and trust Christ to defeat sin and evil pleasure in my life, so that I can live a supernatural life and help take His gospel to all men throughout the…
The Fabric of My Faith
Faith is woven throughout the everyday fabric of my life, in the big and small circumstances, in the hard and perplexing uncertainties, and in the quiet moments when God is calling my name, drawing…
Squeezing God In
Be creative about how you squeeze God into your day. Talk with him as you wait in bumper-to-bumper traffic, or in that fast food line.
Hope in God
We will always experience suffering during our lives here on our fallen Earth. When we experience pain, our natural response is to question & ask why.
When We Dare to Let God be For Us
“Trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. . . Rest in the Lord.” (Psalm 37:5,7)
Wait on the Lord
God renews the strength of those who are weary and exhausted, and who look to Him. If we rely on God and exercise our faith, God can make us into people who are resilient.
Soul Quiet
I confess, I am rarely quiet. It is go, go, go. Do, do, do. And at the end of the day, it’s difficult to turn off my brain and rest.
Clarifying your Need
I have noticed, sometimes, when I’m sitting by the side of life’s road, crying out to Jesus for mercy, he stops, calls me closer and asks, “What do you want me to do for…
God’s Loving Pursuit
Dare we envision a God who follows us? Who pursues us? Who chases us? Who tracks us down and wins us over? Who follows us with "goodness and mercy" all the days of our…
How to Develop a Heart for God
A hunger for the heavenly Father doesn’t ordinarily appear all of a sudden, fully matured, in one’s heart. Most of the time, it’s something that must be cultivated, and the best place to begin…
Kindness is Contagious
“Be Kind and compassionate one to another”, the Bible tells us. Why not today? It doesn’t have to be a meal—it could be a smile, opening the door for someone, or offering to baby…
Incredible Gift
“It is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-
A Prayer for Troubled Times
A Prayer for Troubled Times. Father, We are sad, Father. And so we come to you. We don’t ask you for help; we beg you for it.
Peace I Leave With You
What difficult experience do you find yourself in right now? What are you dreading? Can you visualize Jesus in that situation?
Impatient Heart, Be Still
Have you ever been caught up in any web of impatience? God is a God of time and order. He requires us to uphold that very important Christian virtue – patience.
How Long, O Lord?
What feels to us like slowness in fulfilling his promise is actually an unimaginable long-suffering on his part, motivated by his love. He feels the weight of evil and injustice (see Genesis 6:5-6), yet he…
Nothing You Cannot Do
In short, you have no burden, no problem, no need that is too big for our Lord to handle. “Ye receive not, because ye ask not,”
What’s on Your Mind?
Guarding our thoughts, being sober-minded, and meditating on eternal truth will produce a transformation the Bible calls the “renewing of the mind.” (Romans 12:2)
Seeing Like Jesus
Even Christians with dedicated “world vision” grow weary of the world’s needs. We quickly turn the magazine pages so as not to gaze too long on the sad face of yet another child with…