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Show Me Your Ways
“Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.“ Psalm…
Only One Thing is Needed
We tend to be worried and distracted, giving attention to the challenges around us instead of the Word of God.
Playing to your Strengths
Question: Which unnecessary obligations do you have that are preventing you from serving God to the fullest of your ability?
Servant Living
After Jesus washed the disciples’ feet, He told them, “Since, I your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each others feet. I have given you an example to follow.…
Selling Yourself Short
Are you settling for something less than God’s best for you? If so, you need to spread your wings and fly. God wants you to be all that He created you to be.
Debt of Love
My father was an alcoholic. Loving him was a problem. In his drunken state, he created many painful memories. However my friend simply suggested I ask God to give me His love for my…
Don’t Limit God
Father God, thank You for opening our eyes and teaching us new truths and showing us new insights about Yourself. Help us to keep on being learners. Prevent us from trying to put You…
How Great is our God
The unfathomable love of the Savior's heart is all ours! All the characteristics of Christ, as God and man, are open to us.
Back to the Basics
Question: Do we let our earthly challenges blur our vision of the basics of our faith? We too need to get back to the basics of the Christian faith.
Open Windows
Reading through the gospels, it is amazing to discover the number of times the phrase “Jesus saw” occurs.
Worry Stoppers to Bring Peace
Here are eight worry-stoppers, found in the letters of the word P-E-A-C-E-F-U-L. First, P - Pray, first. “Casting the whole of your care upon Him …” E -Easy, now. “Rest in the Lord, and…
God’s Love
God loves you. Personally. Powerfully. Passionately. Others have promised and failed. But God has promised and succeeded.
Filled with Joy and Peace
Hope and joy and peace sound terrific! Two things are vital for this to be a part of our lives. First, we must trust God to meet our needs and get us to where…
Be Strengthened In The Lord
Always strengthen yourself in God's word, for clarity, help and divine direction concerning any situation.
God is Thinking about You
I realized that God loves me so much that He is thinking about me all the time. He loves me more than I love that little granddaughter. Could anything be more wonderful than having…
In God’s Thoughts
“How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!” Psalm 139:17
Joy in the Lord
Father, I long to know you face to face and share in the unbridled joy of heaven with you.
A Miracle on Christmas Eve
My father was born in the Ukraine and spent his first fifteen years there. One Christmas his two older brothers bought a German-made Christmas musical wind-up tree stand for their parents. It was mechanical…
“Dat Baby Jesus – He Makes me Laugh”
“Would you mind telling me why you’re so happy?” “Sho,” she said. “Christmas is coming and dat baby Jesus---He make me laugh. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also…
Simplicity of God’s Love
Dear one, the simplicity of God’s love, not our eloquence or expertise is what touches a person’s life. Wherever you are, tell someone about God’s love today!Dear one, the simplicity of God’s love, not…
A Christ(mas) Meditation
Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room. You have prepared your gift list. You have begun preparing your house for the holidays. Take time to prepare your heart.
A Time of Loving
The story of Christmas is the story of God’s love. A love that was willing to give what was most precious to save a dying world. God so loved, that he gave his Son.