2023-07-27
Good and Pleasing to God
In our lives as Christians, we need to remind each other of what we are doing right and just simply say, "Hey, you're doing well'"
Read more..In our lives as Christians, we need to remind each other of what we are doing right and just simply say, "Hey, you're doing well'"
Read more..“Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.” Proverbs 12:25
Read more..What are non-believers missing out on? What do we have that they don't have?
Read more..When I say, "I love You Jesus," it is because at some point, long before I knew Him, before I could discern His voice or recognize His influence in my life, His love was drawing me to His heart.
Read more..Just as a small child imperfectly mimics a parent’s actions, disciples of Jesus copy Him. In these verses in Ephesians, lies a key way to imitate God: walk in love.
Read more..I just moved into the hood. Parenthood that is. I’ve never been this tired, nor have I ever felt this much love in my entire life. If you’ve got a little one (or many kids) yourself, you know exactly what I am talking about. The book of Esther is quite interesting to me because it does not mention God even once.
Read more..God is pleased with us based on what Christ did for us; never because of what we do for God.
Read more..When we get quiet before God and sit at His feet, we are reminded of Jesus, a friend of sinners and a friend of the poor.
Read more..God doesn’t just want a part of us ? He wants all of us! Half-hearted service will not meet our spiritual needs.
Read more..In order to hold on to God through any trial or temptation, commit to trust and follow Him all of your days. Lay claim to His promises: The unchanging Lord and Savior (Hebrews 13:8) is committed to caring for you in all circumstances (1 Peter 5:7) and will never leave or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5)
Read more..Prayer: Righteous Father, please help me guard my heart and be wise enough not to place things into it that would rob it of its devotion to you.
Read more..The problem is not my mouth but my heart. Proverbs 4:23 says "Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life."
Read more..What is it that we declare about the Lord? Do we, like David, declare “He alone is my refuge, my place of safety”? Do we declare that “He is my God, and I trust him”?
Read more..Can you imagine what it must have been like for God the Father to see His ONLY Son as a tiny helpless baby in a feeding trough? To be separated from Him in a way He had never been before. What love there must be in the heart of the Father to choose this separation!
Read more..It is so important that we have the Biblical image of God and not someone else’s.
Read more..May you know the love of God in its fullness, in its endlessness, in its loveliness, in its tenderness—
Read more..Stay strong in the Lord in His words and His promises. Hold onto Him, cling onto His every Word What you sow is what you reap. God's love is eternal; there's no boundary to God's plan for you
Read more..Let me just say that emptiness leaves us empty. But without the emptiness how can we be filled? Think about it, if we’re already full, how can God fill us?
Read more..It took prison to show me how empty life is without God.”
Read more..Take a step back and ask God to help you see your situation through His eyes. In tough times we need Him to broaden our perspective. Be still my friend and know that He is God.
Read more..His footsteps are your guidance, call Him The Way. His majesty is your worship, call Him Mighty God. His presence is your delight, call Him Wonderful. His truth is your foundation, call Him Rock.
Read more..Have you ever considered that people have a good side that we parade around for all to see and a dark side that we hide from view. Will you let God in to work on your dark side?
Read more..At times, if I really stop and think about how I felt during times of great distress and grief in my life, I realize that I don’t want to cause the Holy Spirit of God to experience grief because of my actions. Let us not resist the Lord’s prompting to turn away from the temptation which so easily besets us.
Read more..We delude ourselves into thinking that our quiet times are primarily for our own benefit. We are intellectually aware that God is always with us, that His eye is not only on the sparrow but on each of us.
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