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Tag: peace

2024-09-18

He Establishes Us

God doesn't just bless us. He establishes us! He makes us strong! He matures us into solid and true disciples.

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2024-09-18

The Source of My Strength

If Jesus Christ lives in us, we have the resource to conquer all things because there is nothing bigger or mightier than He is.

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2024-09-17

God Knows – Know God

Know God. No matter how well planned, the future is always uncertain. Even when plans are going just as we … well, planned, life can change in an instant: Cancer. Car accident. Market crash. Layoff. Miscarriage. Or, as with a student teacher

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2024-09-15

No Rubber Stamps

“Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” Proverbs 16:3 God

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2024-09-14

Walk the Walk

“All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.” Proverbs 14:23

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2024-09-14

Beginning of Wisdom

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy

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2024-09-13

When God Looks on Us with Favor

“Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you

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2024-09-13

Making Sense of God’s Wisdom

What doesn’t make sense to the world around us makes perfect sense to God; and what strikes the world as incredibly wise doesn’t even compare to the foolishness of God.

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2024-09-11

So Many Freedoms

one of the greatest freedoms we have is to boldly come before the Creator of the universe, the God of all time and creation, and speak openly and confidently with him

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2024-09-03

Too Bright?

The best way to lead someone to Christ may not be to blast it in their eyes, but to let it glow from within us through our acts and words.

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2024-09-02

Don’t Replace God

Vengeance fixes your attention on life’s ugliest moments. Score settling freezes your stare at cruel

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2024-08-31

Words of Strength

Do not withhold encouragement from the discouraged. Do not keep affirmation from the beaten down! Speak words that make people stronger. 

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2024-08-31

Everlasting

“I AM WHO I AM.” Not I WAS or I WILL BE . . . But, I AM. Eternal. Everlasting. Infinite. Timeless.

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2024-08-29

Giving with Strings Attached

A woman we’ll call Marie loved to give things away. When I was a child, I frequently was the recipient of her gifts.

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2024-08-27

Twelve Things Jesus is to Me

Twelve Things Jesus is to Me. Jesus is…My Shepherd who always leads me to a prepared place; My Truth who has never misspoken;

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2024-08-26

The Results of Insecurity

After a while, insecure people typically get angry. When they go so long feeling so poorly about themselves, they start to resent the success and happiness of others.

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2024-08-22

Programmed Seashells

“Who decreed the boundaries of the seas when they gushed from the depths? Who clothed

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2024-08-21

Hard Hearted

"Blessed be the name of the Lord", because this disease of the heart is not incurable

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2024-08-20

Free Gift

He loves us unconditionally – not because of who we are, but because of who He is.

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2024-08-18

Not an Olympic Event

Unfortunately some people approach Bible reading as an Olympic event: how fast can I read? am I reading more than my friends?

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2024-08-16

Do Not Disturb

The finishing touch in the travel kit was a "Do Not Disturb" sticker. The humor of it hit me: if we are honest we spend most of our days like that. 

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2024-08-14

When Life is Tough, Plant Flowers

One difficulty after another kept coming my way until I felt overwhelmed. I lost my job and therefore my income. If only our house would sell ....

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2024-08-14

Today Will Do

Don't worry about tomorrow. Lord, I don’t need tomorrow’s mercies, For Your portion today will do.

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2024-08-12

Fight, Flight, Freeze …or Faith?

is it possible for Christians to have another response to turmoil in addition to these normal “human-wired” reactions?

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