In faith, I know this to be true: 1. Jesus, you are full of truth and grace, and you fill me with your truth and grace. 2. You are working within me to clear a channel so that your love flows through me into the lives of everyone I meet...Continue reading...
Read more..Do people in church get under your skin sometimes? That sister in church was getting on my last nerve and I was getting on hers. More than a decade later, we know we can call each other at anytime of the day or night, and we will pray for one another. I love her as if we were raised together.
Read more..Where is God? Why has this happened? Was it something I did? Did God cause it, and if so, why?
Read more..Like a piece of art reflects the heart of the person who made it, we reflect the heart of God.
Read more..A harvest of joy can be received from the sowing of little things that spontaneously flow from a giving heart
Read more..“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.’ Philippians 4:6
Read more..Let us listen to the voice of the Shepherd who never speaks an uncaring word. Let us drink of the waters that quench our deepest thirst.
Read more..God is ...Able to do exceedingly beyond all your asking. Ephesians 3:20 ...Able to subdue everything under His control. Philippians 3:21 ...
Read more..Do you ever question where you’re at in life? Do you ever wonder why a certain thing happens to you and not to others?
Read more..What peace there is for Christians in the Almighty’s unfailing, unconditional care! Ask Him to help you start to grasp how great His love is.
Read more..Loving Father, lead me to the people today who need their burdens lifted and their joys shared.
Read more..Life is all about ups and downs. Question: How do you measure the "wins" and "loses" in your life?
Read more..Lord, help me see the failures and disappointments as stepping stones, leading me back to you and helping me turn my life around for the better. Thank you for clearing a path that always leads me back to you. Amen.
Read more..Are you in the middle of a crisis or difficult season? Have you found yourself turning to dependencies or bad habits that are substitutes for relying on God?
Read more..When you take the time to consciously “tune your heart to sing His praise” you will find encouragement begins to lift the discouragement from your soul.
Read more..Father, guide my thoughts before they become my words. Place a guard over my mouth and a watchman over the door of my lips. When I open my mouth, I ask You to fill it with right words, good words, true words, loving words—words that will point the way to Your heart. May my words be acceptable and pleasing to You as ...
Read more..I often think of faith as this great, huge thing but I’m learning that faith is more often the tiny steps that I take. It’s that moment when I stand up and say, “OK God, I’ll follow you there” --even when, especially when, it’s not where I wanted to go.
Read more..Our insufficiency drives us to God. When we realize a situation is bigger than we can handle, we're quick to open the Bible and diligently pray for guidance and power.
Read more..We can do much after we pray. But we should do nothing before we pray. Let’s start with prayer.
Read more..Do we hang in there when things get tough? Do our bad moods or our despair transfer onto others that we meet each day? Our promise to ourselves each morning should be that we will take joy with us and so our joy will overflow and touch all we meet. Now I do not mean to go around with a silly grin pasted to our faces, but just have that inner joy that Paul and others speak of and believe me it will embrace all those around.
Read more..for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.” Philippians 4:11
Read more..“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:8
Read more..A revolutionary for Christ is someone whose heart is totally His, who listens, believes and obeys God implicitly. You can be a revolutionary right where you are. God can use your life in incredible ways.
Read more..Reflect: What are you thankful for today? Through seasons of suffering and loss, when things seem most dark, remember to praise my God, in spite of the circumstances.
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