Treasures in Darkness
Dear friend, you don’t need the favor of people. Because God loves you. You are His favored, His beloved. He uses difficult times and even attacks from the enemy, in order to work in…
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Dear friend, you don’t need the favor of people. Because God loves you. You are His favored, His beloved. He uses difficult times and even attacks from the enemy, in order to work in…
Faith vanishes fear. Faith empowers us because we know God is in control and He will, as it states in Romans, work things out for the good for those who believe (8:28). Our relationship…
Changing from turmoil to peace, from anxiety to trust, from worry to assurance, from striving to rest, comes by changing kingdoms.
Most of us have sung, “Jesus loves me this I know,” and recited “For God so loved the world,” since we were children. Yet, we don’t experience God’s love. Why is that? We may…
Each of us has times of weeping when our hearts and hopes seem crushed. Because God has placed in our hearts "highways to Zion," however, we pass through valleys; we do not live in…
Hope, as we know, is a powerful thing. Hope grows into belief and with practice belief matures into faith. We go from an idea to action. We make choices founded on trust that the…
Think about it: What do you gain from worrying about circumstances? What do you lose?
I read a devotional the other day on trusting God through the fog, the writer recounting a difficult drive down a foggy mountain road & trusting God.
Seek to offer God’s amazing love and grace to everyone you meet, no matter what they do or say.
Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.
God will keep our imagination feeding in the safe pastures depicted in Psalm 23. Jesus, our Good Shepherd, will lead our minds to still waters and quiet resting places.
The Lord is my Shepherd - Thank your Shepherd that He knows you by name and wants to communicate with you. Talk to Him about your intimate relationship with Him. I shall lack nothing…
“Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Colossians 3:13
In our Christian journey, moments will arise where we find ourselves desperate for something seemingly out of reach.
Our labor is a labor of love and here are a few “little words” that can help bring understanding to the serving we do…
If we know that Jesus is with us, all our abilities will be developed, every grace strengthened. We must cast ourselves into the Lord’s service with heart, and soul, and strength.
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13
I need grace. Selfishness keeps me from faithfully representing Jesus every day. Pride contaminates the service I offer God. Fear submerges the longing to love Jesus most of all. Maybe you can relate. Hebrews…
God wants you to rest not "from" the things He has for you but "in" the things He has for you. His rest reigns in the innermost part of your being.
What does a hero look like? Lord, be the King of my life. I need a daily hero that will rescue me from myself, conquer the areas of my life that could benefit me…
Praise God, and let’s pray today to constantly keep our eyes upon Jesus, with whom no one else even comes close! “To whom, then, will you compare God?” Isaiah 40:18
I never tire of talking about or receiving the Father heart of God. We have a crisis of fathering in this country. Very few people have been fathered in their spirit and soul.
"After a choked up confession to my mom, I went out into the winter night, and ended up weeping on the stoop of a darkened office building."