2020-03-02
Love Always Protects
God has clothed us. He protects us with a cloak of love. Can you look back over your life and see instances of God's protection? I can too.
Read more..God has clothed us. He protects us with a cloak of love. Can you look back over your life and see instances of God's protection? I can too.
Read more..If I had only one message to proclaim to the Christian world, it would be this: how to know and experience, moment by moment, day by day, the reality of the fullness and power of the Holy Spirit. Everything that has to do with the Christian life involves God the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity.
Read more..God has given us freedom of choice and is grieved when we sin against Him. He wants us to do right and most important of all, He wants us to accept His Son so that we may have eternal life with Him.
Read more..God promises to never leave or forsake us, to be with us wherever we go, to light the path ahead of us and surround us with His love. We experience that security not by pushing buttons but, by trusting in Him.
Read more..What satisfies? What brings genuine and fulfilling contentment? I would have to say it begins with my relationship with the Lord, and the benefits of that relationship are:
Read more..If your life feels like a frustrating mess right now is it possible that God has renovations underway? Question: Is your life under construction? What verses do you find helpful when the world tilts? How has God brought beauty out of your chaos in the past?
Read more..Father, thank you for your work in my life. You are good and I know in my heart that you love me and have the best plan, yet at times you know I doubt and become fearful, discouraged, or angry. I confess my failure to trust you. Thank you for being faithful to the plan and your commitment to conform me to the image of your son. Amen.
Read more..Perhaps you are going through a personal storm of some kind right now. Storms in our life are opportunities to see the Lord in a new light and in a magnified way. It’s in our extreme need that we begin to see we have too small a view of God.
Read more..Sometimes things don’t turn out the way we think. Who said life is meant to be easy? God is with you in the midst of everything.
Read more..What is your center line? What has kept you on course while following Jesus? My center line for staying the course? “I have loved you with an everlasting love…” (Jeremiah 31:3)
Read more..Do you carry a burden of guilt and self-condemnation? Know from God’s Word that those who are in Christ can lay that burden down and never, ever pick it up again.
Read more..Perhaps the most intense love and protective instinct in the experience of mankind is that of parents toward their children. There is little that most mothers or fathers wouldn't do for a baby.
Read more..In our broken world, our relationships are often less than ideal. However, when Jesus dwells within us, He begins to mend the wounds of our broken relationships.
Read more..Hope is an interesting word. "Hope you had a good week." "Hope you have a wonderful time." "Hope you make it." Hope, hope, hope...
Read more..God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems. My dying dad in West Texas.
Read more..In the Bible there are many instances of godly parents who had ungodly children. Though my heart will always be pained at the choices my father and my son made, I can’t let their unfaithfulness destroy my steadfast faith and hope in my Savior.
Read more..Precious Savior, we pass people every day who need a demonstration of your love. May we search for ways to show extravagant gestures of gracious love, and outlandish acts of kindness.
Read more..What sea faces you? Before God gives the command to move on, he asks us to be still. Stop long enough to hear God’s sure whisper, “I will fight for you.”
Read more..“Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand”.
Read more..Imagine… If you had the chance to sit at the feet of Jesus, to look upon His face and deep into His eyes, and listen to every word He had to say. Doesn't the very thought take your breath away?
Read more..Friend, maybe you, like Gracie, need to be lovingly reminded of God’s purpose for your life. If you’ve turned your heart over to Jesus, God promises that you are purposed, planned, loved and guided through this life.
Read more..Father God, I am so grateful that I can stand before you as righteous because of what Jesus did for me. Thank you for keeping me strong till the very end of my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Read more..“Dear Lord, help me to place my priorities in your capable and loving hands. Everything belongs to you and I am just a steward of it. Help me to use what you give wisely and to the benefit of others before it becomes a source of pride for me. Amen.”
Read more..Be encouraged that even if you are facing hard times, God has a plan for your life. He can and will use your weakness and fragility for His glory. Whether your clay jar is being tested or retired to the back of cabinet like my old piece of pottery, spread the inner dwelling Good News right where you are today.
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