“What am I going to do?” How many times have we all uttered this cry of despair? Sometimes the storms of life come without letup; they seem endless, successively crashing against us until we feel as though we can’t take any more. In those times of desperation, Psalm 62 offers three valuable lessons.
Read more..Oh, I want to be transformed, I want to be more like Jesus. My scripture calendar deeply convicted me the day I read this powerful verse from 2 Corinthians 3:18
Read more..When Jesus says, “do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body what you will wear…Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” It doesn’t mean we should be lazy and not provide for our families.
Read more..“One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen,” and the squawking magpies remind me to not only see the souls’ longings, but also hear them. I am called to be an imitator of God as I listen: “Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear” (Isaiah 65:24).
Read more..No one knows you more thoroughly: O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up: (vs. 1) No one understands you more completely: You understand my thought afar off. (vs.2) No one cares about you more deeply: You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are
Read more..When we know who we are and what we have been called to, we are less prone to let the opinions of men deter us from that path. At the end of the day, God is looking for fruit from us in the Body of Christ. If there is concern that a brother or sister in the Lord maybe disobeying God or misrepresenting the Kingdom, let their fruit speak for them.
Read more..Remember God’s grace is His loving-kindness and mercy given to a person without him or her deserving it. His grace is more than this though. 1 Corinthians 1:4-8 is where Paul unpacked it for the Corinthian believers.
Read more..During the drought of 2011 I kept checking on the creek. I dreaded the day I would reach the bridge, peer over and find the flow of water had stopped, but it kept flowing all year.
Read more..The amazing words of Christ. Think about it. His words do not become less powerful or less true with the passing of time
Read more..To whom it may concern, rest in the One who is compassionately aware of concerns, reigning over them, long-suffering, on-time, able to do exceeding, abundantly above all that we ask or think (Ephesians 3:20).
Read more..“So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit
Read more..“Because of the LORD’S great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail.
Read more..I believe the reason some people burn out and leave full-time ministry is simply because they are not taking enough time to relax and enjoy the Lord.
Read more..Prayer: Great and Mighty God, bless me with greater trust that you are nearby and long to help. Dear Father, bless and empower me to be the person you want me to be.
Read more..It opened in theaters recently and my wife and I attended the second night. The movie is October Baby, a story about a college girl who learns she was the product of a failed abortion and goes in search of her birth-mother and her life.
Read more..“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
Read more..“If you have seen me, you have seen the Father.“ John 14:9 Dan’s earthly father
Read more..Every conflict is a contest with Satan and his forces. What are the weapons? Prayer, worship, and Scripture. 2 Corinthians 10:3–4
Read more..We need inner peace, and we also need outer peace with others. God addresses both. He tells us what to do to find both.
Read more..Too many Christians have given up on the vision of becoming like Jesus. They know they are sinners saved by grace, but they do not see themselves living out a transformed life.
Read more..Listen with your spirit to God’s Word. Psalm 66:5 “Come and see what God has
Read more..“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father encourage you and strengthen you
Read more..Friend, listen to God’s still small voice. Be God’s sunshine in your neighborhood!
Read more..Read: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Look up comfort in a dictionary and you’ll find a definition
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