2023-06-17
What We Hope For
ThoughtWhile the road ahead of us may be clouded with questions and concerns, we can look back and see the many ways God has acted in our behalf to get us...
Read more..ThoughtWhile the road ahead of us may be clouded with questions and concerns, we can look back and see the many ways God has acted in our behalf to get us...
Read more..Psalm 52:8 "I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever." A devotional focusing on the different aspects of what God's mercy is.
Read more..Precious Lord, you have redeemed us to God by your blood and are worthy of our praise. You alone deserve our worship. Thank you for making us sons and daughters and bringing angels to minister to us. Amen.
Read more.."I have said these things that in me you may have peace." How do we have peace amidst life’s binding circumstances?
Read more..The people we know will come and go during different seasons throughout our lives. But God remains forever. He is the first and the last.
Read more..What does it mean to abide in Christ. John 15 describes so well the picture of what abiding is.
Read more..Prayer: Help me, Lord, to trust you enough to wait. And to be aware whether your Spirit is whispering, “Go, stay or wait.”Was there a time in your life when God asked you to wait?
Read more..When in a storm can you turn your eyes away from the stormy world and look into the wonder of God? Here are 5 promises you can recite:
Read more..Are you looking for peace this Year? Why do many Christians lack peace?
Read more..Trust Him and your well will never run dry and you too will have a peace beyond all understanding.
Read more..Poem: Precious. Precious Lord the One who gives Life and sustains me I pause..... Just to love on You..... to bless You ....Make You large in my life.
Read more..“Be Kind and compassionate one to another”, the Bible tells us. Why not today? It doesn’t have to be a meal—it could be a smile, opening the door for someone, or offering to baby sit, weed someone’s garden—
Read more..Guarding our thoughts, being sober-minded, and meditating on eternal truth will produce a transformation the Bible calls the “renewing of the mind.” (Romans 12:2)
Read more..The truth of the gospel is this: there is more to life than what we are facing, suffering or rejoicing in right now.
Read more..“God has planted eternity in the hearts of men.” Ecclesiastes 3:10, TLB You will never be completely happy on earth, simply because you were not made for earth.
Read more..“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 So often our worries are so heavy because we refuse to put them down. Let's cast our burdens on the Lord. Let's consciously...
Read more..In some sense the path to heaven is safe. But in other respects there is no road as dangerous; it is overrun with difficulties. One false step (and how easy it is to step absently if grace is absent), and down we go.
Read more..We may not know what’s coming next, but God does. Our waiting and our future is in His hands.His safe, strong, and more than capable hands.
Read more..Never alone! What a promise. God will go with him, and us, through all the seasons of life, through all our ups and downs,
Read more..This Easter be blessed to know and appreciate the many ways Jesus is present for you, even if you think He is just the gardener.
Read more..There is a spiritual parallel in Proverbs 3:4-5 that assures us we can lean on, trust in and be confident in the Lord, casting aside our own inadequate insight or understanding. If we do, he will prepare the life road ahead. I like the Amplified Bible translation where it says He will make “plain our paths.”
Read more..Sometimes I wake up and wonder if God’s still there. It’s been a while since I talked with him. I get busy with so many things.
Read more..O Lord, “Teach me Your way that I may rely on Your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may stand in awe of Your name.” Amen.
Read more..Children are delightfully teachable. May I be like that, joyfully anticipating the next big thing God wants to show me!
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