Jesus Is Risen. He Is Risen Indeed
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.
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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.
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,…
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.
Children are delightfully teachable. May I be like that, joyfully anticipating the next big thing God wants to show me!
How sweet it is to witness the Savior intimately connecting with His own beloved people! There can be nothing more delightful than being led into this fertile field of delight by the Holy Spirit.
Thought: When I look for a faithful friend, my first thought will be of Christ Himself, who truly qualifies as my very best friend.
We must regularly and intentionally turn to the Son. Bask in his love, drink of his love, accept his love. Feed regularly on the nutrients from his Word, the Bible.
If His love was anything less than tenacious and loyal, He would have tired of you and me long ago.
When we see mountains we feel small, knowing not only how much larger they are than we are, but also how much longer they have been here than we have been.
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…
Righteous Father, I know the cross was a brutal symbol of being cursed. Yet to me it is as precious as it is brutal and it is as beautiful as it was hideous. Through…
When you hit bottom as David did, there is a way back. Focusing on the Lord can lead you out of discouragement and into His presence.
“This is how God showed His love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but…
I am writing you today to let you know I am thinking of you. Actually, I am always thinking of you, because you are the apple of my eye.
God cares for His children so much. He is such an organizer that it is nothing for Him to arrange our lives in such a way so we are available to help people in…
The Lord never gave up on me and in my weakest moment of my life, I really found Him.
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! .
"I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways." Psalm 119:15 There are times when solitude is better than community, and silence is wiser than speech. We will be better Christians if we take…
Each of us has a fantasy that our family will be like the Walton's, an expectation that our dearest friends will be our next of kin. Jesus didn't have that expectation.
As Christians, we need to stay connected to our power source. Father, I thank you for the power and the strength that you provide us. I pray that we will not take lightly what…
Influences, people, events, even abuse from the past leave scars. But God stands ready to provide all that is necessary to transform us into “new creatures.”