Prayer: Thank you, Jesus, for taking us through the process of life. We long for your healing and your renewal of all your people, however you choose to pour it out on us. May your Kingdom come. We love you, Amen.
Read more..Let's infect others with God's love. This would be the greatest outbreak. Imagine.
Read more..When I became a Christian at age 22, I thought church was only for perfect people. “The church is not a museum for saints but a hospital for sinners.” says author Brennan Manning
Read more..Hearing all of the bad news night after night made me want to lock my doors and never step outside again. Faith vanishes fear. Faith empowers us because we know God is in control.
Read more..No matter what we go through in life, God will cause it to work together for our good. Prayer: Lord, help me to always remember daily that all things are indeed working together for my good, because I love you. Amen.
Read more..Navigating your way in a dark room can be a bit daunting, even if you know the room well.
Read more..My life is often seen in hindsight. When I am going through something, my focus is on the here and now. After the dust settles, then I have time to reflect. It is often then that I see God’s hand prints all over what happened.
Read more..“Are you tired? Worn out? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Matthew 11:28-29
Read more.."Let me know Your ways that I may know You. Show me Your glory. Go among us"
Read more..One morning a few years ago, when going for a walk, I happened to notice a boy pulling a wagon. In the wagon was a smaller boy and a bunch of newspapers. As they went along they would stop in front of each house and the bigger boy would tell the smaller boy to take a paper up to the steps of the house. At times...
Read more..Friend, when it comes to prayer, nothing is greater or more important! God wants to talk with you, if you just take the time.
Read more..For many, Christianity is simply the religion into which they were born. For others, Christ is Savior and more: He is their very life (Colossians 3:4). When Jesus is your life you cannot go on without Him.
Read more..Do I desperately seek after God? Prayer: Father, Don’t let me be so easily satisfied; help me pant after you as a deer pants for water.
Read more..The way to walk a tightrope is to keep ones sight on the goal, never looking down to the ground nor over our shoulder at what is behind.
Read more..What do you do when you encounter a negative atmosphere? “But You are a shield around me, O LORD; You bestow glory on me and lift up my head.” Psalm 3:3
Read more..You have found your delight in the Lord, and He has placed within you the desires that are from Him, for Him, and can only be fulfilled by Him.
Read more..What forms your idea of God? Childhood memories, personal experiences, and unmet expectations can create a skewed picture of God.
Read more..God is faithful. We can trust his promises to be kept and his purposes to be good. How do we know? The sunrise each morning is a reminder that the Father of heaven and earth is at work keeping his universe in working order.
Read more..One reason God doesn’t give you the full picture of his plans for your life is that you may be overwhelmed by what you see.One reason God doesn’t give you the full picture of his plans for your life is that you may be overwhelmed by what you see.
Read more..What happened to Lot. He allowed little sins in his life to go unchecked. They weren’t major, shocking kinds of sins--just “little” sins. But they were steadily eroding his moral character, until finally the sordid incident recorded here burst the dam.
Read more..Jesus told his friends that if they came away to a quiet place they would be refreshed, and He promises to refresh all those weighed down by the burdens of life.
Read more..Our lives, our futures, and our plans are in God's hands. This inescapable reality is the basis of our existence. It is also the foundation of our joy and refreshment when we are with each other.
Read more..Thought: Is there someone you depend on and for what? Then decide if you are expecting them to replace God’s job or not.
Read more..“I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. “ Ephesians 1:18
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