God Peels Back the Layers until the Real You is Revealed
God keeps peeling away the layers until the real you is revealed. He uses adversity in your life to scrape away the layers that cover your real life.
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God keeps peeling away the layers until the real you is revealed. He uses adversity in your life to scrape away the layers that cover your real life.
Do we know when we need to rest, or do we think we are super human and can go on and on forever? I tend to think we believe that with enough determination and…
I lock my doors sometimes too. Emotional doors because I fear hurt or rejection. Intellectual doors because I’m unsure what deep study will uncover. Spiritual doors because I wonder if giving my all will…
Let me encourage you to not avoid the pain of walking with Jesus through the days between Palm Sunday and Easter.
Today, as we remember Palm Sunday, what is Jesus asking from you? Give to Jesus what He needs and be amazed at what He will do!
Is there an area in your life in which you’ve grown self-sufficient, overly confident, or adamant about assuming that you couldn’t fall into temptation? If the Holy Spirit brings something to mind, ask the…
Only through Christ is the veil removed. Only when we turn to Christ, can we understand our great need. Only when we turn to Christ can we see his great gift.
What if we started our days with the enthusiasm to see what might happen. * The desire to see what God has planned for us.* The willingness to step up, out of our comfort…
The original disciples had no experience in how to be a Christian. All they could do was follow Jesus for each next step
Lord thank you for the grace to live in the here and now. Thank you for the courage to face and arise above every obstacle that may come our way today.
You have onea uniqueness. A divine spark. An uncommon call to an uncommon life. “The Spirit has given each of us a special way of serving others” Don’t worry about skills you don’t have.…
Seek out the mountains, and you will witness God doing things through your life that can be explained only by His mighty presence.
Mary received the praise of Jesus because of the LOVE that accompanied her ‘work.’ And her sacrificial act of love was recorded as a memorial to her.
So, how often do you sin, hmm… in an hour? For the sake of discussion, let’s say ten times an hour. Ten sins an hour, times sixteen waking hours, times 365 days a year,…
1 Peter: 1:3 "...In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,"
Prayer: Lord Jesus, I long for the perfect ending, but I’m so often distracted from the joy you have for me. Then I lose heart. May I humbly ask You to help me turn…
Control, that’s my problem. When it comes down to it, I want to be in charge, and if I’m in charge – frankly – I’ve got a lot to worry about!
Has there been a time in your life where you didn’t want to do what God commanded you to do? What if the best is yet to come,
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is, and was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8
To be Spirit-led, we are to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes he says 'stop' unexpectedly. This happened to the Apostle Mark
This is our Jesus, amazing God who became man, my Superhero. He broke through and created space for each and every one of us.
I wonder, have you taken the time to introduce your friends to Jesus so that they can experience God’s love?
Life is undependable and uncertain. The Son of God provides the sun of His love in the midst of our uncertain todays and tomorrows.