2025-05-14
Unnecessary Fighting
I cannot count the number of times I have worn myself out getting ready for a battle I knew was coming. I planned what I would say and how I would respond to the other person
Read more..I cannot count the number of times I have worn myself out getting ready for a battle I knew was coming. I planned what I would say and how I would respond to the other person
Read more..Question: What sort of sins do we often try to hide from God? "If we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong." (1 John 1:9)
Read more..If we base our self-worth on a sad experience which happened in the past such as: I’m a divorcee; I’ve had cancer, I’ve suffered abuse…This leads to defeated thinking like I’m damaged goods, this is who I am; I can’t change it.
Read more..I have always been a fearful person. I have even experienced panic attacks. When I am fearful, I tell myself this truth: God is with me and I can trust Him to keep me safe.
Read more..Psalm 135:5 “I know the greatness of the Lord -that our Lord is greater than any other god.” Prayer: Dear Father, I am devoted to You. May I center my day around You today, so that I can walk in the great Love You have for me.
Read more..Love has become a universal term that can be many things to many people. Some love golf, some love family and some love Jesus.
Read more..Trusting God with our hearts so He can heal us takes courage. Being vulnerable with God and trusting Him with areas of our life that are difficult to face is exactly what He desires.
Read more..Are you heading into this week just flat out exhausted? Is there some great weight upon you that you just can’t seem to lift? Have no fear, for our God does not grow weary.
Read more..I can only do so much, but God can do So. Much. More. What do you choose? Hold on to the One Whose Promises will never be Empty.
Read more..How do you feel about the word surrender? It’s not a popular word in our culture. We are afraid that if we surrender we’ll be oppressed. Maybe a person in authority has abused us and colored our concept of surrender.
Read more..The inconvenient truth is that God is not at fault when we disregard his wisdom.
Read more..“Then you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know you’” Luke 13:25
Read more..Many years ago, an old man advised me to cast my bread on the water,
Read more..“I will meditate on the glorious splendor of your majesty and on Your wondrous works”
Read more..In a world of startling beauty and a universe of dazzling diversity, our hearts are to be drawn back to the One who made it and now sustains it.
Read more..One thing you can say about the world we live in is that it’s a noisy place. Silence is not always easy to find.
Read more..I wonder how many times during the day Jesus gently knocks to warn me of his waiting presence? Not a warning that danger is imminent (though that may be true), but to warn in the sense of putting me on the alert, giving me notice that he is ready to give counsel or send some special message of his love.
Read more..Sometimes, we see trials as black cloud-shapes of the enemy, but not every black cloud contains an enemy. What is your hail? your cloud?
Read more..“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test my thoughts. Point out anything in me that makes you sad, and lead me along the path of everlasting life” Psalm 139:23-24
Read more..How have you been lately? Think honestly for a moment. Is peace your norm these days or has discouragement, fear, doubt, negativity, or chaos been your usual? We feed our spirits by the things we dwell on in our minds. God knows us so well.
Read more..The joy I get in pastoral ministry: a word or deed here has the power to touch the inmost parts of a person’s heart, extend to the ends of the earth, and last forever.
Read more..Too many believers walk with heavy hearts, and burdens they cannot sustain any longer. Brothers, and Sisters…there is good news!
Read more..Lord, Help us not to cave into our circumstances, but to see them as opportunities to run the race with an endurance that only comes from keeping our eyes fixed on You.
Read more..God—your rescuer, has the right vision. He also has the right direction. He made the boldest claim in the history of man
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