2022-05-15
Live Free
Thought: What habits or sinful patterns have you allowed to enslave you? Do you need to do a purging?
Read more..Thought: What habits or sinful patterns have you allowed to enslave you? Do you need to do a purging?
Read more..I know without a shadow of a doubt that I am a fragile clay jar. God uses broken and messed up people like you and me, isn’t that amazing?! When we are cracked clay vessels there is no doubt that it is God’s light within us and not our own!
Read more..So this year – I’m not holding back, I refuse to play it safe. I’m making a list and trusting in God’s power to enable me to keep them. And if I fail - it won’t be the end of the world. I’ll pick myself up, wipe the dust off and try again with God by my side.
Read more..God throws us lifelines . . . in the form of other believers. Mary had Elizabeth. God never intended for you to walk alone!
Read more..I believe the author of Habakkuk is telling us where true peace is found. It isn’t the absence of chaos, but rather knowing where to go for sanctuary in the middle of it. This kind of peace is easier to grasp in the difficult times if we ....
Read more..I’m learning that my obedience and desire for God’s will instead of my own is directly related to my love for God.
Read more..Are you running around "changing light bulbs and turning on switches" and have neglected to plug yourself into the Power Source? Are you hoping to "fix" your life and then come to Jesus?
Read more..I don’t understand God sometimes! To be honest, it’s really most of the time. Why doesn’t He clearly reveal Himself to me? Why does He often leave me guessing at who He is and what He is doing?
Read more..Fear stalked me like a lion seeking prey, ready to pounce at any moment. It was a paralyzing terror that threatened to overwhelm me, especially in the dark hours of the night.
Read more..I’m ashamed at how easily I slide into a faith that is only concerned about my comfort and not God’s ways.
Read more..Dear God, thank You that You have given us a reason to live. What would it be like to live without hope? And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts. Romans 5:5
Read more..What’s your mountain? I suddenly realized I’d been fixating on my mountain instead of fixing my eyes on my God. I assumed I would climb this mountain in one gigantic impossible leap, instead of one boot at a time.
Read more..Are you a perfectionist? Do you find yourself needing to be perfect in everything, never allowing people or for that matter, God to see your flaws?
Read more..Thank you, Jesus . . . for allowing me to know You! You have given me Your Word so that I may know You. This isn’t a casual relationship but an intimate, personal, all-consuming one!
Read more..Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a country where
Read more..“Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the Lord’s miraculous deeds. They soon forgot His many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled ..
Read more..When everyone else was trembling in fear, Caleb and Joshua were ready to march ahead. Who does that? Why would they believe when everyone else did not?
Read more..If you have struggled, like me, with having an intimate relationship with God, I encourage you to let go of the checklist and just BE with Him. He is waiting, inviting you to grab hold of this incredible relationship.
Read more..I’m reminded of how fragile life can be and how easily I forget that it is so. I get glimpses and reminders of my eternal destination but they are all too quickly swallowed in the temporal of the here and now. The crazy. The busy. The hectic.
Read more..“. . . But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” What were those things she stored in her “treasure box”?
Read more..We all have a yearning deep in our soul to be heard and understood, love and valued for who we are. Do you ever secretly wonder if God is the same way?
Read more..God is bigger than I will ever understand. Greater than I can ever imagine and more powerful than a locomotive! He’s my true Superhero! So what is keeping me from praying Superhero prayers?
Read more..Deep down at the core of who she was, she believed that God was GOOD no matter how things might seem. She tasted of His goodness and knew Him in ways I only dreamed about.
Read more..It’s the promise of a life beyond this broken one, a far better life than we have ever known that we must cling to in this uphill journey.
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