Part of the work God does to grow us and change us is by testing through various trials. On the other hand, some of the changing work He does in our lives is quiet and gentle as He asks us to willingly bend our hearts to the work He is doing.
Read more..Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."
Read more..Who hears you when you cry? Who listens when no one else cares… Who listens when no one else is there? Psalm 116:1-2 I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications.
Read more..Most worry develops because we cannot fix our problems. We can’t make things happen and we can’t make things stop. When we choose to trust, worry loses its fierce grip from our nervous wringing hands.
Read more..Poem by Kathy Cheek. Lord, When people look at me Will they see You? When people talk to me Will they hear You? When they come to me And need the strength That You can give...
Read more..THE WOUND OF BITTERNESS. Where there is bitterness, There is brokenness Where healing should be, Can be, Will be, When the bitterness is gone
Read more..Wouldn’t you love to be like the tree that is firmly planted by the rivers of water and is fruitful and prospers? Isn’t this the life we want to live in the Lord? This is the life He has promised to those who walk in close relationship with Him.
Read more..Our faith must be the eyes we use to see what we cannot see. The unseen, the unknown, the questions without answers… (If God had put every answer in the Bible, we wouldn’t need faith, and our Bible would be so big we couldn’t carry it!)
Read more..How are you at waiting? I am talking about the kind of waiting we do
Read more..Every time we choose faith in our intimidating circumstances, we are winning the battle. Day by day we can pick up the smooth stones and hurl them at the giants in front of us—toppling them to the ground.
Read more..Yield: To relinquish control to someone or something; To give something up to someone else; The opposite of being in control or in charge.
Read more..After listening to someone share how they blew it by losing their patience over a very small matter when their sincere intention was to keep calm in a disagreeable situation, I was reminded how recently a similar thing had happened to me.
Read more..Are you enjoying the goodness of the Lord? Psalm 107:8-9 "Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness."
Read more..Faith is woven throughout the everyday fabric of my life, in the big and small circumstances, in the hard and perplexing uncertainties, and in the quiet moments when God is calling my name, drawing me near and asking me to follow wherever He leads. I will choose faith because this is what God desires.
Read more..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 thought take your breath away? ...
Read more..Part of the work God does to grow us and change us is by testing through various trials. On the other hand, some of the changing work He does in our lives is quiet and gentle as He asks us to willingly bend our hearts to the work He is doing.
Read more..When we have worry, doubt, and fear clutched tightly in our hands and our hearts are ruled by anxiety, God wants to say something to us of this effect, “Let go of your burdens and give them to me. I will put in your hands that are now empty and open...Joy, Peace, and Freedom.”
Read more..What a difference I experienced when I stopped allowing the worry to consume me by choosing to let it go. I gave this burden to the Lord, and He lifted it from my shoulders. Oh how freeing was that!
Read more..Someone posed these questions, “Where can I find God? How can I find Him?” He is already there waiting for me. While my body needed a night’s sleep to rejuvenate, He never slept or wearied for one moment. He who never tires or sleeps refreshes me each morning.
Read more..I want wisdom that will help me navigate through the choices and decisions in my life. Don’t we all? Oh how many times I have faltered be
Read more..Even when we don’t know where we are going, God’s sovereign direction is taking place in our lives.
Read more..Devotional by Kathy Cheek: Do We Take God at His Word?
Read more..I want to draw near to the Lord who wakens me each morning and reminds me that this new day He has made is a day to be glad. And I am glad—deep-in-my-heart glad that I am His and He is mine. I am grateful that I have the privilege of walking in close relationship with Him.
Read more..God has not given us a spirit of fear. God gives us courage, boldness, and strength. That is His nature and it is what He desires for us through His strength inside of us.
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