Why did Mary not recognize Jesus? I think it’s the same reason I often don’t recognize the living Christ in my life. Mary expected to find things as she had left them--a dead body wrapped in linen cloths lying in a tomb. Her expectancy was too small.
Read more..“recognizing your purpose means everything. I assure you that you too have something to contribute. You may not see it now, but you would not be on this planet if that were not true. I know for certain that God does not make mistakes, but he does make miracles. I am one. You are too.’
Read more..A deep need within every person is the need to belong. Do you feel like you belong? Or do you feel like an outsider?
Read more..One day my husband, a strong Christian leader, signed himself into a mental hospital. But my husband did not recover.
Read more..When God wants to do something new in our lives, it is often preceded by major renovations. “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, put painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” Hebrews 12:11
Read more.."Because of the LORD’S great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness" Lamentations3:22,23
Read more..“The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and
Read more..Hope for the hopeless. I discovered that when life hits us with a tsunami, Jesus is there in the water with us. Clinging to Him we are saved. Knowing Him is the most valuable relationship in the world.
Read more..When we’re going through a difficult time, we look to friends and family to be there for us. But sometimes we’re bitterly disappointed. We don’t get the support we had hoped for.What helps me at a time like that?
Read more..What do you do when Christians disappoint you? As a young Christian, I hungered for the abundant life Jesus talked about, a life of victory over sin and of fruitful work.
Read more..Why is thanksgiving so important? It acknowledges God in the situation. When things go wrong the last thing we want to do is give thanks. But it’s the most beneficial. Thanksgiving prepares the way for God’s salvation to come in.
Read more..God loves to use ordinary, weak, human beings to do His work. Thank you, Father, that I can do everything through him (Christ) who gives me strength (Philippians 4:13)
Read more..What happens when we repent of our sins and receive Jesus Christ as Savior? Jesus forgives us and cleanses us from all sin. We are adopted into his family. We’ll go to heaven when we die.
Read more..If we seek an experience—an emotional high—rather than God, we will become disappointed.
Read more..During a very difficult time in my life, people kept encouraging me, “Keep hanging onto God and his promises and you’ll make it.”
Read more..Jesus did not come to make us escapists, but overcomers.
Read more..Every choice we make takes us down a certain path. Either to a person that is in harmony with God...
Read more..Cathy, our third daughter, was our shy one. When company came to the house, she’d run to the bedroom and hide.
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..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..When we have sinned, we are prone to think that, even though God forgives us, our life of service is finished. Our reputation is ruined. We’re a complete failure. Satan wants us to live in defeat, ...
Read more..We have three mistaken notions about God’s love: 1. If God loves me He will protect me from painful experiences. 2. I don’t deserve God’s love. I haven’t done enough to earn His love. 3. But I don’t feel God’s love. Feelings are not reliable. 3.
Read more..Many people want eternal life, but on their terms. In order to have this eternal life in Christ, we must put God first in our lives. We are to love God most.
Read more..His prefect love gives me courage to move ahead in spite of the fear. As Rick Warren has said, “Courage is not the absence of fear; courage is moving ahead in spite of your fear.”
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