The history of the United States displays an uncanny pattern. At moments of crisis, when the odds against success seem overwhelming and disaster looks overwhelming, fate intervenes to provide deliverance and progress
Read more..So many things about our lives are uncertain. This one thing, however, is sure: no matter where, when, or how long, God will be there and will be with us.
Read more.."Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:39 NLT).
Read more..Prayer: O Sovereign God, help me discern today what my life is intended to fulfill in your plan. Thank you for loving me and promising to walk beside me every step of my life
Read more..Prayer – Lord, my head hangs low with the burdens I am carrying. Be my shield, show me your glory and lift my head up now. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray. Amen!
Read more..Is it possible that we lack David’s bravery because we don’t fully trust God? We may ask: What will He ask me to change? What will it cost me? But there’s nothing to fear. There is no person more tender, more compassionate, more forgiving, and more deserving of our hearts.
Read more..Sometimes our prayers seem to bounce off the ceiling and fall to the floor. Other times, we are overcome with emotion and the words of our prayers can't capture what's in our hearts.
Read more..It was a time in my life when I was not happy with the decisions that were being made around me. I had a grumbly heart!
Read more..What words are you saying to someone else that will imprint on their memory and shape their identity? The seeds of your words can reap joy, today and later on.
Read more..Thought for the day: Don't ever sell short what God can do "because of you."
Read more..So I went down the imaginary stairs of my consciousness, to the inner store-cupboard of my being. I made my way past the previously opened boxes, piled in a heap on one side.
Read more..Life is full of trouble. But in the hands of a loving God, our suffering is being used for eternal purposes.
Read more..Regret is like a hot potato. Hold onto it for any period of time and it will burn you. Regret basically leaves God out of the picture.
Read more..Remember Jesus’ parable about the two builders who each built a house? One built on cheap, easy-to-access-sand. The other built on costly, difficult-to-reach rock.
Read more..f a pencil maker who took the pencil aside just before putting it into the box. “There are five things you need to know,” he told the pencil, “Before I send you out into the world, ALWAYS remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be.
Read more..Once, cash was king, but now it is credit, because you don't have to pay for it immediately when you spend it. This allows people to spend beyond their means to get what they want. Only 16% of all transactions are paid for in cash.
Read more..Are you living as God desires—turning from sin and progressing in holiness. Does His Word fill your mind and shape your thoughts, behavior, and attitudes? Are you yielding to the Holy Spirit so He can produce His fruit in you?
Read more..“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:36 I always thought I was free. Not only was I descended from independent pioneer forebears, but I had also come to understand (I thought) the concept of grace.
Read more..Blessing of Psalm 84. May you be blessed with the deep longing and desire for the presence of the Lord Almighty, as the psalmist declares,
Read more..“He is my child and I love him.” That’s the kind of God I serve. God will forgive, cleanse and deliver us from our unrighteousness.
Read more..An open mind is necessary for any relationship to grow. You have to be open to another way of thinking to relate to someone, because we are all different.
Read more..Sometimes what God wants us to do doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t seem to be the right timing or the right thing to do. Still, if God is speaking to us, we don’t need to understand, obedience is what counts.
Read more..Today is my first Father’s Day without a father. For thirty-one years I had one. I had one of the best. But now he’s gone.
Read more..A Father's Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for my children's salvation. Thank You for choosing them to be children of mine and Yours. Thank You that You have lavished Your riches and Your inheritance on them, although they could do nothing to earn it or deserve it.
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