2023-07-19
Fast Of Words: A Different Kind of Fast
The problem is not my mouth but my heart. Proverbs 4:23 says "Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life."
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2023-07-18
How is Your Heart Today?
How is your heart today? Can you say with the Psalmist, “Create in me a new heart and renew a steadfast spirit within me” Psalm 51:10
Read more..2023-07-17
Expecting God to Speak
“So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.” Acts 10:33
Read more..2023-07-16
STEPS and STOPS
We can never determine all the why’s of God’s leading. But we know this . . . His own, silent answer to our why’s have a greater meaning than we could ever comprehend.
Read more..2023-07-15
Worship the Lord Your God
Do you feel the passionate heart connection that marks worship? Each day your Abba Father in Heaven awaits that type of connection with you.
Read more..2023-07-14
A Better Perspective
Our frame of reference comes from a variety of circumstances and situations: upbringing, environment, health/wellness, family unit, economic status, culture, safety, tragedy, disasters and the list goes on.
Read more..2023-07-13
Just and True
A lot of people talk about right and wrong these days, as if they were random or variable things. If no absolute truth exists, then the powerful determine what justice is.
Read more..2023-07-12
Talking to God!
“Always keep on praying” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Our granddaughters, Mercedes (age five) and Tia (age
Read more..2023-07-11
Absolute Rock
"He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken." Psalm 62:6 Friend, it's a harsh world some, maybe you, might be facing. Lean on Jesus the Rock to get you through.
Read more..2023-07-10
How to Get There When You Don’t Have a Road Map
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with my eye.” (Psalm 32:8)
Read more..2023-07-09
The Costly Gift
Can you imagine what it must have been like for God the Father to see His ONLY Son as a tiny helpless baby in a feeding trough? To be separated from Him in a way He had never been before. What love there must be in the heart of the Father to choose this separation!
Read more..2023-07-08
When God Shuts the Door
God knows that instant gratification will spoil me for the best in life, that settling for second best will often cause heartache, that lack of self-discipline will make me soft instead of strong.
Read more..2023-07-07
Be Mindful of Others
"When I first became a believer, there was nobody to disciple me so I...” was the same story I had heard time and again, unfortunately. New followers of Christ who have never attended church before often lack a spiritual mentor, which is understandable.
Read more..2023-07-06
How To Wait When God Seems Slow
How Do We Wait? Waiting is not necessarily resignation from all activity; it is submission to God's better idea.
Read more..2023-07-05
If Only God Would Tell Me Why
Dear Father, I want to trust you even when I don’t understand. I believe that you are lovingly and thoughtfully putting together this life-package for me. I want to know you in a deeper way.
Read more..2023-07-04
Your Dream Job
Dream job: As a young girl, I knew I wanted to be a counselor. When I was in high school, one of my friends laid on my bed while I gave her relationship counsel and typed notes into my computer. Fast forward 20 years later, and I’m doing the same thing: only this time the clients I work with are talking to me as their marriage therapist and coach. I knew this seed was planted long ago
Read more..2023-07-03
What You Think about God
It is so important that we have the Biblical image of God and not someone else’s.
Read more..2023-07-02
Emptiness
Let me just say that emptiness leaves us empty. But without the emptiness how can we be filled? Think about it, if we’re already full, how can God fill us?
Read more..2023-07-01
Follow the Leader
"He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” Psalm 23:3
Read more..2023-06-30
So That
Our Father's teacher heart is evident by the way many of His instructions are followed by a "so that" phrase.
Read more..2023-06-28
It will be Well
Take a step back and ask God to help you see your situation through His eyes. In tough times we need Him to broaden our perspective. Be still my friend and know that He is God.
Read more..2023-06-27
Steps to Truth
God wants all of us to walk in truth. When we do this, we are His delight. He also says that anyone who asks for wisdom will receive it (James 1:5). This is the first step when you are tempted to lie
Read more..2023-06-26
Freedom Reigns in This Place
One of the most incredible things God gives us is the gift of freedom. He lifts the burden of sin and the wages of death and He sets us free.
Read more..2023-06-25
Two Sides
Have you ever considered that people have a good side that we parade around for all to see and a dark side that we hide from view. Will you let God in to work on your dark side?
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