Father God, thank you that I can come to you and call upon you, not because of who I am but because of who you are. Thank you that you are the same Lord over all of us and you will show yourself to those who call on you.
Read more..If you have truly confessed your sins, you can come now into the presence of God with great joy and a clear conscience and have perfect assurance and trust that whatever you ask for, you will receive because you are praying according to the will and the Word of God.
Read more..Anger is a silent killer. Not only can it fester in our hearts and cause our blood pressure to rise — it also discolours how we see things.
Read more..Worship is a voluntary act of gratitude offered by the saved to the Savior, by the healed to the Healer, and by the delivered to the Deliverer.
Read more..When God seems small, we need to remember the exhortation found many times in the Psalms to magnify the Lord. To “magnify” means to “to increase in significance; to cause to be held in greater esteem; to enlarge.” (Webster’s dictionary)
Read more..Let these four truths encourage you to view your next trial from God’s perspective. Though you may not feel it at the time, the Lord is with you. He is your hope and sufficiency.
Read more..Reclaim and restore a “first love” relationship with Jesus, and, one day at a time — one breath at a time —, you’ll begin to experience an insatiable, irrefutable intimacy with God.
Read more..We never know how a person will come to faith in Christ. It might take a hundred different encounters to draw someone to Jesus.
Read more..God knows the hopes of humble people, and He will hear our cries and comfort our hearts. Sometimes He withholds the rain; other times He sends the rain and with it the outpouring of His blessings.
Read more..Have you ever doubted God? At some point in life, every one of us could probably answer yes
Read more..1 Samuel 16:7 says, “. . .man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Read more..What is the cloud or storm in your life? Health issues, financial matters, marital problems, family problems, trust issues, fear?
Read more..Our lives can change in an instant when we are faced difficult situations. The key to working through it is to turn to and trust in Jesus.
Read more..Lord Jesus, thank you for never giving up in your pursuit of your people. Thank you that you have never given up on me, even when I want to give up on myself. Thank you for showing me the way to joy. Amen.
Read more..John the Baptist recognized that for Jesus' interests to shine, John's own self-interest must decrease. We are like the lampshade to God's light; the thinner the lampshade is, the more the light will shine through.
Read more..Nothing and no one can drive a wedge between you and God’s love!
Read more..Father, You are an ever present help in trouble. You have created us and know our tendency to fear, but You ask us to turn to You because You want to help us. Thank You for Your love, mercy, peace, and strength. Amen.
Read more..A crisis can bring doubt, especially if the Lord is not responding as quickly as we might like Knowing who God is enables us to trust Him through the crises of life.
Read more..Hope in God comes from more than a belief that He exists. The Bible calls hope in God “an anchor for the soul”.
Read more..Remember Paul’s words in Romans 8:38, “Nothing can separate us from his love.” Step to the well of God’s love and drink up. Once filled by his love, you’ll never be the same.
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.
Read more..We have been set free! We are delivered from law, sin, and death. We have been set free to serve God and share in his grace eternally. So how will we use that freedom?
Read more..If we walk with our Lord in the way He deems, then the undertows in our world will no longer be a snare.
Read more..One of the major challenges in the Christian life is learning to trust God in the midst of our troubles. So often the deliverance he offers is not what we want.
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