2024-06-30
Where are You Placing Your Trust?
The truth is, that people will fail us. Jobs will be lost. Death is a certainty in life. But in the midst of it all, there is hope. Jesus is that hope.
Read more..The truth is, that people will fail us. Jobs will be lost. Death is a certainty in life. But in the midst of it all, there is hope. Jesus is that hope.
Read more..No one wants to be in relationship with someone who they think disapproves of them. No one wants to know a God they think will zap them at every wrong move.
Read more..He was staggering along the side of the road with his thumb out hoping for a ride. My first thought was to drive on by... but instead we stopped and picked him up.
Read more..When conflict occurs, the natural reaction is to blame someone else and defend yourself. But believers must respond differently.
Read more..Let me share with you some of the paradoxes we all are learning about prayer. Prayer is easy, even a child can do it.
Read more..“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.” Isaiah 55:6
Read more..Prayer: Thank you, Jesus, for taking us through the process of life. We long for your healing and your renewal of all your people, however you choose to pour it out on us. May your Kingdom come. We love you, Amen.
Read more..Let me pose a few question. If God is able to place the stars in their sockets and suspend the sky like a curtain, do you think it is remotely possible that he is able to guide your life?
Read more..We live in a world of supply and demand, where necessary things are often scarce. We’re afraid we’ll run out, so we store and hoard and worry.
Read more..Let's infect others with God's love. This would be the greatest outbreak. Imagine.
Read more..When I became a Christian at age 22, I thought church was only for perfect people. “The church is not a museum for saints but a hospital for sinners.” says author Brennan Manning
Read more..Hearing all of the bad news night after night made me want to lock my doors and never step outside again. Faith vanishes fear. Faith empowers us because we know God is in control.
Read more..Sometimes our greatest strength can be our greatest weakness. Peter was tough and fearless, declaring to all his allegiance to his master. When he cut off the man’s ear in the garden, he proved it. But later the rooster crowed as Peter denied knowing him.
Read more..Delighting in God’s presence surpasses that of any human experience. In Him, the psalm says, we find “fullness of joy.”
Read more..No matter what we go through in life, God will cause it to work together for our good. Prayer: Lord, help me to always remember daily that all things are indeed working together for my good, because I love you. Amen.
Read more..Navigating your way in a dark room can be a bit daunting, even if you know the room well.
Read more..Are you so focused on what you don’t have that you’re blind to what you do?
Read more..Every day we choose our direction. Even when there are tasks that don’t particularly fulfill us or agenda items we might not have put on our top ten list … still, we choose our direction.
Read more..God uses flawed and fumbling folk on earth to be His hands and feet. Sometimes we are the ones He encourages to get out there in a ministry, and at other times He graces us with others to minister to us.
Read more..The Bible is filled with stories of people who depended on others for support and success. Encouragement is to a team what wind is to a sail - it moves people forward.
Read more..Is there someone who needs your patience or forgiveness today? Look for an opportunity to show God’s love to someone today.
Read more..We are “culturalized” into worrying more because we want more. We seem to never be satisfied, never secure.
Read more..How about you, friend? God wants to spend time with you. But is God just ‘penciled in’ to your schedule and easily erased?
Read more..In life, we are faced with many challenges that test our faith. It is so easy to get bombarded by what we see. It becomes a constant battle, almost like a game of tug-of- war, to keep the faith our faith intact.
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