2021-11-02
Embracing Life
Rest in the promise that God's plans are not our own; they are far better!
Read more..Rest in the promise that God's plans are not our own; they are far better!
Read more..f you are waiting on God, you are watching for God, searching for God, hoping in God.
Read more..Help us to lean upon You and draw our strength from You. Give us the endurance we need to stand firm, to continue on, to press in, and to press through everything and anything that seeks to hinder us, or sidetrack us, from following Your plan and doing Your will.
Read more..Loving Father, help me as I wait for you to show me the way with my decisions, to meet my needs, and reveal your presence in my loneliness. I really do seek you with all my heart. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
Read more.."And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Galatians 6:9
Read more..Connecting with God is more than distracted reading. God’s Spirit waits to connect with your Spirit in a meaningful way.
Read more..Yes, life is unfair. Jesus hasn’t promised us a fair world but he has promised us victory. “Take heart!” He said. “I have overcome the world.”
Read more..Have you sought the LORD lately? Many of us made a commitment to turn all of our lives over to him last week; how have you done at that commitment? God promises wisdom to those who ask and don't doubt.
Read more..God calls us to a violent form of intercession, where we take on the spiritual forces of darkness on behalf of our race, once invaded, now occupied by the prince of darkness.
Read more..So, how do we put off an aroma that is pleasing to God and others in our life?
Read more..Lord, remind me to regularly bathe in your Word and allow your Spirit to cleanse me so that any aroma that lingers long after I’ve left the premises, will not only draw people to you, but will also be a “sweet scent rising” to you.
Read more..Think about a situation that challenges you. How can you grow to adapt to your current situation, whether it’s a relationship or a task?
Read more..Bring Him your grief and pain as often as you need to and receive His crown of beauty and oil of gladness.
Read more..Lord God, it is a mystery why life is so hard at times and why there is so much suffering. May you increase my faith and trust in you.
Read more..We cannot go where God is not. Look over your shoulder; that’s God following you. Look into the storm; that’s Christ coming toward you.
Read more..What is the difference between wishing and hoping? Why can we hope in God all day long?
Read more..“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. “ Romans 12:2 There is a mighty battle going on for control of your mind.
Read more..I don’t like myself when I mess up but I am reminded God’s grace is there for me and I can do better with His help. I want to do better. God is patient with me and He continues to work in me to make me more like Him. This gives me hope.
Read more..I’m learning that my obedience and desire for God’s will instead of my own is directly related to my love for God.
Read more..Lord, Build me up so that I might reflect your loving mercy to others, and provide for me people who can stir that up so that it flows out of me without thinking. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Read more.."for some, to love others as Christ has loved us remains an ideal too far to reach. Therefore let's start small and bring this task closer to home....love just one person"
Read more..Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest” Matthew 11:28
Read more..The more I worried, the worse things became. One night while tossing and turning in my bed, I remembered the verse Isaiah 40:31 about God renewing our strength
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