2017-04-25
For the Love of God
Thought: Are you offended by what God is doing or not doing in your life? Apply your ear to His heart and listen as He speaks to you.
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Tag: Holy Spirit
2017-04-24
Remembering God’s Blessings
“I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will tell of
Read more..2017-04-20
Going Through Marah
The message is clear. Whatever the bitter obstacles we encounter in life’s journey we can count on God to transform them and use them for good. When we cry out to God about our Marahs, He makes them sweet as we prepare for the next leg of our journey. God is big enough to deal with any problems we face.
Read more..2017-04-08
Dealing with Feelings of Guilt
Read: Ephesians 2: 1-10 Guilt can be like a poison working insidiously on the inside
Read more..2017-04-06
Delight Yourself
“Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
Read more..2017-04-03
Covenant Keeping God
Put your trust and hope in the Lord. Don’t be discouraged, when things do not
Read more..2017-04-03
True Praise
“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise — the
Read more..2017-03-07
Prayer to the One Who is Here
When we pray our words are not dispersing into the air; they are being heard by God, whose Spirit lives within us (1 Corinthians 3:16) and who hears us because He is with us, not as a vague spirit but as a living person.
Read more..2017-02-27
A New Covenant
A new covenant -- God willingly entered into a new agreement with us, his creatures, sealed it with the blood of his Son Jesus, and sent the Spirit to give us the power to live the life of this new covenant. God has made a covenant of love and grace with us.
Read more..2017-02-26
How’s Your Heart?
Do you need to renew your covenant with the Lord to seek Him with all your heart and soul? You may need to renew your commitment to Him, if you exhibit these unhealthy spiritual "vital signs" of an unhealthy heart.
Read more..2017-02-20
Lift Up Your Soul
Lift Up Your Soul: Dearest Lord, I pray that I may surrender a little more each day to Your use, and trust more and more in Your mercy and love — that I can lift up my glass for You to fill with Your presence.
Read more..2017-02-06
God Is Our Loving Father
Read: Luke 15:11-24 Humanity tends to project its own faulty habits onto God. This is
Read more..2017-02-06
A Take-Home God
“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He
Read more..2017-02-03
The Way I Take
“He knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come
Read more..2017-01-25
Leaving the Nets
Sometimes in the groping dark of my not knowing I am exhausted with the struggle to believe in you, O God. Your ways are not our ways. Your ways are extraordinary. Madeleine LâEngle
Read more..2017-01-22
Reassurance
“This is my command – be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged.
Read more..2017-01-17
God Loves Humility
“He saves the humble.” Psalm 149:4 With the same intensity that He hates arrogance, God
Read more..2017-01-13
Courage to Draw Near
Father God, So many things distract me and You often seem far away in my day to day reality. Help me to use the exercise daily of opening my hands and having You show me what I need to wash out of my life.
Read more..2017-01-10
DARE
A few years ago, I kicked New Year’s resolutions to the curb. I was tired of the guilt, of never making it past January with even one resolution. Instead, each year I choose one word to focus on, with the hope that God would develop it in my life.
Read more..2017-01-08
Peace of Heart and Mind
"I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart! And the peace I give isn't fragile like the peace the world gives. So don't be troubled or afraid" John 14:27 Read the rest...
Read more..2017-01-05
Where is God?
It is important to recognize that God dwells in a different realm. He occupies another dimension. “My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8–9).
Read more..2016-12-09
What Love Says
1 Peter 4:8 says “Love covers a multitude of sins.” Love doesn’t expose. It doesn’t gossip. If love says anything, it speaks words of protection.
Read more..2016-11-30
A Big View of God
Exactly what is worship? I like King David’s definition in Psalm 34:3, “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.” Worship is the act of magnifying God, enlarging our vision of him, and observing how he works.
Read more..2016-11-23
Keep Your Lips From Speaking Lies!
Lying is wrong and does not please God. We cannot lie and be filled with His Spirit at the same time. Jesus said, “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth” (3 John 1:4).
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