2019-08-14
Walking in the Image of the Prince of Peace
As you guard your heart, God sends His peace to guard your heart and your mind as well. What a partnership!
Read more..As you guard your heart, God sends His peace to guard your heart and your mind as well. What a partnership!
Read more..A change of heart toward ongoing suffering is a huge challenge. On our own, it’s impossible, but the Lord promises to strengthen us through Christ.
Read more..Lord, teach me to TRUST You, to EMBRACE all that you have for me, SURRENDER to Your perfect Way and FOLLOW where you lead. Amen.
Read more..My friend Randy had given up on the Christian life. He said, "I have tried, but failed so many times; nothing seems to work. God doesn't hear my prayers, and I am tired of trying.
Read more..Can you look back over your life and see instances of God’s protection? Did God keep you from a bad relationship? Or protect you from the wrong job?
Read more..I don't know your story and you don't know mine, but we share a common theme. We are driven by the search for true identity,
Read more..Your faith will grow stronger as you focus on your identity in Christ (Galatians 2). What this means is that you abandon any image of yourself that is not from God.
Read more..We are to be a people who do good deeds! When God gives us the opportunity, let's take it!
Read more.."...spread the Gospel like a sweet perfume" 2 Corinthians 2:14 We can certainly learn a lesson from the apostle Paul. He frequently begins a chapter or a verse with a note of praise.
Read more..People bring pain. Sometimes deliberately. Sometimes randomly. So where do you turn?
Read more..God, help me pay attention to clear signs you provide regarding my future
Read more..If the stones were to speak, they could tell of how God took them from the quarry, shaped them, and made them fit for the temple. We too can testify of all the ways God has guided us,
Read more..Fear saps our will power and leaves us feeling depleted and hopeless. Yet very few of us have ever experienced a defeat so complete and bitter as the one God's people faced when Isaiah shared this message of hope.
Read more..God is your guardian, separating you from evil. So, why do bad things happen to us?
Read more..“The Christian life is a battle,” our pastor reminded us. “Don’t let anyone tell you
Read more..Just close your eyes and imagine that God too has a message board in Heaven and on it each day He writes that His goal for the day is to make you and me as comfortable as possible.
Read more..Sit for a moment and repeat that great truth. Let it soak into your being. “You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long!”
Read more..Are you defined by God’s grace? Your deeds don’t save you. Your deeds don’t keep you saved. Grace does. Paul said, “By the grace of God I am what I am.”
Read more..Believing and accepting that you are loved by the Father will in turn affect your feelings for Him. Commit to knowing Him more intimately and accurately through His Word, and your affection for Him will begin to grow.
Read more..Take a moment to journal about the times that God has extended grace to you throughout your life. It often helps in the moments we need to extend grace to others to recall what he has done for you.
Read more..If we are willing vessels, day by day we will reflect the glory of our Lord.
Read more..Rejoice Always; Pray without Ceasing; Give Thanks in Everything. These three admonitions are a call to become preoccupied with Christ. %
Read more..Test this question: What if God's only gift to you were his grace to save you. Would you be content?
Read more..Through the enabling of the Holy Spirit, I will begin to see myself as God sees me: loved, forgiven, holy, righteous, spiritually mature, aggressive and fruitful for the glory of God. Today I will live by faith the supernatural life which is my heritage in Christ.
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