If you find yourself at the point of giving up today, encourage yourself to get back up again. You are worth the effort it takes to get to your expected end. You are worth the fight that it takes to move from a place of mediocrity and begin living the life you were destined to live. There is hope for you.
Read more..Abba, Father: Thought: Picture yourself, no matter your age, crawling on Abba’s lap to receive His comfort, love and guidance. It’s okay. None of us are ever too old or self-efficient to not need that!
Read more..In my family's dark season, we began to focus on the clarity of God’s call.
Read more..Lord, help me get past myself so I may understand your ways. I don’t want to sulk in the corner and justify my actions.
Read more..Who loves his child more—the father who allows the child to do what will harm him, or the one who corrects, trains, and even punishes the child to help him learn what is right? Discipline may feel like punishment, but let us remember God’s discipline is a sign of his deep love for us.
Read more..“For anyone who keeps his life for himself shall lose it; and anyone who loses
Read more..“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us
Read more..“May the God of peace, …who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, equip
Read more..“For God is at work within you, helping you want to obey him, and then
Read more..“Be still, and know that I am God” Psalm 46:10 The classic hymn “It Is
Read more..“So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has
Read more..“Have not I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not
Read more..“…he passed straight through the crowd and walked away.” Luke 4:30 His message was too
Read more..What fears are you dealing with right now, and do they have a stronghold on your life?
Read more..I tried many things to fill the void in my life. However, in reflection, I realize that I forfeited peace often over the years because I didn’t seek to know God more. I didn’t put the necessary effort into...
Read more..“Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake
Read more..“For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” Romans 8:6
Read more..While it is proper to bring our personal cares before the Lord, it is of greater importance to pray for others, both the saved and the unsaved. Praying for ourselves and praying for others is something God commands us to do.
Read more..God lifts you up and holds you, everything you love, everybody you love, and your future. He is holding you near in his arms of love. He has invested gifts of love in you all along.
Read more..Jonah's lesson: "When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple" (Jonah 2:7). Jonah’s prayer is worth imitating because he recognized his wrongdoing, humbled himself, and rededicated himself to God’s ways.
Read more..Calamities can leave us off balance and confused. Consider the crisis of Joseph’s generation as
Read more..“When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” Psalm
Read more..“I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will tell of
Read more..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.
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