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Tag: hope

2021-04-17

The Lord Goes Before Us

It was the end of a long day. The team of 46 students and chaperones had arrived safely in Costa Rica for a week long mission trip.

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2021-04-17

Psalm 23

The LORD is your shepherd; you shall not be in want. He makes you lie down in green pastures, he leads you beside quiet waters, He restores your soul.

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2021-04-16

The Hidden Place

“Consider your hidden life with God,” Oswald Chambers also said. That hidden life will bear up in the darkest seasons. T

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2021-04-15

The Power of Time

Every minute spent in prayer is valuable.  If ten minutes is all the time you can give, see what you can do in that time.  Most people can spare more time.  If you will only persevere from day to day, time will come of its own accord.

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2021-04-15

A Poem of Hope

I feel the arms of God around me, as I lay on my bed at night. Asleep, I feel the Angel's touch- I'm surrounded and held tight.

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2021-04-14

Faithfulness and Fruitfulness

Too many of us are fixated on immediate gratification.

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2021-04-13

God’s Marvelous Love

Let God love you. Let Him love you dearly, let Him love you daily, let Him love you deeply. Grab hold of His love and never let go. “God is love” (1 John 4:16).

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2021-04-12

No Safe Place

How is God our refuge? How do we run into the fortress he claims to be?

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2021-04-12

In God’s Hands

Who we are, what becomes of us in life, is in God's hands. We cannot purchase or achieve lasting honor for ourselves without his blessing.

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2021-04-11

God’s Chosen People

I am grieved by the tone of today's rhetoric as I am sure you are. There is so much toxic public conversation with accusation, shaming, vulgarity, you-name-it.

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2021-04-11

The Power of Consistency

At the first sign of conflict, some Christians hop to another church instead of working through difficulties with their local body of believers. And when it comes to our personal walk of faith, many of us struggle to maintain a consistent quiet time with the Lord.

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2021-04-10

Faith Walk

The cliche “slow and steady wins the race” contains a grain of truth. How we live today affects our lifelong journey.

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2021-04-10

Be Confident in God’s Ability More Than Your Own

Our confidence is not in our ability but in God’s ability. How would things change in your life if you traded self-confidence for God confidence?

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2021-04-09

Tested Faith

Lord, help me to see the tests in my life the way you see them. I thank you for all the second chances you have given me. And with each hurdle I overcome, may my faith and trust in you deepen, my Lord and Savior. Amen.

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2021-04-09

Shut the Door

God may not do exactly as I ask, as Elisha did for the tenacious woman, but He will do what is best in my situation. My response is to trust and pray.

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2021-04-08

Benefits of Fearing the Lord

Can you see how reverence for the Lord guides us? It leads us towards one right choice at a time. Those small and big decisions will keep us on the right path.  

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2021-04-08

God is For Me

Gods' kingdom needs you. The poor need you; the lonely need you; the church needs you…. the cause of God needs you.  You are part of the purposes He is working out in the world

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2021-04-07

God’s Beauty All Around Us

God’s presence is all around us. God earnestly wants to help us and guide us. His plan is to prosper us and give us hope and a future.

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2021-04-06

Jesus Came to Bring Us Life

Jesus did not come to start a new religion; He came to bring us life—eternal life. Christianity is not a religion. It’s a new life.

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2021-04-01

Thank You, Jesus

Thank you, Jesus . . . for allowing me to know You! You have given me Your Word so that I may know You. This isn’t a casual relationship but an intimate, personal, all-consuming one! 

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2021-03-30

Forgiveness

Can you forgive that which you cannot forget? Can you move on after someone sins or has an ought against you? Can you make peace with painful memories and create a life that is beautiful again? Can you forgive what you cannot forgive?

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2021-03-27

Saved by Grace

It is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.”  Ephesians 2:8-9

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2021-03-26

How to Cry Out to God

In the Bible, crying out refers to speaking audibly with great emotion concerning an urgent need. God invites us to use this form of prayer to communicate that we desperately need His mercy.

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2021-03-25

A Prayer To Endure

I pray with utmost sincerity that we will endure in trusting the Lord with all our heart. This will make all the difference between coasting and living out a faith that is fully alive.

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