2024-06-20
Joy in God’s Presence
Delighting in God’s presence surpasses that of any human experience. In Him, the psalm says, we find “fullness of joy.”
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2024-06-20
Nothing Can Stand Against You
No matter what we go through in life, God will cause it to work together for our good. Prayer: Lord, help me to always remember daily that all things are indeed working together for my good, because I love you. Amen.
Read more..2024-06-18
Reasons for Joy
Are you so focused on what you don’t have that you’re blind to what you do?
Read more..2024-06-17
Angels In Disguise
God uses flawed and fumbling folk on earth to be His hands and feet. Sometimes we are the ones He encourages to get out there in a ministry, and at other times He graces us with others to minister to us.
Read more..2024-06-17
Born To Swim
The Bible is filled with stories of people who depended on others for support and success. Encouragement is to a team what wind is to a sail - it moves people forward.
Read more..2024-06-13
Focus on Today
We are “culturalized” into worrying more because we want more. We seem to never be satisfied, never secure.
Read more..2024-06-13
Time with God
How about you, friend? God wants to spend time with you. But is God just ‘penciled in’ to your schedule and easily erased?
Read more..2024-06-11
In the Rearview Mirror
My life is often seen in hindsight. When I am going through something, my focus is on the here and now. After the dust settles, then I have time to reflect. It is often then that I see God’s hand prints all over what happened.
Read more..2024-06-10
God is Speaking
We read in God’s Word that He wants us to talk to Him, but also that He speaks.
Read more..2024-06-06
The Beautiful Thing about Commitment
Living for Christ can seem hard, even impractical at times. We tend to focus on what we can do to earn our way to God, rather than accepting His free gift of salvation
Read more..2024-06-04
Coming Back to God
Friend, when it comes to prayer, nothing is greater or more important! God wants to talk with you, if you just take the time.
Read more..2024-06-01
Complaining in the Wilderness
“Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you.” Philippians 2:14
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Negative Atmosphere
What do you do when you encounter a negative atmosphere? “But You are a shield around me, O LORD; You bestow glory on me and lift up my head.” Psalm 3:3
Read more..2024-05-31
God is My Delight
“Be delighted with the Lord.” Psalm 37:4a. Looking out the window of our friend’s boat while traveling up the inner passage of the west coast of British Columbia, I was completely awed by God’s creation. The acres of lush green forests, the rhythm of tides and currents, ...
Read more..2024-05-31
Heart’s Desires
You have found your delight in the Lord, and He has placed within you the desires that are from Him, for Him, and can only be fulfilled by Him.
Read more..2024-05-30
Hold my Hand
When the way gets hard, He grips our whole hand in His and leads us up the steep incline.
Read more..2024-05-29
Who God Is
What forms your idea of God? Childhood memories, personal experiences, and unmet expectations can create a skewed picture of God.
Read more..2024-05-29
Contentment
What if God’s only gift to you were his grace to save you? Would you be content?
Read more..2024-05-28
Unoffendable
No one ever says, "Today, I think I'll try to develop a hardened heart of stone." Such things enter our souls through stealth.
Read more..2024-05-27
God Is Faithful
God is faithful. We can trust his promises to be kept and his purposes to be good. How do we know? The sunrise each morning is a reminder that the Father of heaven and earth is at work keeping his universe in working order.
Read more..2024-05-26
Love Those We Don’t Like
The call to imitate God sounds impossible. Yet, just as a small child imperfectly mimics a parent’s actions, disciples of Jesus copy him. These verses in Ephesians contain a key way to imitate God: walk in love.
Read more..2024-05-22
The Way of Wisdom
The world's wisdom, great as it may be cannot begin to measure up to the divine wisdom available to one who faithfully reads, studies, and meditates upon God's Word
Read more..2024-05-15
Refreshment
Jesus told his friends that if they came away to a quiet place they would be refreshed, and He promises to refresh all those weighed down by the burdens of life.
Read more..2024-05-15
God’s Hands
Our lives, our futures, and our plans are in God's hands. This inescapable reality is the basis of our existence. It is also the foundation of our joy and refreshment when we are with each other.
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