2024-01-19
Back to the Basics
Question: Do we let our earthly challenges blur our vision of the basics of our faith? We too need to get back to the basics of the Christian faith.
Read more..Question: Do we let our earthly challenges blur our vision of the basics of our faith? We too need to get back to the basics of the Christian faith.
Read more..Reading through the gospels, it is amazing to discover the number of times the phrase “Jesus saw” occurs.
Read more..Division and discord feel as rampant as ever, and nowhere is that more evident than in social media. Snark and sarcasm have become weapons of choice, wielded to belittle those who hold opposing views.
Read more..Here are eight worry-stoppers, found in the letters of the word P-E-A-C-E-F-U-L. First, P - Pray, first. “Casting the whole of your care upon Him …” E -Easy, now. “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.” A -Act on it. Be a doer, not a stewer.
Read more..Security comes as we put God’s precepts into practice. We’re only as strong as our obedience.
Read more..It is better to be needy So He can give what’s best; It is better to be yielded So He can give you rest. It is better to be empty So He can be your all; It is better to be silent So you can hear His call.
Read more..“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1
Read more..James tells us to consider trials a joy (1:2). But we often fail at this, don't we? Humanly speaking, praising the Lord for tribulation is unnatural. However, doing so begins to make sense to believers when they cling to God's promise that good comes from hardship.
Read more..I have to remind myself... God is the Ultimate First Responder!
Read more..God loves you. Personally. Powerfully. Passionately. Others have promised and failed. But God has promised and succeeded.
Read more..With all the negative news in the media, today I want to share with you some good news. God is still God, and he knows the plans that he has for you. That doesn't mean that life will get easier. The famous verse in Jeremiah we like to quote was written to people in captivity for seventy years! But it is still true.
Read more..Hope and joy and peace sound terrific! Two things are vital for this to be a part of our lives. First, we must trust God to meet our needs and get us to where we need to be. Second, we expect the power of the Holy Spirit to bless us and empower us with God's qualities.
Read more..Always strengthen yourself in God's word, for clarity, help and divine direction concerning any situation.
Read more..Six Needs You Will Have in the New Year. 1. There will be the need for prayer. 2. There will be the need to trust: 3....
Read more..God’s goodness is the same on bad days as it is on good days. People who attest to God’s goodness in their lives do not experience an absence of trouble but rather have a keen awareness of God’s presence in every situation.
Read more..Question: When you’re facing a stumbling block, and you’re struggling to keep Heaven in focus, which Scripture verses do you turn to?
Read more..God's love through Jesus Christ Is the rock of my Salvation, I do not have to be afraid Even though my enemies are all around me, For I know He will fight for me. God's love cradles me and fine Tunes my every care!
Read more..A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another" John 13: 34-35
Read more..Lord, Make Me Like That. Like a tree planted by a river, finding a constant source of life and nourishment. Like a tree spreading out its roots to that source, reaching for that which will make it strong.
Read more..Christmas time is a season when many people are more interested in the present than the past. But, it is the past that Christmas is all about. It started over two millenniums ago with a baby in a manger when God became incarnate in man.
Read more..My father was born in the Ukraine and spent his first fifteen years there. One Christmas his two older brothers bought a German-made Christmas musical wind-up tree stand for their parents. It was mechanical and played Silent Night. Their gift brought great delight to this family of ten.
Read more..I will never forget my first Christmas as a follower of Christ. I was thousands of miles from home, grieving my mother’s passing, battling my addictions, flat broke, and almost out of hope.
Read more..“Would you mind telling me why you’re so happy?” “Sho,” she said. “Christmas is coming and dat baby Jesus---He make me laugh. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure.” Psalm 16:8-9
Read more..In Matthew 1:23 God called himself Immanuel, which means God with us. Not just God made us,
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