2019-10-09
The Purpose of Our Trials
Let these four truths encourage you to view your next trial from God’s perspective. Though you may not feel it at the time, the Lord is with you. He is your hope and sufficiency.
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2019-10-08
A Life Well-Lived
Deep down at the core of who she was, she believed that God was GOOD no matter how things might seem. She tasted of His goodness and knew Him in ways I only dreamed about.
Read more..2019-10-03
Faith and Fear
Lord, help me not to fear the unknown future. Let me remember you already know what lies ahead and will safely lead me through it. Help me banish fear and grow in faith and trust in you. Amen.
Read more..2019-10-03
When We Doubt
Have you ever doubted God? At some point in life, every one of us could probably answer yes
Read more..2019-10-01
God Looks at the Heart
1 Samuel 16:7 says, “. . .man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Read more..2019-09-29
Blue Skies and Cloudy Days
What is the cloud or storm in your life? Health issues, financial matters, marital problems, family problems, trust issues, fear?
Read more..2019-09-29
Trust Jesus in the Darkest Times
Our lives can change in an instant when we are faced difficult situations. The key to working through it is to turn to and trust in Jesus.
Read more..2019-09-26
Let God’s Light Through
John the Baptist recognized that for Jesus' interests to shine, John's own self-interest must decrease. We are like the lampshade to God's light; the thinner the lampshade is, the more the light will shine through.
Read more..2019-09-24
The Field Trip of Trials
Any hardship that drives us to God and His Word is good for us. That’s because what we gain in knowing the Lord is worth so much more than all the wealth, power, and fame the world could offer us.
Read more..2019-09-20
Receive His Love
Nothing and no one can drive a wedge between you and God’s love!
Read more..2019-09-20
New Day Clean Slate
Yes! We are immeasurably blessed! God’s mercy is new every morning and you will know it when you meet with Him each new day. “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23
Read more..2019-09-18
Called to Compassion
Dear God, help me understand your unfailing compassion for the world, and for me too. I confess that I am as messed up as people around me, and am desperately in need of your redeeming love. Keep from me a smugness of heart that would hold back my own compassion for others. Amen.
Read more..2019-09-17
Fear Not
Father, You are an ever present help in trouble. You have created us and know our tendency to fear, but You ask us to turn to You because You want to help us. Thank You for Your love, mercy, peace, and strength. Amen.
Read more..2019-09-16
Praying in a Crisis
A crisis can bring doubt, especially if the Lord is not responding as quickly as we might like Knowing who God is enables us to trust Him through the crises of life.
Read more..2019-09-14
God Isn’t a Consolation Prize
It’s the promise of a life beyond this broken one, a far better life than we have ever known that we must cling to in this uphill journey.
Read more..2019-09-13
Stand Firm
We have been set free! We are delivered from law, sin, and death. We have been set free to serve God and share in his grace eternally. So how will we use that freedom?
Read more..2019-09-10
The Tongue
The tongue does a lot of physical things for our body, but I believe that the prime gift God gave us with our tongue is to edify the saints and spread the Word to the sinners.
Read more..2019-09-06
Forgiving
Forgiveness is for us, not our offenders. It releases us to live in freedom and to learn from the hurts in our past. But it’s not for weaklings; it makes us stronger.
Read more..2019-09-02
Don’t Look Back
Grief is more than losing a loved one. We grieve the loss of anything that was important to us, including a home, a career, or our health.
Read more..2019-08-28
Fruit of Kindness
Be blessed with the fruit of kindness that the Holy Spirit produces in you, your grateful response to unmerited kindness
Read more..2019-08-27
Jesus Desires Mercy, Not Sacrifice
When you feel condemnation coming at you like a furious flood, look to Jesus, who says, “I no longer condemn you. Go and sin no more”
Read more..2019-08-25
It’s in the Response
Jesus was at Peter’s house when Peter’s mother got a fever. Jesus healed her and
Read more..2019-08-24
Set Free From Guilt
“Time to pay for your sins.” But we hear something else! “You’re free to go. They took Jesus instead of you!” The door swings open, the guard barks, “Get out.”
Read more..2019-08-24
Jailbreak
God set you free! There is no need for penance – it has already been paid in full! Your sin is covered, washed away by the blood of God’s own Son.
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