You may be standing in a desperate situation in the battle of a lifetime. You may feel that you are in the darkest storm of your life. It seems that everything in your world is out of your control. Good news! It is! But God is still in control. El Roi, the God who sees,…
Hear and receive God’s Word in John 17:23 NLT. “I in them and you in me, all being perfected into one. Then the world will know… and will understand that you love them as much as you love me.” At his baptism and transfiguration, your Father said to Jesus, “You are the Son I love….
Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it: “I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will…
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. It troubles me. Are we like the frog in the proverbial pot of water on the stove, with the temperature being raised so slowly that we did not…
Therefore, we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy…
You are kept and protected by God for He is your refuge. Choose to put your trust in God and hide yourself in Him. Be blessed to rejoice in your Lord. You have no good beside or beyond Him. You are one of the saints of God. You are excellent and glorious. You are the noble one in whom is all…
Ever feel like you’re just plain tired, like you’ve been running and running? Even in the “Christian race” that we are told to run with endurance, it feels like you can’t catch your breath. You’re not the only one. Family, work, church, it all piles up. But here’s the good news: God doesn’t ask you…
The daily news can sound rather hopeless. There are wars and rumors of wars, global warming, a failed economy, personal financial ruin, the threat of epidemic, and the list could go on. For some it is not the big global issues that have struck your heart with fear. It is the family member facing a…
Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. Isa. 49:15-16 May you be deeply comforted by the truth…
Has there been a time when it seemed that God was not listening to you? Did you feel as if He was far away? Be encouraged that God sees and hears you. He will renew your sense of intimacy with Him, for He has not moved. Take your eyes off the problems and raise them…
“…the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name” (Eph. 3:14-15). Spiritual blessings begin with a revelation of God as Abba Father. Be blessed with a love relationship with Him. He wants you to know Jesus personally and grow in Him. Be blessed to desire righteousness that conforms you to…
He Is Near To You Why does it always seem that everything we are concerned about feels bigger in the night? In those times, we all feel the need for a friend we can call when we are struggling in the middle of the night, and they don’t question why we called so late. This…
