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…
When you wake up in the morning where does your mind go? Is it the list of things that need to get done? Regrets of what happen the day before? Or perhaps before you get out of bed you reach for your phone to see what you missed out on while you were asleep? Nothing…
“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me… He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted … to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of…
In every need, Jesus invites us to exchange our insufficiency for His all-sufficiency. He longs for us to substitute our “I don’t have” for “I have all I need in Jesus.” His strength shines best in our weakness. Jesus says to us, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in…
The world is a scary place. Every time you listen to the news there is more darkness and uncertainty. We are facing more questions than answers as no one knows exactly what is going to unfold. It is easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. In times like these we have to cling to these truths:…
May you be blessed with the deep longing and desire for the presence of the Lord Almighty, as the psalmist declares, “How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!” (v. 1). May your soul yearn and faint for the courts of the Lord, your heart and flesh crying out for the living God, drawing…
Be blessed to know your identity as your Father’s beloved son or daughter. “Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God” (Rom 8:14). Be blessed with fully realizing the life-changing truth of the Spirit of sonship living in you so that you can know you are the beloved of your…
