10 Things To Remember
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?…
Psalm 91 God’s Protecting Presence
If you had certainty and security that you could not be defeated, how would you live your life differently? Psalm 91 describes Biblical confidence and poise. In some Bibles, it…
Jeremiah 2: Where do you run?
Jesus came to give us abundant life, to fill us to overflowing with every ounce of His living water. And yet when we go about life in our day-to-day world,…
Snares
We had a plague of chipmunks at our house. They were making our yard “hole-y,” gnawing wiring, and making a general nuisance of themselves. When one family of chipmunks moved…
Finding Peace In Troubled Times
The world is a scary place. Every time you listen to the news there are more attacks, more shootings, more darkness, more uncertainty. It can be enough to make you…
Is My Heart God’s Resting Place?
“This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place…
Colossians 3: A Daily Choice
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…
Fast Of Words: A Different Kind Of Fast: Isaiah 58:10b-12
Time and again God brings me to my knees over my heart attitude expressed out of my mouth. More than once, God has led me to fast of negative, critical,…
Praise As Warfare
Praise is adoration of God for who He is, His person, His character, His names. It is loving God because He is God. The Bible gives more exhortations to praise…
Praying Psalm 9: Self Help vs God Help
It was a very unsettled and stressful time that involved lots of practical decisions and actions. I found myself tossing and turning at night, rehearsing all the details to be…
God Sized Rest
In our culture and language the word rest can sound like a simple word. We talk of taking a rest which usually means a short break, long enough to regain…
It is well
As many are looking forward to this season with great joy, there are just as many who wish the holidays would pass quickly because it is too painful. The same…