The celebration of the resurrection of Christ is on the horizon…how are you preparing? And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 1 Corinthians 15:17 Easter Sunday is coming on April 4—less than two months away. How much time will you spend preparing and focusing…
Have you thought of looking ahead just a bit to consider what eulogy you might leave behind? “Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.” Acts 9:36 (ESV) One day, for a “just because” gift, my mother-in-law gave me a rustic…
Sometimes the world around you can seem to be falling apart. But if you change your mindset you can navigate the hard with new perspective. If your mindset is fear-focused, you will walk in fear. But if it is Christ-focused, you will walk in His truth. Do not be conformed to this world, but be…
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” Isaiah 1:18 (ESV) It’s snowing outside today. Our first snow. Big flakes coming down at an angle in the wind. Snow reminds…
The world is upside down and no doubt we are all wrestling with questions and doubts. How do we remain steadfast in His love? My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody! Psalm 57:7 When the world is turning upside down, how do you keep your inner…
Maybe it doesn’t always feel like it but God is always faithful. God is always a man of His word in the midst of our pain. “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind.Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken,…
God’s faithfulness is the reason we can hope. As we walk in His word, His faithfulness follows us as a promise fulfilled. “You keep her in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because she trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock.” Isaiah 26:3 God’s…
No doubt 2020 has been a crisis for many. How can we push aside fear? “casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you” 1 Peter 5:7 (ESV) Fear is sneaky. It starts with a neutral thought — unobtrusive. A thought that I surely should consider, right? On a Monday morning, after I’d…
“I would have lost heart unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord.” ~ Psalm 27:13 (NKJV) Have you ever been mad at God? I had just watched several videos where people shared their stories…their pain as they struggled through issues, the rejection they felt from family and friends, and…
Even when life feels heavy and dim, we can rejoice in hope. God holds our future and that is great reason to trust and hope in Him! Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. (Romans 12:12) My twenty-something-old daughter invited me to Washington, DC, for breakfast last week. Which meant flying…
How can you hope to get through when it feels so heavy? “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” ~ Galatians 6:9 (ESV) What has you feeling overwhelmed and weary today? It’s a temptation we all feel at different times in our…
If you are a mom worn down from worry and doubt of whether you have what it takes to parent your kids, rest in God’s grace and with this… What does God’s grace look like for a weary, worried mom? But he said to me,“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect…
Living a life of prayer may not look the way you think but God is inviting you into such a life. God longs for you to go deeper with Him. “The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.”(Psalm 6:9, ESV). When I was a baby Christian in my early 20s, I decided…
Are you looking to encounter God in new, more powerful ways? Listen closely. “For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it.” ~ Job 33:14 (ESV) Walking through Uncertainty “Is that You God?” I asked, perplexed by the voice I heard, clearly instructing me to pick up a dead squirrel from…
Waiting is tough and rarely comfortable. But it is in the lingering where we find God’s strength in us. It is in the waiting God moves. “but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;they shall mount up with wings like eagles;they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not…
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