Shhh. Be stilled. Today, we are invited into the portal of faith. With the tiniest granule of belief, our thoughts lift into a realm of hope. Close your eyes and ask unconditional love to reveal Himself to you. What do you see? When the Apostle Paul glimpsed the heavenlies, he noticed our sitting position with Jesus (Ephesians 2:6). Next to Him? Beside …
The reassuring news arrived unexpectedly, and my discouraged and thirsty soul soaked it up like a sponge. “Thanks, Lord, for that hopeful word,” I prayed simply. “Would You grant me more encouragement?“ As softly and gently as a whisper, I heard His voice, “I am the God of Encouragement. You should pray for this more often. This is a prayer I am always …
Often, the best words on the page are the ones only used once. Explicitly crafted by the author to surprise the reader with insight, a single well-chosen word can open a glorious portal for inspiration. How much more thought-provoking is a word unique to an entire book? I recently stumbled across one such word in the epistle to the Hebrews. Used nowhere …
O Father, I come, not knowing how to pray but depending upon Your faithfulness to discern my ramblings. You knew that I would find myself faltering and stammering. So, You sent Your Spirit into my heart to resurrect my lifeless petitions and lift them on my behalf into Your Presence (Romans 8:26-27). Thank You. Because of virtual and unsupervised education, …
I’m concerned for our world. The weight of evil continues to rear its ugly head with deceit, fraud, and arrogance. Wickedness pops up daily like an earth-wide “whack a mole” game. God’s saints feel overwhelmed as we strike these powers of darkness through our intercession. Since the beginning of time, the plot of the evil one has been to “wear …
For four-generations, women in my family have owned the same gold pocket watch. This timepiece is a tiny glimpse into our past. On one side, the latch opens to reveal the time, and on the other side, the spinning, inner movements of gears and wheels. As a surprise birthday gift, my husband recently had the watch restored by our local …
For twenty years, our family lived as foreigners overseas. Our view of systems and infrastructures was all from an outsider’s point of view. No matter the religion or lack thereof, all nationalities have something within them that bears witness to Someone greater. The countries who have forbidden Truth may be the hungriest for Him. For Christians, disappointment in society and …
God of all Peace, Comfort, and Encouragement, O how we need You. Our world seems upside down in its understanding of truth. As long as we listen to man’s report, the swirl of fear clouds our eyes, and we stumble from one anxious thought to another. We desperately need Divine Intervention to break this cycle for only a fresh outpouring …
“What is the source of quarrels and conflict?” (James 4:1) We have plenty of conflict in our world today. Conflict over ideals. Conflict over the handling of those ideas. Conflict of who said what and who should have said something else. When it all boils down, we just want our own way, huh? Then how do we live? …
“Have you ever noticed how ‘Bible women’ become more demanding and difficult as they age?” My friend’s off-the-cuff question lingered with me for days. Although I’d never thought about it, I unfortunately knew plenty of instances in which this was true. My memories were filled with elderly Christian women who were never pleased. How could I assure that …
