Holy Father, I know that I am should come to You in great confidence, as You promised never to leave me (Hebrews 13:5-6). However Father, there are times that my emotions waiver and stumble. Indeed, You have authority over all my fleshliness (John 17:2) which includes my emotions. Yet, I also know there to be many days that my confidence …
Dear Mentor, I am always frightened. Fear seems to have dominated my thinking. I am afraid of dying, but I am also afraid of living. Will you pray for me? Signed, Terrified …
I took my seventeen-month-old grandson to Spirit Ranch yesterday. Not only does the property have a creek complete with fountains, it is also stocked with several families of peafowl. Judah, who is drawn to all living things, was mesmerized by the brightly colored peacocks. Not content to experience their beauty from a distance, Judah walked right up …
Picture a hurricane lamp globe. If we take it in hand and hold it horizontally, we would have an opening on the left side and one on the right. Let’s say that the hurricane represents our soul, the hub of our personality filled with emotions and thoughts. On one side, it is open and connected to our spirit …
Yesterday, I shared my first step of faith with you from my Mother’s point of view. As I think back to the years following, I find that although I accepted Jesus’ forgiveness of my past and future sins, I didn’t automatically become nice. Blurbs from my own childhood diary unearth my mischievous and selfish attitudes: January 6, …
Today’s guest blogger is someone that I know quite well – my husband, Mark. I asked him to present this particular verse because he is a man of authority in this realm. His life is a consistent overflow of the righteousness of God, not his own anger. (Am I blessed or what?) ——————————————- “For the anger of man does …
