We Need to Use Our Faith
Jesus knew what He was talking about when He warned His disciples about getting weary, didn't He? It seems almost normal for everyone to be exhausted of strength these days-- and not just physically. I'm seen [...]
Better With Age
I was an 80's girl. As a senior in high school (and not yet saved), I chanted with my peers, "We're gonna party like it's 1999!" And in 1987, future years like "1999" and "2000" seemed [...]
The Most Intriguing Christmas Scripture
There’s a certain scripture in the Christmas story that has always intrigued me. You know the story… an angel visits a young girl named Mary and announces to her that she will become pregnant with God’s [...]
The Night Love Was Born
My friend Debbie Beck has a beautiful take on Christmas that reflects my own heart. I hope her enthusiasm encourages you as well: I love Christmas! Let me say it again in case you missed it… I LOVE [...]
Always Gift-Giving Season
It's hard to believe we're approaching the gift-giving season already --but then again, between family birthdays, baby showers, and weddings, is it ever not the gift-giving season? More specifically, as Christians in tune with the Holy [...]
God’s First Promise
Did you know the first promise God ever made was about Christmas? You actually know the story. It didn’t happen in Bethlehem. It happened in the Garden. Sin caused man to fall and God responded with a [...]
Bless the Lord
There are certain phrases so common that almost anyone could fill-in-the-blank. For example, if I said, "If you can't say anything nice..." you could finish that sentence with "...don't say anything at all." Or how about: [...]
Finish Well
It should our constant desire to run our race with joy. Unfortunately, even with good intentions, it's easy to slip into grumbling and complaining if we’re not mindful of our heart disposition. For example, without thinking [...]
Don’t Give In To Fear
"And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet” (Matthew 24:6). Aren’t you thankful Jesus [...]
Just Pause
"What happens a lot of times is that believers get taken up with natural things, and that's where they dwell. Therefore they don't take advantage of what already belongs to them as they should. They don't [...]
Lift Up Your Eyes
In reading the story of Jesus and the woman at the well, I noticed something I had not seen before. If you don't know the story, Jesus' disciples had left Him at the well to go [...]
That Was God
Have you ever been in one of those moments when, unexpectedly, the tide turns, good news suddenly appears, or the thing you were praying for actually comes to pass? We like to think we’re in faith [...]
It Takes Training
I have good news and bad news. The good news is your right-standing with God (your righteousness in Christ) is never based on your feelings. The bad news is, by nature, we are carnal people. And [...]
(Never) Without God
This morning, as I sat and prayed, an old song came bubbling up out of my spirit: When I think about the Lord, how He saved me, how He raised me, how He filled me up [...]
You Don’t Have to Go There
As a reminder: the reactions of the flesh profit nothing. Outbursts of anger, frustration, and the like, are all just weaknesses of our soul. The Bible gives us clear instructions concerning them: "Do not enter the [...]
Welcome to the End Times
The Bible says, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance" (Psalm 33:12). So what happens when the Christian majority is saddened by events happening in [...]
Our Suspended Reality of Faith
Suspended Reality. Before recently, I hadn’t heard this phrase before, but it made me think of our faith in Christ. Others define suspended reality differently than what I saw in my spirit. For starters, many people [...]
