Does God Put Too Much on Us?
As I was driving one day, I saw a sign in front of a church that said, "God will not give you more than you can handle." When I read that, I thought to myself, "Where [...]
As I was driving one day, I saw a sign in front of a church that said, "God will not give you more than you can handle." When I read that, I thought to myself, "Where [...]
I have always resisted any teaching that insinuates God causes our sufferings in this life. The first reason is because I've always only known Him as a deliverer-- at salvation, through a personal healing, and in [...]
The first few words of Hebrews 12:3 in my Bible, says, "For consider Him..." This phrase has been rolling around in my heart for a few days: Consider Him. Consider means to think carefully about something; [...]
It's hard to say what a proper response to God is, meaning, it's difficult to define because it has to be authentic. For sure, I think it's safe to say those who approach God must have [...]
Have you ever been so thankful that you've asked yourself, "How can I ever thank God for all He has done for me?" The writer of Psalms 116 asks this very question: "What shall I render [give] [...]
Why is it that no matter how much we learn about God's love for us, we struggle with our identity? Because who we are in Christ is the very target the enemy wants to muffle, disable, take-out, [...]
Fear, in all its forms, has sadly become the great enemy of our generation. I've personally dealt with it, seen it first-hand at home with one of my children, and in the many lives of people [...]
God hears us when we pray. We don’t need to beg Him to do something His Word clearly says is already His desire. But-- it's important to understand prayer is sometimes simply a defense weapon against [...]
No matter what you've done in the past, or what regrets you carry, or how late in life you came to Christ, God has never said, "Uh-oh." He's never been found crying over spilled milk either. [...]
I love family gatherings. My motto is: The more, the merrier! And when I had teenagers in my house, I learned to be quickly adaptable to three more boys for dinner without notice. But it wasn't a [...]
I recently heard a phrase that made me chuckle and sigh at the same time. It was: "I am an army of one." I laughed because for most of Mirror Ministries, it's just been me. And [...]
Before you tune me out or call me sappy, let me explain the today’s title— My heart was rescued from despair the day I got saved. And then, like a perfect gentleman, God kept wooing me, [...]
When you develop your relationship with the Holy Spirit and maintain a steady diet of God's Word, the Lord will speak things to your heart. For example, I was praying and thanking God for a new [...]
Have I told you I love playing cards? Any kind-- just teach me, and I'm in. Years ago, my mom taught me how to play Spades. Without going into all the rules, you just need to [...]
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network One of my favorite definitions of vision is “something seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight.” In other words, what you see in the natural should never [...]
While traveling recently, I found a random Christian radio station in my car. Between songs, the host commented that Jesus did not come to bring us happiness "as some preach hoping to bring others into the [...]
This is a good question: what are you called to do? I imagine you have probably asked yourself this more than once-- whether it was in high school before graduating and figuring out the next steps [...]
I'm pretty sure 2025 was a futuristic date in the Jetson's cartoon when I was little. Or at least it was way out there from my little vantage point in the seventies and eighties. Yet here [...]