What happens when a person’s reckless living meets the reckless love of God? A.W. Tozer is quoted as saying something that makes me think of fathers. He said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing to us.” Obviously, my answer to this (as I already pointed out) is the word Father. That’s ...
This article first appeared on The Inspired Woman Blog | Jesus gave us a command that had such power He immediately had to follow it with a warning. The command was: “…that you love one another” (John 15:17). Sounds simple enough, but it’s the most powerful instruction any of us could follow. It takes greater strength and self-discipline to love than it does to ...
“God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” (Numbers 23:19). I’ve looked at this scripture many times before. But recently, I considered it and thought about all the other scriptures this ...
I want to keep it simple today and show you how to meditate on God’s Word. Instead of reading scripture for memorization, why not read it for saturation? What I mean is, really meditate on each word in the sentence by giving it added emphasis. Let me show you: “And we have such trust through Christ toward God” (2 Corinthians ...
This article first appeared on The Inspired Woman Blog | Covid-19 caused a lot of uneasiness in our world. My parents are in their seventies, and I asked them if they had ever seen a quarantine like that, and of course they answered no, never. There were so many unprecedented things going on, it was hard to know what to ...
There’s a story in the Bible of a man named Simeon who waited in faith for the promise from God to see the Messiah before he died. The scriptures don’t tell us much about Simeon’s journey of faith before this moment in the temple. But what we do know is he was a “righteous and devout man [cautiously and carefully observing ...
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 3 more boys for dinner without notice. But it wasn’t a problem… we simply made room. But what would be a problem is if I took that same thinking and allow the devil a place ...
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 all the time, but the truth is, we’re not — in fact, sometimes we’re caught by surprise and our only response is, “Wow, that ...
I was recently thinking about the words we use as Christians to refer to Jesus: we often call Him our “Lord” and “Savior.” Interestingly, this is how He was announced by the angels when He was born, “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11)—but the definition ...
If you’ve tried to rent a movie lately, or even scrolled through your TV guide to watch something, you’ve noticed the plethora of scary, frightful, even downright evil that has taken over the media industry. Personally, I dislike it. And as Christians we need to understand this truth: Fear is the polar opposite of God. How, you ask? The Bible ...
It’s been said, “Faith comes by hearing, not by having heard.” In other words, it’s not what you remember or think you know that will increase faith in your life– it’s the fresh word from Heaven (no matter how many times you’ve “heard” it before). I was recently reminded of this in my ladies Bible Study when a wise, young ...
“Dear, dear Corinthians, I can’t tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life. We didn’t fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren’t small, but you’re living them in a small way. I’m speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live ...
After having some difficulties with my computer once, my husband suggested I get a software program to run systematic scans that would find and fix any problems or files that simply needed to be securely trashed. I found one that was in fact called Find & Fix. The first time I ran it, the scan found over 1,700 junk or ...
I remember the first time I read Psalm 8 and the question David asked God: “What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?” Psalm 8:4 (NKJV) I thought it was the perfect question to ask of God. I had always struggled with self-worth. It was easy to see my shortcomings and therefore ...
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 kingdom.” He went on to give his reasonings for making such a statement and I didn’t disagree, but at the same time, something didn’t ...
There’s a difference between being a beggar and being a believer. And then there’s also this thing called persistence. Jesus said, “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him, ‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’ And suppose ...
How many of us have been afraid of the dark before? Either as a child, or as an adult walking across a parking lot late at night feeling a bit eeby-jeeby because you can’t see beyond the shadows? I’m going to guess it’s all of us at one point or another. But let’s flip it around… how many of us ...