Trials? Look Again.
Psalm 37:34 Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it....
Read MoreSure and Steadfast
Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil. For an anchor...
Read MoreThe Wise Man’s House
Psalm 38:15 For I hope in You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God. Unbelief is at the root of every wrong reaction. Failing to believe...
Read MoreThe Point of Pain
Every part of pain has a purpose. From our perspective, it is no mystery why God allowed Joseph to be thrown into prison. There is little...
Read MoreTesting, Testing, 1, 2, 3.
Testing is not an indication that God is displeased with us. In addition to the well-known example of the young men from Judah who were...
Read MoreGod’s Open Door Policy
God is listening. As the Great Engineer of our lives, the Almighty has not left us to figure things out by ourselves. In addition to...
Read MoreLiving Trust
We live infinitely better than what we deserve. When we arrive at the point in our trial where we understand that God knows better than we...
Read MoreTotal Truth
That God cannot lie is a truth our souls should cling to. We live in a world where people say things they don’t mean and mean things they...
Read MoreResolution: Trust
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act (Psalm 37:5 ESV). God maintains our cause around the clock. Because God is both...
Read MoreThe Gift of Love
May my prayer be counted as incense before You; the lifting up of my hands as the evening offering (Psalm 141:2 ESV). Today is Christmas....
Read MoreIt’s the Most _______ Time of the Year
According to Andy Williams, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But as thousands of people around the world can testify,...
Read MoreThe Last Chapter
Here is what I know for sure. The difficulty that God allows into our lives is not the end of the story. Disease is temporary. Pain is...
Read MoreTrial Road in Disappointment Town
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7 ESV). We all need God all the time. When my husband and I first...
Read MoreAn Audience of One
1 Samuel 1:10 She, greatly distressed, prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. When Hannah prayed for a son, it was not the effortless prayer...
Read MoreA Love that Changes Everything
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does...
Read MoreNear and Dear — Gwen Ford Faulkenberry
I say these things…so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. John 1 7:13 NIV These words from John 17 come from the...
Read MoreThe Courage to Trust
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make...
Read MoreThe Gift of Bad News
This week, I received the call nobody wants. Problem … puzzlement … CT scans needed ASAP … odd mass Truthfully, I would have felt...
Read MoreThe Last Can
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things...
Read MoreFollowing the Leader
Isaiah 33:2: O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be their strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of...
Read MoreAdopted For Life
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry,...
Read MoreThe Worry Cure
Confession: I am a worrier. I have tried to kick the habit more times than I can count. If there were an anonymous group for worriers,...
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