Our Love Shows Light
“If anyone claims, ‘I am living in the light,’ but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is still living in darkness. Anyone who loves another brother or sister is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. But anyone who hates another...
Faith Talk (cont.)
Today’s post is a continuation of Tuesday’s post…Faith Talk I’m in the book of 1 John, and we’ll start with verse 5, which says… “This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if...
Psalms 71 & 73
In my Bible there are parts of almost every psalm marked with a highlighter pen, because some part of that psalm spoke to my soul. I’d like to share some of these nuggets of wisdom with you…I randomly opened my bible to the middle of the psalms, and it opened at psalm...
Faith Talk…
Today I intended to share some insights I’ve gotten from some of the psalms, but I felt the Lord lead me to the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 4. I believe that if the Lord led me here, then someone needs to hear something from it… so I read the chapter and nothing...
Expect God to Act
The way to have a close, intimate relationship with God is to enter into His presence with prayer and thanksgiving first thing in the morning…this is the best time because we’re starting fresh, it’s a new day, our minds are clear, and we can just commit our whole day...
Sharing the Psalms
“Hi, how are you?” “Fine.” This isn’t exactly an in depth discussion. It’s only when our honest feelings and emotions are shared…can we be known, loved, and helped…right? Whenever I’m feeling down or feeling under the weather, the first place in the Bible I go to is...
An anonymous letter…to renew your confidence
Here’s a letter that was in my mailbox at the Crisis Pregnancy Center I volunteer at. I don’t know who wrote it or where it came from, but I would like to share it with you because it speaks volumes about love and faith, and I believe it will greatly encourage you on...
Wow…Resurrection and Life!
We ask…”Lord, we don’t understand how you could allow such sorrow and suffering to devastate our lives, when you can just take it all away.” Basically Jesus is saying to us... “You may not understand, but believe me when I tell you that if you believe, you will see.”...
Delays
“Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” John 11:40 Can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the Holy Spirit bring these words back to my mind? And I am always led back to the story of Lazarus, Mary and Martha...and how Jesus...
Jonah's anger at God's mercy and compassion
We know that Jonah hated the Assyrians because they were Israel’s greatest enemy. Jonah knew that God would show them mercy and forgiveness if they repented and turned from their evil ways. To make a long story short…they did repent. God showed them compassion and...
More Jonah ~ taking God for granted
There are more nuggets of wisdom from the book of Jonah… Some people don’t think about God until they become angry, disappointed or discouraged. It’s then that they become too eager to blame Him for their troubles. While Jonah was angrily running away from God, he was...
Jonah
Today’s post is from the book of Jonah. Here’s a brief summary: Jonah was a reluctant prophet who was unwilling in every way to accomplish the mission God gave him…which was to go to Assyria (a great, but very evil nation), and call the people to repentance. The...
Self Control ~ Fruit of the Holy Spirit
“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23Here’s Lori Laws’ definition of self control: Holding back of immediate gratification for the...
Gentleness ~ Gift of the Holy Spirit
I never finished writing on the fruits of the Holy Spirit. We still have to go over gentleness and self control. So here’s gentleness:“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,...
Today (not tomorrow) is the Day!
“This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!” Psalm 118:24 Today is the day! The need to trust God is weighing heavily on my mind this morning. Yesterday was my day to counsel at the Crisis Pregnancy Center. My client (a recently saved...
But we're not all victims
This is going to be short, but sweet…it has power to dramatically change your life…if you let it. There’s a story told of identical twins…each twin was adopted by a different family, and lived very far apart from each other. Many years later, they found one another....
Enlargment in Adversity
This verse is one of the greatest testimonies ever written that tells of God’s behind the scenes work during a crisis. The author of the psalm is appreciating, recognizing, and thanking God for freeing him not from suffering but through suffering. By saying, “Thou has...
From God's Heart to Yours…
I am completely aware of how blessed I am. Looking back at all the things in my life...I can clearly see the fingerprints of God. He has a plan, an amazing plan, for my life. I believe part of that plan is writing. I never took writing anything seriously before. God...
“Who is this one? Look at her now. She arises from her Desert of Difficulty Clinging to her Beloved.” Songs 8:5