Tag: focus

A Powerful Alliance

Caught In The Enemies Snare Have you been falsely accused, ghosted with a grossly exaggerated punishment? Has the enemy of  your soul stole from you precious things, precious time that you can’t get back? My enemy was condemning me in that narcissistic way of his and I did not react to all of his wiles […]

I Can

Golf Life Lessons I do love the game of golf. That is a given. But, I also love how it teaches me so many life lessons. I am the type of person who doesn’t keep God out of anything in my life, He is always talking to me. So we had this conversation the other […]

Yet I Know

Sometimes by the Mid-Day hour there are those days, in the midst of sorrowful, soul gutting times, that we feel we can’t make it through the day. Psalm 22 has the wisdom that says the opposite, that not only can we make it through, but we can make it through finishing well. Let’s take a […]

Family Prayer-1

Pray For Your Family ~ Call Out Their Names To God And Trust Him With Them  We may be discouraged as a family, because of the state of our nation, but Jesus, this family won’t give up in these hard times, we will keep our gaze on You, we will yield our lives to Your […]

Us,Without YOU

Lord, you are my God. I honor you and praise you. You have done amazing things. You have always done what you said you would. You have done what you planned long ago. You have made the city a pile of rocks. You have destroyed her walls. The city our enemies built with strong walls […]

Upward Focus

Dealing With The Darkness Of Our Time Darker and darker the human condition is on a downward spiral. Deceit, lawlessness, hate, anger all accompany the illegitimate grab of power. These times do stretch our faith, they are dark times and the state of humanity is not good, yet we are never without Jesus, The Light […]

Sudden Changes

We all experience times of testing, which is normal for every human being. But God will be faithful to you. He will screen and filter the severity, nature, and timing of every test or trial you face so that you can bear it. And each test is an opportunity to trust him more, for along […]

Left Out? Excluded?

A Not So Nice Word Exclusion is a word that none of really enjoy experiencing. Sometimes we are left out, not included and it is not intentional, but other times, we are purposefully excluded. Either way, it still makes for a difficult soul trap to avoid. Exclusion is really a nasty trap of the enemy […]

What Can I Do

“Jesus is the vine, and we are his branches. We could say Jesus stands at the head of our family tree. Our beauty, wisdom, and divine nature have been passed down to us from him. All of heaven looks at us and sees the offspring of glory. Is this what we see when we look […]

Postured In Christ

I stand silently to listen for the one I love, waiting as long as it takes for the Lord to rescue me. For God alone has become my Savior. He alone is my safe place; his wraparound presence always protects me. For he is my champion defender; there’s no risk of failure with God. So […]

Deflect Rejection

“Easter has come, passed by on the calendar but has not gone out of my heart and never will. Every day is Easter as I bow down to the Risen Savior in humble awe of what He has done for me.  What I love as I reflect on Easter, is of course, first and foremost that […]

Have Not – HAVE

A “Flesh Out” Focus In our human condition the tendency of our flesh is to focus on what we do not have instead of what we do have. The number ONE most incredible thing we have is: “God With Us”! There is no greater “have” on the face of this earth. No matter what is […]

Come

Because you have kept the word of My endurance [My command to persevere], I will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial, that hour which is about to come on the whole [inhabited] world, to test those who live on the earth. I am coming quickly. Hold tight what you have, so that no […]

Missionary Prayer Journey -1

“For the Lord God is brighter than the brilliance of a sunrise! Wrapping himself around me like a shield, he is so generous with his gifts of grace and glory. Those who walk along his paths with integrity will never lack one thing they need, for he provides it all! O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, […]

Shut Up

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God. Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourselves with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, […]

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