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 […]
“Draw me to your will even when it crosses against my comfort.” T.G. Melton Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the Lord for guidance. “Do everything they say to you,” the Lord replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer. Ever since […]
So this is my command: Love each other deeply, as much as I have loved you. For the greatest love of all is a love that sacrifices all. And this great love is demonstrated when a person sacrifices his life for his friends. “You show that you are my intimate friends when you obey all […]
Everyone look! Come and see the breathtaking wonders of our God. For he brings both ruin and revival . He’s the one who makes conflicts end throughout the earth, breaking and burning every weapon of war. Everyone look! Come and see the breathtaking wonders of our God. For he brings both ruin and revival. He’s […]
Roll up your sleeves, get your head in the game, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled […]
Stretched Faith Rises Upward Even when we can’t see, or wrap our mind around something as we try to understand the ways of God, even so, we can trust God, we can surrender our need to know and trust in His Promises. When we let go and let God, He speaks His Peace into our […]
“What if we got back to silence as individuals and we knew how to wake up in Awe. Silently stare at God, recognize the enormous gap between God and us. We could realize it is not about me, it is not about what I want, it is about everything You want. God sent His Son […]
“It is no secret that grief has always fallen to people of greatness. Great is the easy conqueror, Yet the one who is wounded sore, breathless, all covered o’er with blood and sweat, sinks fainting, but fighting evermore~is greater yet.” L. B. Cowman Start With God There are many things in this life that I […]
“Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience… without God, there is a coarsening of the society; without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.” Ronald Reagan Forever I will lift up my soul into your presence, Lord. Be there for me, God, for I keep trusting in […]
Where Are We Headed? Sometimes life takes you in a direction you do not want to go. Been there, felt that push of lifecycle, where the purposes of God are the navigating winds that are changing up my direction. We are going that way??? No!! Yes we are! You have got to be kidding??!! Followship, […]
“He who has the bride is the Bridegroom; but the groomsman who stands by and listens to Him rejoices greatly and heartily on account of the Bridegroom’s Voice. This then is my pleasure and joy, and it is now complete. He must increase, but I must decrease.” John 3: 29-30 Amplified Bible The Bride asks: […]
His Saving Love ~ Let everyone thank God, for he is good, and he is easy to please! His tender love for us continues on forever! Give thanks to God, our King over all gods! His tender love for us continues on forever! Give thanks to the Lord over all lords! His tender love for […]
Good Morning Good Manna~ Nourish Your Soul 1 Corinthians 1:17-21 For the Anointed One has sent me on a mission, not to see how many I could baptize, but to proclaim the good news. And I declare this message stripped of all philosophical arguments that empty the cross of its true power. For I trust […]
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then […]
“God who created us the way we are is the God who is wise enough to know what is best for us and loving enough to bring it about.” Jerry Bridges Jesus, You created and it was good. Why is it that we are so uncomfortable in our skin as you have made us? We […]