Month: May 2024

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified or dismayed (intimidated), for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9 AMP) Read full chapter REFLECTION  Yesterday I was offered a wonderful, yet rather terrifying, opportunity — that I believe is from God — and with it… Continue reading Be Strong & Courageous

“Always be ready! You don’t know when the Son of Man will come.”(Matthew 24:44 CEV) Read full chapter REFLECTION  I was once moved to share the gospel with a colleague, and I recall her saying that maybe one day, when she’s older, she’ll get involved in a church — like it’s some kind of extracurricular… Continue reading Ever-ready

Focused on the Goal “I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this,… Continue reading Prayerfully Press On

“Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;    you formed me in my mother’s womb.I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!    Body and soul, I am marvelously made!    I worship in adoration—what a creation!You know me inside and out,    you know every bone in my body;You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,    how I was sculpted from… Continue reading Marvelously Made

“Peace I leave with you; My [perfect] peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. [Let My perfect peace calm you in every circumstance and give you courage and strength for every challenge.]” (John 14:27 AMP)… Continue reading Perfect Peace

“It is plain to anyone with eyes to see that at the present time all created life groans in a sort of universal travail. And it is plain, too, that we who have a foretaste of the Spirit are in a state of painful tension, while we wait for that redemption of our bodies which… Continue reading Wait Well

“We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He… Continue reading A Blessed Perspective

“Don’t be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he’ll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God’s Spirit do… Continue reading Work for the Benefit of All

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us, [looking… Continue reading Active Persistence

“We are confident that God is able to orchestrate everything to work toward something good and beautiful when we love Him and accept His invitation to live according to His plan.” [Romans 8:28 The Voice, emphasis mine] Read full chapter REFLECTION  Things can turn so quickly — one moment there is bubbling joy and then with just… Continue reading Gems in Rough Reality