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Helmet of Salvation
Are you excited to continue building our prayer strategy with the armor of God? I desperately need the helmet of salvation. Sometimes, I forget to...
Is God Pleased with Our Marriages?
“For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.
Mark 10:7-9 NKJV
Months ago, I pictured my marriage as a game of tug-of-war. Each of us pulling against the other.
Accepting the Unacceptable You
Do you ever feel like you just don’t fit in? Like a round peg trying to squeeze into a square hole. No matter how hard you try, it never works.
That was Gomer, the former prostitute who became Hosea’s bride. Why would a prophet marry a woman of such low degree? And that name! Just the mention of it might send men running.
reigniting Your First Love
Do you recall when you hungered to feast upon the Word of God at length? Do you remember the excitement pumping throughout your body as you shared the gospel with someone? How did it feel when His strength carried you through the impossible?
Do you remember where you met your spouse? What was your first impression? Do you recall the warmth of his hand or the butterflies in your stomach on your first date?
Is it Possible to Stop Doubting God?
Do you struggle with doubt? If I doubt, am I doubting God? How can I trust God more? Find some answers to these questions in my recent article...
Why We Must Tear Down the Wall of Unforgiveness
Today, I will expose the subtle deceit of unforgiveness. I don’t know about you, but I struggle with forgiving. The offending person is the bad guy. I am the victim, but the truth is I am being victimized by the enemy.
When I fail to forgive. I am building a wall around me. This wall doesn’t protect me. It prevents the goodness of God from reaching me.
Grace in Suffering and Serving
How will I learn to live differently than in my past five decades? How will I learn to use braille and a talking computer that I love to hate? How will I share encouraging devotions with people? God’s grace enabled me to do all that and so much more when I lost the majority of my vision and God called me to write.
That’s the short answer, but we find the long answer in our focal verse.
The Truth About Worry
What is the difference between a worry and a concern? Some may say they’re identical, but Jesus told us not to worry. He never told us not to be concerned.
Room for Jesus
Have you ever bought a piece of furniture only to begin measuring as soon as you get home? How will we make room for it? Perhaps, you have added a new weekly event to your calendar, and you start scurrying to find that extra hour. In both cases, we only have an allotted amount of room whether it’s in our house or our schedule. If something new comes in, something old has to leave. The same is true for our lives.
Where can we make room for Jesus? We struggle to give Him our time. Jesus, You have to understand. I didn’t realize all this was going on today. I’ll pray double tomorrow. Jesus, we are in church on Sunday morning. Surely You will give us some slack when the game is on Sunday night.
We give our tithes and offerings, but Jesus has to understand when things get tight, we’ve got to cut back just a little. Jesus, we didn’t know You wanted to control all our finances. Isn’t ten percent enough?
Jesus, do You really need to be in the midst of our marriage? Marriage is between a husband and a wife. We didn’t realize our marriage needs to please You too.
The Emptiness of Fullness
What are the empty things in our lives? Surprisingly, they take up most of our time and energy. Emptiness isn’t void. It is filled with the wrong stuff.
What fills your typical day? Look at our calendars with scribbles of doctor appointments and school activities. Necessary things. Good things, but they might be empty things.