Victor or Victim?

For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory. (Deuteronomy 20:4 NIV) As I lay here in excruciating pain, I have to remind myself that God has already won the victory over this debilitating pain. I may not...

Thank God for the Storm

  And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28 KJ21) A thunderstorm interrupted the steamy July afternoon. Temperatures dropped by twenty degrees, and even the streets...

When the Earth Begins Shaking Under Your Feet

Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved. Philippians 4:1 NKJV The floor began moving under my feet. The dishes in the kitchen cabinets rattled as if they might break. It came in waves. I had never experienced...
When Limitations Create Anxiety

When Limitations Create Anxiety

“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings. Jeremiah 17:9-10 NKJV I’ve been visually impaired so...

How Can We Handle Anger?

  Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah. (Psalm 4:4 NKJV) I wish angels carried heavenly duct tape so they could prevent me from spewing out words when anger rouses up within me. I can relate to the Apostle Peter....
Are You Willing to Radically Seek God?

Are You Willing to Radically Seek God?

Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.” 4 So when the Lordsaw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Exodus 3:3-4 NKJV Since...