Our God is a loving God. He is merciful and good to those who call on His name. Though our circumstances are troubling, we can always run to God and pour out our pain, our grief, and our worries. Out of the goodness of His love, He opens His arms wide and says, “Come here, my child. This one’s too much for you to bear alone. Let me carry your load awhile.”
Category Archives: Devotion
Peasoupers
God did not leave us to stumble around on our own. He provided a lamp—His word—to light our path. But a lamp is only as useful as the one using it.
Giants, Arks, and Language Arts
I have no idea what you are facing; maybe there’s an ark to build or a giant to kill in your life, but this is what I know. If God calls you, he equips you.
The Temple of God
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 (NIV) God’s temple is no longer a building, like the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem. After Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension, the Holy Spirit was sent to dwell in the hearts of believers, transforming our mortal …
When the Righteous Pray
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer. 1 Peter 3:12 (NIV) There are three types of listeners. The first type is a polite listener. They might ask how you’re doing but don’t really want to know. If you start to open up, their gaze …
Camp Kerith Brook
Then the LORD said to Elijah, “Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook… So Elijah did as the LORD told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan. The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook. 1 Kings 17:2-7 (NLT) Elijah—newly anointed …
Don’t Just Do Something. Stand There
You will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the LORD’s victory. 2 Chronicles 20:17 (NLT) In her biography, Two-Part Invention, Author Madeleine L’Engle shared that she felt so helpless when her husband was fighting cancer. “There is nothing that I, personally, can do, except be there… like most …
A Squirrel and His Nut
Guest Post by Author Jan Kent “I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember Your miracles of long ago. I will consider Your works and meditate on all Your mighty deeds.” Psalm 77:11-12 I am not the only one who forgets where I have put things! The University of Richmond did …
The Strength of Weakness
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 I’ve been reading a wonderful book, Out of the Saltshaker and Into the World: Evangelism as a Way of Life, by Rebecca Manley Pippert (I highly recommend …
Learning to Live for Today
To get ahead of myself – to rely on my resources, my ‘wisdom,’ my self-sufficiency, is to anticipate the future without the grace God provides anew each morning to meet that day’s needs. Today He’ll provide what I need for today’s struggles. Tomorrow He will provide what I need to get through tomorrow’s challenges.