God is still at work, whether we’re out and about or stuck at home. Use your ‘prison’ to pray. Pray that God’s Word would be preached with boldness. Pray for those who are working to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As long as His mission is being accomplished, we can say with Paul, “Christ is being preached; in this I rejoice, yes, I will rejoice”
Guest Post by Author Cassie Downs “For thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “For as heaven is higher than
Just because the soil of my heart was good yesterday doesn’t imply that it will remain receptive tomorrow. As a follower of Christ, it is vital that I remain vigilant, taking care to water and weed the soil of my heart lest it gradually toughens or weeds encroach.
Yet; therein lies the key. God has provided a way to end that downward spiral, to get off that slippery slope into discouragement: God is my strength. When I stop pondering all the negatives and turn my focus on Him, I am enabled to ‘take joy’ despite what the day doles out.
Be still my soul the Lord is on thy sideBear patiently the cross of grief or painLeave to thy God to order and provideIn every change He faithful will remain
Guest Post by Lauri Lemke Thompson I read an inspiring story about an elderly lady. The time had come for her to move out of her own beautiful home, which
Praise the Lord – three words that hold the power to revolutionize our lives. They can transform the course of our day, alter the way we think and act, and change our whole perspective on life. When we praise the Lord our gaze is torn away from ourselves, our circumstances, our burdens, lifting our focus from the here and now to the One who holds our future, our days, our moments.
Weak that we might be strong; this is the paradox of grace.
Faith – true, biblical faith – is not inactive but active. It is not invisible but visible. It is not unproductive but productive. Like a light, it cannot remain hidden but spills over and onto those whose lives we touch with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The next time you are inclined to give in to fear, don’t concentrate on the greatness of the foe. Instead, concentrate on the greatness of our God.
