Does this world and its ways make your head spin? As you look around, does nothing make sense anymore? As I was reading in Romans 11-13 this morning, I found myself really pondering Paul’s words in light of our culture. I’m going to share an excerpt from my journal, and I pray you can follow this old gal’s train of … Read More
When You Find What You Didn’t Know Was Lost
WHEN YOU FIND WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW WAS LOST So I was finishing up the book of 2 Chronicles this morning, and as I read chapter 34, something really popped out to me. Check out the passage below (emphasis is added to the things that really struck me). “14 While they were bringing out the money that had been taken … Read More
Satan’s Graffiti
As I was reading through the book of Job in The Message, Job 14:4 stopped me dead in my tracks. Check it out … “You graffiti my life with lies…” While I know that this phrase was used by Job to describe what his “friends” were doing to him in an attempt to explain why he was going through so … Read More
Dude, you done me WRONG!
Have you ever had a situation where someone flat out “done you wrong”? Yeah, me too. Check out the story of Philemon and Onesimus in Philemon 1 In this letter Paul was asking Philemon to do a hard thing. You see, Onesimus, his slave, had stolen from him and had run away. He ended up coming in contact with Paul … Read More
Where’s Your Joy Now?
In a reading plan I’m currently doing with my niece, I’ve been reading through the Letters of Paul. Today I was to read Galatians 4. After I initially read that chapter in the NASB, l was prompted by the Spirit to read it again in The International Children’s Bible. As I read, God used this version to really shine a … Read More
I may be down, but don’t count me out!
“But as for me, I will be on the watch for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. Do not rejoice over me, enemy of mine. Though I fall, I will rise; Though I sit in darkness, the Lord is a light for me” ~~Micah 7:7-8 ~~ We all have those … Read More
Questions and Answers
Have you ever read a passage of Scripture, knowing what it says, but wondering what it looks like in practice? That’s exactly what happened to me when I read Ephesians 6:18. Let’s study through this, phrase by phrase, and get some answers to our questions. “With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this … Read More
Facts about Fear, Number Five
FACTS ABOUT FEAR NUMBER FIVE: FEAR FOCUSES ON CIRCUMSTANCES “When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. When they had rowed about … Read More
Facts about Fear, Number Four
FACTS ABOUT FEAR Everyone deals with fear at some point in their lives. I have picked five main facts about fear. We already looked at Number One: God Says Don’t, Number Two: Fear is a Loner, and Number Three: Fear is NOT a Given. Today let’s take a look at Number Four. NUMBER FOUR: FEAR CAUSES FORGETFULNESS “I, even … Read More
Facts about Fear, Number Three
FACTS ABOUT FEAR NUMBER THREE: FEAR IS NOT A GIVEN “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. … Read More