Blessed is the one who always trembles before God, but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble. Proverbs 28:14 Sometimes life just gets hard. Particularly when you have to watch people you love suffer. We hurt when they hurt, and we don’t like it. So when people or circumstances inflict pain, our hearts get a […]
We need each other. As much as we may like to think we can handle things ourselves, scripture teaches that we need one another. God Himself declared His thoughts on the matter in Genesis 2:18 after forming Adam from the earth’s dust. Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should […]
He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.” Matthew 13:24-25 Every year as spring begins its march toward summer, I prepare […]
God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend. Job 37:5 Monday morning, I awoke wondering whether the little island off Tampa Bay we’ve come to love had survived Irma’s vengeance. My parents fell in love with Anna Maria Island, FL about six years ago after stumbling upon it on […]
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he [Jesus] made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Colossians 2:15 (NIV) Anybody else sensing a darkness creeping in on the body of Christ like a thick fog? Anxiety and fear have become common place, surfacing in places we never expected to see […]
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” John 6:51 We spend a lot of time talking about the Bread of Life. But very few of us […]
For all the promises of God find their Yes in him [Christ]. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. 2 Corinthians 1:20 This past year has been a challenging one for my family. I’m sure you can probably relate. Life is just hard sometimes, especially […]
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. Isaiah 44:3 Monday night I stood in the rain with some beautiful sisters in Christ. Some of them I had never met before. I don’t even […]
“Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!” Numbers 11:29 The words in our opening scripture came from the mouth of Moses. He said them in response to concern that men in the camp were found prophesying in the Spirit. Up to that moment, that job […]
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 What are you really after, beloved? As Christians, most of us say that we seek God. But if we’re honest, I think many of us have been tricked into […]
