“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 Do you ever struggle with how you’re supposed to shine the light of Jesus when we’re surrounded by so much darkness? Jesus compares our light to the penetrating glow of a city! How can we possibly shine with […]
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you.” Isaiah 60:1-2 Have you ever had the joy of watching the sunrise? Of witnessing light […]
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6 Difficulties have a way of swallowing us whole. They start consuming us bit by bit, and before we know it, we’re all in, struggling to come up for air. It’s in those […]
“Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” Matthew 6:12 You deserve to be angry. It wasn’t fair, and it certainly wasn’t right. God would see it your way. He’d agree. It shouldn’t have happened to you. No, there’s no way you can let this one go. I imagine those thoughts are […]
“. . . He is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.” Hebrews 7:25 Jesus lives. What a profoundly glorious thought! Our Lord and King did not remain in the grave He visited for us. Instead, He rose, conquering its power and […]
“. . . your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10 We often approach God in prayer like He’s a magic genie in a lamp. If we speak our request and rub Him right, we’ll soon have what we asked! Unfortunately, the results often disappoint us. […]
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 1 hour payday loans no credit check Last week we witnessed Jesus’ zealous guardianship of His Father’s house. At the […]
“. . . for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” Isaiah 56:7 What comes to mind when you think of God’s house? As you allow your mind to conjure images of His church, what is it that you see? God said that His house would be called a […]
“. . . I AM WHO I AM . . .” “. . . This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.” Exodus 3:14,15 Have you experienced I AM? Have you encountered the God who IS? One of my favorite biblical stories of the […]
“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.” –St Augustine I spent a good bit of my life misunderstanding faith. Instead of exercising it and living my life by it, I thought of faith more like a noun—something we hold in our hearts. If […]
