When life is tough, He is growing me. And He isn’t leaving me on my own.
Category: Challenges
What is True About God?
What have you heard about God? Do you know what is fact and what is someone’s opinion? How do we know what we don’t know? Proverbs 30:5 tells us. “Every word of God proves true, He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.” (ESV) If His words prove true, we need to…
Waiting for God in Trouble
When we just can’t do this rat race anymore, God comforts and call us to trust in him.
Taking Captive Before Taken Captive
Do you ever have a thought pop into your head, and you think, “Wow, where did that come from?” Maybe it’s just me, but sometimes I wonder what in the world made me think something so crazy- like, does God even see this right now? Or, God are you real? Because there’s a hurting world…
Pray and Surrender
How do you grow your faith? Read Scripture, pray, attend church? These activities help us draw closer to Him. But have you thought about things we might need to surrender or even stop? Is anything hindering us from walking with Him? In II Corinthians 10:5a, Paul writes that “We demolish arguments and every pretension that…
Mary’s Miracles Part IV
Mary needed someone who understood. God provided just the person who would confirm everything.
Mary’s Miracles Part III
While God was gifting the world His Son who would offer each salvation, God also was noticing the heart of Jesus’ mother.
Mary’s Miracles Part 1
Am I receptive to an altered agenda? I pray like Mary, I too can learn to say, “May it be as you have said.”
When Thanksgiving is Hard
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6 NIV Soon, those of us in the United States will celebrate Thanksgiving. We remember what the Pilgrims did, thanking God for seeing them through their first year here in their settlement. They…
Habit of Thanksgiving
“What is a Thanksgiving Box?” our youngest daughter asked our oldest. “It was a decorated shoe box we would fill with strips of paper outlining what we are thankful for. We’d fill it all year long and then open it on Thanksgiving Day.” Our seventeen-year-old recounted with a nostalgic smile on her lips. “Why don’t…