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Category: Truth
Discerning Divine Direction
Got too many plans today? Maybe, He’s calling you to something simpler.
Taming Temptation with Truth
When was the last time you were tempted? How did you handle it? If you’re like me, well, it could have gone better. In Genesis 3 Eve was tempted. She handled it with her own reasoning, her own logic. She just didn’t know what she didn’t know! That snake (both literally and figuratively!) engaged her…
Matching Fruit with Faith
Solving the sugar problem: finding self-control by asking the Holy Spirit for help with His fruit through faith..
Joy and Delight Will Come
Life stuck in a holding pattern you would never choose? John and Elizabeth knew the feeling. They lived it for years. Yet, just as they experienced, we can recall the promise that joy and delight will come! Cling to these three promises to thrive during this time of waiting.
Treasure of Confirmation
One year of my life was particularly rough. And one of the toughest things about that season was my inability to discern what was happening. I could not see, I did not know, and I needed to trust God to guide me. My heart cried to God, “Help me! I feel so alone. Please confirm…
Encouragement in the Ordinary
If you have ever had a day home with young children, you know the challenges that arise. Fussiness. Clutter. Screams ringing in your ears and unpleasant smells assaulting your nostrils. Even the most positive among us might call it a bad day by nightfall. Maybe Mary was having a bad day. If you’ve ever been…
Choosing to See Treasure
Back in January, I had plans for this year. Places I scheduled to see, things I was thrilled to do, and people I was cherishing to do life with. But then a few things happened. Some small, but a few loomed large. And those happenings changed my plans. As weeks extended into months of altered…
When Thanksgiving Isn’t a Feeling
“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…
Trying to Remain Thankful
“Lord, I know Your mercies are new every morning,” I thought while creeping down the stairs in my exercise attire, “Help my eyes to see those mercies today.” My heart knew those words are true. My mind fought to see evidence of such. Have you too, struggled to remain positive, even thankful during this time?…