You may have started to prepare your home for Christmas……but have you prepared your heart? As I sit and gaze at my tree, I am touched by the light it extends into the room…….it is so peaceful, and yet so brilliant! The warm lights draw my inner soul to them…….. PSALM 27: 1 “THE LORD … More PREPARE YOUR HOME & HEART.
PSALM 50: 5 “GATHER TO ME MY FAITHFUL ONES, WHO MADE A COVENANT WITH ME BY SACRIFICE.” Gather to ME…….gather in HIS presence. Soon we will all be gathering for Thanksgiving. And due to the virus, some are under severe restrictions and my heart hurts for this. For some, there will just be two or … More GATHER AS ONE.
If you know the story of Zacchaeus, you know that he climbed up a tree to get a better look at JESUS. I can relate to him. In LUKE 19 it says he was “small in stature”, so I assume he was “short” like me. When you are short and there is a crowd before … More A ZACCHAEUS MOMENT
Recently I read this statement: don’t let your life be a rerun. I have always thought that the hardest part about life was the daily grind of it all. I never did well in an office setting with the days being the same and the job being from 9 to 5. I guess that is … More LIVES OF LIGHT
How can we be tough enough when we tend to get everything wrong? Ever felt this way? We have all had those days……days where everything goes wrong, and we beg for a do over. Aren’t we blessed that HIS mercies are new every morning? So, we work hard, but we don’t get hardened. We work … More TOUGH ENOUGH
It is a comfort to me to know that JESUS knows my everything. I used to put HIM in a box tucked away on a shelf and only let HIM in once in a while, only when I needed something. But those days are long gone. When I finally let HIM into my life, all … More SOMEONE Who Knows My Everything.
Do you let your emotions overwhelm you or do you keep them in check? We all have our moments and recently I was reminded of this GODLY wisdom……. DON’T LET YOUR EMOTIONS OVERWHELM GOD’S TRUTH FOR YOU! So let’s ponder this for a bit and see how this applies to the current season we all … More OUT OF CONTROL EMOTIONS
Someone once said that the greatest gift we could receive is our loss of comfort and security. Really? Don’t we all want those things more than anything? Don’t we seek comfort and security every day? Many have suffered loss during this pandemic season of 2020. Loss of any kind makes us turn inward to examine … More THE GIFT OF LOSS
I have always felt and known the LORD to be going before me, leading me ultimately on HIS path. But recently my eyes were opened to see that the LORD goes behind me as well……. PSALM 139: 5 “YOU HEM ME IN, BEHIND AND BEFORE, AND LAY YOUR HAND UPON ME.” Our gracious GOD leads … More BEFORE AND BEHIND
A friend in my small group recently texted a devotion to us and as I read it, one sentence stood out to me and it was this: DON’T SETTLE FOR AN EASY FAITH. That sentence gave me pause and required me to ask myself: do I settle? Do I choose the easy way out? I … More DON’T SETTLE
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