We busily go through our lives, often thinking many kind thoughts and feeling loving, appreciative sentiments for our loved ones, but not stopping to put words and voice to them…nourishing the soul of ones we love.
”All of life is a stage.” So said Shakespeare and it is true. People present themselves to the world as if they occupied a permanent proscenium. For so many this is empty theatrics, a carefully choreographed illusion with no substance beyond self, no message except ”me” and no content but conceit.
Such love. That was what brought me to tears. Such peace at having my Heavenly Father direct my steps. That’s what had caused my emotional outpouring.
As fear of the coronavirus pandemic grips the hearts and minds of many around the world some can’t help but ask “Is this the end of the world?” How should the believer respond to this issue? What does it mean prophetically and how can we use this as an opportunity to share the hope that we have in Christ?
Gold, the precious metal that can make fortunes or destroy lives, is also a metaphor for “priceless.” When we esteem something of the highest value, we call it “golden.” Strangely enough, a paraphrase of the words of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount has been dubbed, ”The Golden Rule.” We often quote it this […]
Episode 117 – The only way to live in the love of God is to let it flow through our lives.
We come into the world seeking. It never lets up as long as we live. The objects of our search change from age to age, but the seeking goes on. Perhaps when our feet rest on streets of gold in the great beyond, our search will finally be over, but perhaps not. Might we spend eternity […]
What happens next in the unfolding drama of the crucifixion of our Lord is incomprehensible! It’s an abandonment so profoundly mysterious that it boggles the mind…but ravishes the believing heart!
Jesus warns us against being a judgmental person, one who has a critical spirit. The critical spirit is rooted in shame, in deep feelings of personal inadequacy. We all know someone like this.
I took some time to prayer journal, asking God to speak to me about true repentance and how to fight a better fight next time.
She lifts her hands Extended, palms open-Completely letting go
From the moment He created Adam, down through the centuries to this very moment, God pursues an intimate relationship with us—more specifically, you and me.
When our hope is in outcomes in this world, rather than in the Author of this world, our hope is fragile.
We should never be caught wasting our energy. Worry is a power drain that diverts our human and spiritual resources.
Each of us is on the earth to worship God. To walk with Jesus on the Path of Life is to live the worship-filled life.
We all go our own way — wandering off and needing God’s rescue. And we’re all faced with a choice (as these two criminals were), God’s salvation or our own. Yes, even as believers, “saved ones.”
According to statistics, eighty-eight percent of children raised in an evangelical Christian home will leave the church by the age of eighteen.
Treasures like these are carefully kept, hidden away, locked up, meticulously filed so we can retrieve them at a moment’s notice, hold them close, and consider their value.
I couldn’t help but think how often we complicate the Gospel; tangling up in theological differences or wringing our hands over cultural application.
Jesus had a way of turning every issue on its head; this one is no exception. In this part of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives the most counter-intuitive advice.
Head coverings were and still are an outward symbol for women to wear to show that they respect this order, while also showing that they are in submission to God’s plan.
The key is to follow God into pouring into the buckets He is calling you to fill in this season.
Do not allow yourself to get entangled in the “what if” scenarios of your life.
Capital punishment for crimes laid out in places like Leviticus 20 would have already been in practice, and Genesis 9 is mirroring that practice.
