The Ripples of Christmas
Christmas is just too miraculous … too eternal … and too significant … to confine it to one calendar month in this paradigm known as “time.”
Christmas is just too miraculous … too eternal … and too significant … to confine it to one calendar month in this paradigm known as “time.”
For a Christian, hopeless behavior has been banished and hopeless situations are extinct. We are the people of hope.
I yearn to have the assurance that I will not fall away, and I will not be moved regardless of what happens in my life.
The songs you sing today prophesy the theology you will adhere to tomorrow.
I remember the feeling of the warm, damp earth under my bare toes as I walked up and down the garden rows with my father.
Whatever you need strength for today is yours in Jesus Christ and in the overwhelming power of the Holy Spirit.
In the middle of my crisis, He knows exactly where I am and how to get to me!
I learned that freedom isn’t free and that some things in life are worth fighting for.
Nothing else satisfies my soul like time spent in His presence reading His love letter that was written just to me!
As an adult woman, I still don’t much care for the dark but no longer am I intimidated by it.
Fear birthed anxiety in me, and I was crippled by it for years.
Grace has taken away bitterness and has planted mercy and forgiveness in its place.
For all women … old and young … married and single … barren and fertile … this should be a day of promise and of purpose!
Start declaring the glory and power of God over every battle that you face!
We need Him to take us by our human hands and then guide us with His divine hands to a higher place.
God performs His big things through your brokenness.
If you are bound by fear, be set free today by the Savior Who could not be held by death!
The supreme weapon of holy love will turn a world of evil upside down.
We are meant to go through the storms of life—not camp out there.
Maybe this list will help you choose some wonderful books to add to your library this year.
Perhaps every day on the calendar should be celebrated as an opportunity to give love to a lonely, hurting world.
Perhaps you need to sing a song that reminds you that God will have the last word during every tumultuous time in your life!
Would Jesus blame … or would Jesus bless?
The outright rebellion of my tongue demands immovable boundaries.
Hope is valuable … faith is irreplaceable … but love makes all the difference.
We are only given this day … this unmatched and miraculous day … to be lived one time.
Because of Christmas … we can hope for the impossible and we can trust the good, good Father.
We have heard the song of the angels and we have joined in the triumphant chorus.
What if God has allowed a difficult person or two into your life to develop your grace muscle?
It is with sincere thanksgiving we acknowledge that the “more” for which we ache has already been found in You.
Despite hard times, we will see joy in the land of the living.
We will all suffer at some moment in our lives, and we must be prepared to suffer well and to suffer joyfully.
Though we think of our service to God as a gift to God from us, in reality, everything is His already.
God loves to speak new life over the dead, barren places in our hearts.
There is a direct correlation between how much joy you experience and how deeply connected you are.
When doubt tries to creep in through the back door, we gird our minds and keep our gaze set on Jesus.
God’s work on planet Earth will not be complete without your enthusiasm and potential.
Life is about perspective and wearing the correct lenses as we respond to what is happening around us.
A tender heart doesn’t deny the truth but lives in a town by the name of “Mercy.”
The morning has evolved into a resplendent day filled with rare and precious possibilities.
I don’t want to lose the purity of the simple days in life in the wait for the next grand event that becomes a professional display of exorbitance.
I learned that freedom isn’t free and that some things in life are worth fighting for.
The window is small for evangelism … the time is short to impact someone’s eternity.
I choose in this season … and in every season of the year … to rejoice in the season that it is.
As I choose to give …and give … and give again … I stunningly discover that I lack nothing … nothing at all!
You were made to sing a song of joy and hope … and the world is waiting to hear your song.
How one travels the rapids of transition may just determine how the traveler comes through on the other side of the surprising metamorphosis.
You are engineered to be strengthened with joy and to live in the stronghold of hope!
I believe that success is not measured by accolades but rather by character.
You’re not too old … so don’t throw in the towel!
Sin blocks our pathway to a wonderful, loving relationship with the Father who created us.
If you never spend any time at all getting to know Him … how will you ever be like Him?
I choose to pray about my future rather than to regret my past.
Life … in all of its splendor … is built one delightful day at a time!
My life was meant to be a magnificent symphony that celebrates the glory of God.
I dare you to figure out what you are good at … and then do that even better!
If you treasure the Word – It will be on display in your life.
When Christmas lights up the ordinariness of my feeble attempt at life … the uncommon miracle paints a picture of stunning impact.
God’s Word – the Bible – is the declaration of His mind and His heart.
Some events are so pervasive that they are worth celebrating for more than just a day … or more than just a month … and Christmas is one of those extraordinary events.
Christmas is found in the extraordinary and eternal love that God has for His children.
We exist to write a new song of wondrous thanksgiving and glorious worship!
It is in the wait that I am given a strength I never before had.
A sincere companion is generous with her time … her home … her family … and her resources.
Faith is birthed when a believer in Christ listens to scripture.
He is a good God who can be trusted completely, and just because you don’t see Him doesn’t mean He’s not working.
I began to thank the Giver of all miracles in advance for my Thanksgiving miracle!
In order to fully trust God, we must let go of anything and anyone we’ve elevated above Him and grasp hold of God instead.
If there is anything Satan (the father of lies) would like, it is for me to not understand and contend for what Jesus provided for me on the cross.
God invites us to hold friendships carefully and understand they are of great value.
He will lead you just as He led those who lived thousands of years before you.
Perhaps what it takes is for a person, made in the image of God, to pursue the heart of the Father with every fiber of one’s being.
I deeply desire for the fruits of the Spirit to become more delicious in my life the longer they are allowed to develop and ripen.
I wonder if I am sincerely engaged in today simply because I can so quickly and easily get lost in yesterday.
The person with a tender heart is exhibiting the characteristics of God the Father and of Jesus the Son.
I learned that freedom isn’t free and that some things in life are worth fighting for.
One of the sweetest moments of my life on a daily basis is the moment that I open my front door … and go for a long walk in the living room of God.
The incredible reality of the Christian life is that we are not defined by the horrid situations in our lives.
The call to be an evangelist lies under the expansive tent of all of our umbrellas.
Family is a gift from the first Father and was meant to be a piece of heaven on this crusty old earth.
There is a fire of God’s specific intention for your life that is meant to burn brightly within your heart all the days of your life.
I need to forget my stuff and remember God’s presence.
Leaving a personal history of lasting value is not determined by the value of the home in which you live … but it is determined by what common events take place in your home.
You must not foolishly believe that you can cast a quick glance at the Word of God and instantly know what it takes to build an exceptional life.
Is there a way to prepare for these necessary yet daunting tests in life?
It was time for me to begin my day … but I took one last deep breath and drank in the joys of my common life.
Whatever happened in your past … or in my past … can serve as a preparation for the plans and purposes of God today and tomorrow.
I have always emphatically believed that when you are young … you really don’t appreciate it.
There is no greater endeavor for the coming year … no higher calling … and no more important discipline.
Christmas is a source of joy both personally and theologically … I don’t want you to miss the joy of this season regardless of what emotional storm you have found yourself in today.
It often hurts to give grace to difficult people but giving unlimited grace is part of the calling of a believer in Jesus Christ.
There is always … always … something for which to be grateful!
Don’t give discouragement the pleasure of pressing “pause” on your ability to minister or on your deep desire to encourage others.
Prayer is the strongest problem-solving power available to humanity and prayer is the winning blow!
God never mentioned one single attribute of either Moses’ skills, life experiences, or character. No props, just the promise of His presence.
Instead of always looking to our natural news headlines, why don’t we ask God what His headlines are for the day?
God has planned a life for me that is not stressful nor is it overreaching … but it is comfortable.
Esther’s choice to go into the throne room ranks as one of the highest, most difficult, and most faith-filled actions in all of scripture.
My countenance and my soul must recognize that they are not in control of the woman that I am.
Those things that were of supreme importance yesterday hold no sway on all that is genuine, lasting, and significant today.