Helping Our Unbelief When Life Seems Hard

Helping Our Unbelief When Life Seems Hard

You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.” Luke 1:45   This morning I am thinking about how much time I have wasted worrying about what is behind that next door. Those of you who have walked through devastating times understand this. We...
Fighting to Be Free From Our Struggles

Fighting to Be Free From Our Struggles

Ok, we are going to ride the struggle bus together here, people. Life is a struggle and we all have our own unique struggles that we will face. Some struggles we laugh at while others hurt so deeply. What is it that you are struggling with today? Right there—that pain...
Opening Our Eyes to See the Freedom We Already Have

Opening Our Eyes to See the Freedom We Already Have

Galatians 5:1 (NLT) “So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.” My dog Cocoa hates getting baths with a passion. He shakes from head to toe and whimpers, begging to be free. He...
The Purpose of Tests

The Purpose of Tests

Psalm 66:10-12 “You have tested us, O God; you have purified us like silver. 11 You captured us in your net and laid the burden of slavery on our backs. 12 Then you put a leader over us. We went through fire and flood, but you brought us to a place of great...
Honoring the Sabbath—Why God Wants us to Rest

Honoring the Sabbath—Why God Wants us to Rest

Exodus 35:2(a) “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the LORD.” “Work is a gift”, I told my youngest son last weekend as my husband, son and I...
Finding Victory in Defeat

Finding Victory in Defeat

“Don’t worry. These boats were made to float. Heeling is a normal part of sailing . . .” My husband’s words were intended to comfort, but instead, I was contemplating words echoing from another era . . . “There is no danger that Titanic...

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