At a small group gathering the other night, while my husband and his friend were accompanying with guitars, I looked around the room to see the many smiling faces as songs flowed from their lips filling the room with joy and peace. I love Christmas carols. There is something so beautiful and honoring in singing […]
Comfortable with an enormous lead over his opponent, the prideful hare decided torest for a while. Figuring he had nothing to worry about, he relaxed peacefully by atree and soon drifted off to sleep. You know how the story goes. Eventually his slowand steady contender, the tortoise, who didn’t seem to be a threat, overtook […]
The Samaritan woman’s life was a wreck. After five failed marriages, she continuedher same lifestyle, but stopped the formality of marriage. She came to the well whenthe sun blazed so she could draw water alone and hide from the comments, thewhispers, and the condemning looks (John 4). King David was a powerful man who abused […]
Our enemy, Satan, recognizes our strengths and weaknesses and knows how to push us to our limits. But when we keep standing, keep believing, and keep fighting, the Bible says, “Blessed is the man who endures…when he has been approved, he will receive the crown” (Jas 1:12 NKJV). The word “approved” means victory that qualifies you for […]
The most common attack of the enemy is through his questions. The enemy will do all he can to make you question: 1) What God has said and 2) Who he says you are(your identity). When he succeeds in making you ask his same questions, it always leads to deception and unbelief. On the contrary, when God […]
Today, “In The Middle” is a phrase I’ve been pondering in John 19:16. There’s so much in those 3 words: “Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (Golgotha). There they crucified him, […]
Often times we need signs to get where we want to go. Those signs are realities that point to a greater reality as we travel on our journey. For example, an exit sign is real, but it points to something greater… the exit. We don’t need signs when we travel on familiar roads. But, if […]
I’m sure you all remember the story of Daniel and the lion’s den. Here’s a little review for prayer: Remember Daniel was made one of three governors over the 120 satraps (regional rulers) in King Darius’ administration. There was a plot hatched by the satraps, persuading the king to sign a decree saying that anyone […]