God, you’re such a safe and powerful place to find refuge!You’re a proven help in time of trouble—more than enough and always available whenever I need you.So we will never feareven if every structure of support were to crumble away. (Psalm 46:1-2 TPT) God, Our Fortress, You are our refuge and strength,Continue Reading
Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God. (Ecclesiastes 5:7 NIV) Do you have dreams? There are different types of dreams. You may have wishes, goals, hopes, plans that are “dreams” of your life. You may have dreams – good or bad – that visit you as youContinue Reading
Jesus began to teach by the lake… “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because theContinue Reading
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. (Isaiah 26:3 NIV) Ever have a thought that didn’t give you peace? “That shirt makes you look fat. You never look good.”“Why would you try again to talk with him after all he’s done?”“This isn’t going toContinue Reading
I have been thinking I need to shift back into praying more for our nation. This week is a major party’s national convention, a few weeks from now early voting in the November election begins, and in the meantime, there are plenty of things to pray about. I share hereContinue Reading
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” (Luke 6:38 NIV) In a time of economic downturn/depression/struggle it may seem strange to be talking aboutContinue Reading
Everyone who loves is fathered by God and experiences an intimate knowledge of him. The one who doesn’t love has yet to know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8 TPT) I came across a video that uses the words of a prophetic teacher and pastor, Graham Cooke. I neededContinue Reading
Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy;in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. (Psalm 143:1 NIV) BANG! The hammer hit the rock. No change. BANG! The hammer hit the rock again. No change. BANG! BANG! BANG! On and on it seemed for hours the hammer tried to breakContinue Reading
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. (Psalm 103:8 NIV) My Bible Recap plan had taken me to the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah, a voice of gloom and doom, if ever there was one. I must admit that I was not looking forward to reading Jeremiah, or hisContinue Reading
We have come into an intimate experience with God’s love, and we trust in the love he has for us. God is love! Those who are living in love are living in God, and God lives through them. (1 John 4:16 TPT) As humans infected by the sin of thisContinue Reading