After fighting a nasty germ last week and not feeling like I’ve been returned to full health and full energy yet, I was reflecting on God’s willingness to strengthen and refresh Elijah in the wilderness. Elijah has spoken for God, proven God is real and the false god Baal isContinue Reading
For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and heContinue Reading
Psalm 40 was my reading today in the Psalms. I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord; and He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon aContinue Reading
Honor (respect, obey, care for) your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged in the land the Lord your God gives you. (Exodus 20:12 AMP) The woman was tall, slender, and probably had been beautiful when she was in the prime of life. She had on simple clothesContinue Reading
So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free. (John 8:36 AMP) Abba Father, there’s a hard place within me that I know I need to deal with. Yes, my child. I know that, too. It’s been there a long time. I have lived with it forContinue Reading
“For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us.” (Isaiah 33:22 NIV) God of the Turnaround, Praise to the Lord for your glory and strength, your holiness and your majesty. You are unchangeable, unshakable, unstoppable, God Alone. We praise you for your Voice which isContinue Reading
“The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. ” (Isaiah 40:28 NLT) Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, becauseContinue Reading
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you;I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you,in a dry and parched land where there is no water. (Psalm 63:1 NIV) This past weekend I helped with our church’s women’s conference, where we hosted about 250 women for a time of retreat andContinue Reading
In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might. Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you mayContinue Reading
Have you ever been still enough to hear the buzz of a majestic hummingbird’s wings? Have you ever been still enough to watch a cotton ball cloud drift?Have you ever been still enough to wonder where the butterfly spent the winter?Have you ever been still enough to smell the breeze’s energy?HaveContinue Reading