Delight – to please someone greatly, to take great pleasure in something “Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value].” (Colossians 3:2 AMP) What is your mind set on? I, personally, am challenged to consider whatContinue Reading
“The power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.” (Psalm 37:17 NIV) “Oh, yes! Tell us about Aslan!” said several voices at once; for once again that strange feeling—like the first signs of spring, like good news, had come over them. “Who is Aslan?” asked Susan.“ Aslan?” saidContinue Reading
Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God. (Psalm 146:3-5 NLT) Remembering and retellingContinue Reading
[The body of this post is excerpted from an article by Mandy Adendorff; I wrote the prayer.] For this is what the Lord says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream;you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees. As a motherContinue Reading
I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. (John 15:5 AMP) I’m tired tonight. As I write this, IContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for children, families, and the future on Thursdays this year.] “Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever. For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked willContinue Reading
[Please join me in praying for our nation and world on Tuesdays this year.] “The power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.” (Psalm 37:17 NIV) “Oh, yes! Tell us about Aslan!” said several voices at once; for once again that strange feeling—like the first signs of spring,Continue Reading
“The power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.” (Psalm 37:17 NIV) “Oh, yes! Tell us about Aslan!” said several voices at once; for once again that strange feeling—like the first signs of spring, like good news, had come over them.“Who is Aslan?” asked Susan.“Aslan?” said Mr. Beaver.Continue Reading
Adapted from Psalm 37 I will not fret because of those who are evil, for like green plants they will soon wither and die away. I will trust in the Lord and do good, dwelling in God and his safety. I will take delight in the Lord and he willContinue Reading