Remember Who It Is That Deceives Them…

Remember Who It Is That Deceives Them…

John 6:44  “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.” There are so many people who have rejected God for so long that we must pray for God to draw them to Him, to give them tender hearts once again to...
How On Earth Will You Know What to Do

How On Earth Will You Know What to Do

John 16:13-15,  “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth.  He will not speak on His own; He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to come.  He will glorify me because it is from me that He will receive...
Ask Him

Ask Him

Job 38:1,  Then God answered Job out of the storm: God doesn’t always wait for the storm to pass to answer you.  Just because God hadn’t set things right yet for Job, He answered Him.  I’m not sure I would have wanted to be on that end of God’s answer, and yet I am...
Don’t Cling to IT ~ Cling to Him!

Don’t Cling to IT ~ Cling to Him!

Psalm 55:22,  “Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.” Whether that burden is seemingly little or so overwhelming that you have just about lost all hope, give it to Him.  Allow Him to sustain you and...
Is There a “But God” Moment Headed Your Way

Is There a “But God” Moment Headed Your Way

Genesis 8:1, But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. We have all had times when we have prayed and waited, and prayed and waited until we began to lose...
That Mountain Can Be Moved ~ Trust Him

That Mountain Can Be Moved ~ Trust Him

John 11: 4, On hearing it, He said, “This sickness will not end in death.  No, it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may receive glory through it.” Maybe what you are going through right now is for God’s glory, in other words, an opportunity for God to show up...
What’s New In Your Life?

What’s New In Your Life?

Isaiah 43:19,  “Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it?  I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”   Let’s face usually we are more comfortable when things stay “the same”.  As exciting as a “new...
He Is Your Fortress & Refuge

He Is Your Fortress & Refuge

Psalm 59:16. But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.  For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. What has you stressed this morning?  Do the odds you are facing seem insurmountable? ...
Hold On!

Hold On!

Matthew 13:58, And He did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. Hold onto your faith! Don’t stop believing now!  No matter what things look like, believe God for all that He has promised you.  Don’t start second-guessing and don’t overthink it,...
Dig Your Heels In & Trust Him…

Dig Your Heels In & Trust Him…

1 Peter 4:12-13,  Dear friends, don’t regard as strange the fiery ordeal occurring among you to test you as if something extraordinary were happening to you.  Rather, to the extent that you share the fellowship of the Messiah’s sufferings, rejoice; so that you will...
Ahhhh Lord…

Ahhhh Lord…

Jeremiah 32:17, “Ah, Lord God!  It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm!  Nothing is too hard for you.” Remember that when you begin to doubt that things will ever change:  Nothing is too difficult for the...
He Created You For It…

He Created You For It…

Amos 1:1,  The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa ~ the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam, son of Jehoash, was king of Israel.   Amos, a shepherd who was willing to follow God and do...
He is Able…

He is Able…

Jeremiah 32:17,  “Ah, Lord God!  Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm.  There is nothing too hard for You.”   There is nothing in this world that you or I can face that is too difficult or that takes God by...
You Are The Apple of His Eye

You Are The Apple of His Eye

Genesis 16:13-14,  She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her:  “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”  God sees you!  He has heard your cries, and He is working on it.  Not one tear you have shed has escaped His...