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Joy in Suffering
Joy is possible in the midst of suffering and uncertainty. Joy is a choice. Joy is an intentional mindset that can define your reality.
Rooted for Adversity
Know Who God is and who we are in light of what He has done.
Timely Words of Hope
The morning was chilly for April. Weary of multiple spring storms, I spent the night listening to winds pound my house. But as a new day dawned, I focused on performing my daily ritual of preparing breakfast while watching the morning news bracing myself to weather the storm “Pandemic 2020”. The steady rain of grim … Read More about Timely Words of Hope
Rediscover to Resurrect Life
So, what does all this mean? If God has determined to stand with us, tell me, who then could ever stand against us? 32 For God has proved his love by giving us his greatest treasure, the gift of his Son. And since God freely offered him up as the sacrifice for us all,[a] he certainly won’t withhold … Read More about Rediscover to Resurrect Life
3 Positive Truths in an Out of Control World
TORNADO WATCH flashed across my phone. A common seasonal occurrence often regarded as a mundane “here we go again” sort of nuisance. However, today was different. I found a current weather report with a real-time video. The birth of an actual tornado snaking its funnel out of the clouds onto the city was unfolding before … Read More about 3 Positive Truths in an Out of Control World
How to Find PEACE in a PANDEMIC
The TV blares from its perch above the fireplace. It begins to capture my attention with all the stats and reality of a PANDEMIC. Plastered across the screen, the word PANDEMIC immerses me in words and pictures of fear and the onset of global panic. The fearful pictures of physical reality do not have to … Read More about How to Find PEACE in a PANDEMIC
Morning Reflections
Lord, you are so good to me, so kind in every way[a]and ready to forgive,for your grace-fountain keeps overflowing,drenching all your lovers who pray to you. …your nurturing love is tender and gentle.You are slow to get angry yet so swift to show your faithful love.You are full of abounding grace and truth.[a Psalm 86:5,15 … Read More about Morning Reflections
Does God Hide?
My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I … Read More about Does God Hide?
Gratitude Redeems Life’s Struggles
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his faithful love endures forever. 22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and announce his works with shouts of joy. 43 Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the Lord’s acts of faithful love. Psalm 107: 1,22,43 CSV 23 The sacrifice that honors me is a … Read More about Gratitude Redeems Life’s Struggles
To Taste God’s Goodness We Must First Have a Taste for God Part 3
Let us all come forward and draw near with true (honest and sincere) hearts in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith (by that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty (evil) conscience and our bodies cleansed with … Read More about To Taste God’s Goodness We Must First Have a Taste for God Part 3
To Taste God’s Goodness We Must First Have a Taste for God Part 2
Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! Psalm 34:8 NLT Empty at last. My home of the last five years was now a house again, empty of my family’s presence, pictures, and remnants. It had been a long, lonely ordeal of packing, sorting and disposing of my household goods. I … Read More about To Taste God’s Goodness We Must First Have a Taste for God Part 2
To Taste God’s Goodness We Must First Have a Taste for God Part 1
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. Romans 8:38 NLT Living in a new state, miles from my comfort zone, has been … Read More about To Taste God’s Goodness We Must First Have a Taste for God Part 1