What has your life mostly been about? What thoughts mainly run through your head throughout the day? Worries about how to make ends meet? Anger when someone doesn’t do what you think they should? What you want and how to get it? Lustful thoughts? Fear for your children’s future? Be careful what you focus onContinue reading “Pressing on to Receive the Prize”
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Believe
I have not stopped moving. I have not stopped speaking. When did you stop moving with Me? When did you stop listening? I’m right here where I’ve always been, doing the things I always do. When did you step off who the Word says I am and believe whatever you think makes you feel betterContinue reading “Believe”
A Prayer from Philippians 4:4-9
Do you deal with anxiety? Are there thought processes and reactions that have such a strong hold on you, it feels impossible to break out of that escalating spiral? What if I were to tell you that you can be free? Would you do what it takes to get there? If freedom from anxiety andContinue reading “A Prayer from Philippians 4:4-9”
Floods in New Zealand
At least four people are dead and hundreds displaced after heavy rains and flooding in Auckland and other areas of New Zealand over the past few days. Let’s pray. Lord, please have mercy on those who have lost much. Speak tenderly to them and comfort them. Remind them of Your saving power, and urge themContinue reading “Floods in New Zealand”
Let Me Be Your Safe Place
Today, I feel the Lord saying to our hearts: I am here. I have not left. I am your Safe Place. Wherever you find yourself now, however you mourn, I want you to know I am with you. I have made a way through this for you, and it is in My arms. All aroundContinue reading “Let Me Be Your Safe Place”
The Way Through This
Today, I felt the Lord saying to us: Time is running out. The forces of darkness and those who serve them are watching you. You must rise up and love. No more room for pride. Lay it down. All your opinions and ideas at My feet. All your need to be heard. Your anger. YourContinue reading “The Way Through This”
How Are You Doing So Far?
What new year’s resolutions did you make for 2023? And how are you doing with those already? Have busyness, laziness or weariness already brought you down? Have those habitual sins you swore you’d walk away from already pressed back in? And what about anxiety and depression? How are you doing with those? Of all theContinue reading “How Are You Doing So Far?”
Hope in the Lord
Have these past couple of years been hard for you? Are you finding yourself in the midst of trials you can’t see an end to? Please don’t lose hope. For our hope is not in everything turning out the way we want. Our hope is in the LORD. Today, the Lord asked me to share withContinue reading “Hope in the Lord”
A Prayer from Romans 12
Whatever your plans are for this year, take a moment to lay them all down before the Lord and pray for 2023 to be His in your family’s life. Lord, awaken our hearts with fervor to worship You. Teach us to offer up our bodies as a living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to You. Don’tContinue reading “A Prayer from Romans 12”
Follow the Leader
What calling has the Lord laid on your heart? Have you said yes yet? There is power in surrender. Proverbs 3:5-6, John 5:19. Lord, teach me to surrender my everything to You. All my hopes, my dreams, my fears, my thoughts, my opinions, my plans, my family, my career … everything to You. For You areContinue reading “Follow the Leader”
