“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jer. 29:11 The verse from Jeremiah 29:11 has been standing out to me lately. “”For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the […]
I am running in slow motion today. My mind feels like a record player with its audio speed settings set too low. All my thoughts are stretched and drawn out. They are so slow that at times it seems as if they stop and come to a complete standstill at times. I catch myself staring […]
I love cool, breezy early mornings. I love the sweetness found in the air like aromatherapy. It soothes and refreshes me the moment I walk out of my front door. It calls me to pause and breath deep for a moment, to try to take in as much of it as I possibly can and […]
Sometimes it may seem that God is a big blank face in the sky and we can paint any face on him that we like according to our culture, according to our experiences, according to popular opinion, according to our personal opinion. This makes the opinions of what God looks like as numerous as […]
But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. – Psa. 38:15 I read a great short story the other day that really left me with a deeper understanding of what it means to watch and pray. The story is called Expectation Corner by Emily Steele […]
ETERNAL FATHER, Thou art good beyond all thought, But I am vile, wretched, miserable, blind; My lips are ready to confess, but my heart is slow to feel, and my ways reluctant to amend. I bring my soul to thee; break it, wound it, bend it, mould it, Unmask to me sin’s deformity, […]
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature,– 2 […]
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete – 1 John 1:3-4 Why does John and the other […]
…we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. – 1 John1:2 “As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. But the […]
Has Jesus split your world into two since he has entered your life? Has he turned your world completely upside down? This does tend to be the mark of his presence and of his power when he enters into life. The earth quakes, the wind tears, the rocks shatter, and the sky thunders at his […]
