God uses every possible means to communicate with you. The wonders of nature call to you. The promises and prophecies of Scripture speak to you. God himself reaches out to you. He wants to help you fi...
God does not exist to make a big deal out of us. We exist to make a big deal out of him. It’s not about you. It’s not about me. It’s all about him.
Father, you created all things simply with your words. One word from you and your power is evident. I am amazed by you. I need your power in my life, God. I face impossible circumstances and am desper...
Ever broken a promise you’ve made to God? Don’t you deserve to be punished? And yet, here you are. Reading this book. Breathing. Still witnessing sunsets and hearing babies gurgle. Still watching the...
Change always brings fear before it brings faith. We always assume the worst before we look for the best. God interrupts our lives with something we’ve never seen, and rather than praise, we panic! We...
Celebrate God’s goodness. Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! (Phil. 4:4). Turn your attention away from the problem, and for a few minutes celebrate God. It does you no good to obs...
If we can understand that death is not the end but is really a transition into the next life, the great part of life, that frees us up into receiving God's courage and his help.
Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless remain that way. Say nothing and listen as heaven whispers "Do you like it? I did it just for you."
A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.
Want to hang on to your
You come before the judgment seat of God full of rebellion and mistakes. Because of his justice he cannot dismiss your sin, but because of his love he cannot dismiss you. So, in an act which stunned t...
While we are shaking heads in disbelief, they are lifting hands in worship. While we are mourning at a grave, they are marveling at heaven. While we are questioning God, they are praising God.
When we invite God into our world, he walks in. He brings a host of gifts: joy, patience, resilience. Anxieties come, but they don’t stick. Fears surface and then depart. Regrets land on the windshiel...
What you have in your Shepherd is greater than what you don’t have in life.
There is no way our little minds can comprehend the love of God. But that didn't keep him from coming.
The heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart.
Survival in Egypt begins with a yes to God's call on your life.
Repeat it to yourself over and over until it trumps the voices of fear and angst. The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in your, he will quiet you with his lo...
Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. ROMANS 12:2 NLT
Lay claim to the nearness of God. Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you (Heb. 13.5 NIV).