Praying for the President
“For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.” Proverbs 11:14 Monday is Presidents Day. In my youth, I thought of it as a silly holiday, not dissimilar to National Ice...
Read More
Wise Council
I will not be shaken. Psalm 16:8 Unsolicited and unwanted advice is given to us by unwelcome voices. People feel the need to want to tell us how to live our lives. Christians live...
Read More
God’s Kingdom on Earth
The right response to being given keys to God’s earthly kingdom is thanksgiving and whole-life, “all-in” for Jesus which is proper worship. The scripture also informs us that our life of worship and posture...
Read More
God is Greater Than Anxiety
Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 We live in anxious times that rub off onto us. God cares for you. God cares about all the little things,...
Read More
Kind Words
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me,” is an old adage that was meant to instill resilience in the hearer. It was a way to reframe insults or...
Read More
God’s Ways
Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.6 Remember,...
Read More
Sparking Joy
“Create in me a clean heart and put a new and right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 January is known as the unofficial start of decluttering one’s home. Garages and closets are purged of unused...
Read More
Walking in the Newness of Life
“Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of...
Read More
The Birth of Jesus
“And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.” Luke 2:7 NIV If you...
Read More
Rejoice in God
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior…” “…for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name.”Luke 1:46-47, 49 In the...
Read More