How do we live for Jesus as we look around and see so much of what we enjoyed disappear? Do we complain or point fingers? Or do we say, “Hello Jesus, thanks for putting us here. Thanks for graduating us from normal. What do you have for us to do NOW?
Read MoreHere is 19 declarations of WHO God still is in the face of Covid-19.
Read MoreOn my better days, my response to Covid-19 is not an emotion, but an action. I respond with prayer. Here are 19 days worth of prayer so we can act in these days of Covid-19. If you’re needing a mental reset, I invite you to use these.
Read MoreIn these days of Covid-19, failing hospitals, and a plummeting economy, how am I living? And if I knew I were to be called home tomorrow, would I change anything?
Read MoreRead a good book! We’re not the first people to face hard times. Many books share stories of people surviving much more difficult things. These hard stories also offer encouragement as people not only suffer greatly, but also adapt and survive.
Read MoreAfter homeschooling for more than a quarter of a century, I’ve learned a few things. Some the hard way, to be sure. Now, I want to share with you, who’ve thrown into it, a few ideas that might smooth your way. At least a little.
Read MoreWhen the Good Shepherd locates me, He knows I am weak, discouraged, and spent.
He could discipline me, but instead He picks me up.
He could scold me, but instead He lays me across His ever-sufficient shoulders and carries me.
I highly recommend Daughter of Rome. It not only engages heart and spirit, it also paints a realistic and revealing picture of the New Testament world.
Read MoreWe need the glasses of the Bible whether we have time or not. We cannot see through the fog of our lives without the Lord correcting and clarifying. So we must find a way.
Read MoreThe value of time in the Word comes from long, slow, consistent faithfulness where one small truth builds onto another into a solid foundation that bears the weight of hardship, doubt, illness, failure, and other pains of life.
Read MoreI can’t change the world’s craziness. But I can change my world by beginning my day with Jesus and steeping myself in His Word. It is the most beneficial habit I’ve ever developed.
Read MoreI need the fire and the hammer of the Word EVERY DAY of 2020, so I can see clearly, and wrong thinking can be destroyed, and the useless cleared, and the new built.
Read MoreFor healthy spiritual and emotional eyesight in 2020, I must dive deep in Truth daily. The Bible restores sight, informs the mind, conforms desires, establishes direction, and lights the way.
Read MoreOur worst moments can be a stage for His glory to shine. Our inabilities can shout His sufficiency.
Read MoreIn this Christmas season I am reminding myself that the God who descended to take on flesh and endured more sin against Him than I can imagine is WITH me. Immanuel never leaves my side.
Read MoreThe wonder and mystery of the season is the Christ child who gave us the physical picture of our Lord’s reality. He is WITH us right in the middle of our sorrow.
Read MoreOne of the greatest enemies of thankfulness is dissatisfaction. When I concentrate on what I do not have and what I cannot do, I’m accusing my Creator of not being good. I think I’ll thank Him instead.
Read MoreWe turn around and see our mistakes, the regret weighs heavy and self-recrimination delivers pain. Sprinkle a little guilt on top of that and the load becomes too heavy to bear. But what if we thank the Lord for our mistakes instead?
Read MoreWhen the old hurt or wound comes calling, if I thank God FOR the pain, its power flees. Thanking the Lord removes the thorn left behind from someone’s sin against me.
Read MoreBut life is here. Now. In the mess. In the sickness and brokenness and grief. This week I’m challenging myself to thank God for every sorrow.
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