Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. –Matthew 11:28 “Yeah, right.” That’s surely the response some…
Sink into God
As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you. — Isaiah 66:13 Some people and churches shy away from talking about God as a mother or…
Love, Not Commands
The first is … ‘you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all…
Stay in Your Seat
“Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places” Ephesians 1:20 Jesus is…
Staying on Track
“You will show me the path of life.” Ps. 16:11 I have learned over the past 50 years that staying on track takes self-control and discipline. Self-control is…
Burdens Will Roll Away
“Commit your ways to the Lord (roll and repose each care of your load on Him); trust (lean on, rely on and be confident) also in Him and…
Receiving God’s Love
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in…
Something Needs to Change?
“Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts and see if there is any wicked way within me…” Psalms 139:23-24 When…
You Can Begin Again
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about a dear pastor of a Church I visited several times. He made an impression on me. His story is filled with…
Hope That Has Been Appointed For Us
“We who have fled to Him for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope that has been appointed for…