And just as Moses in the desert lifted up the brass replica of a venomous snake on a pole for all the people to see and be healed, so the Son of Man is ready to be lifted up, so that those who truly believe in him will not perish but be given eternal life. […]
I am standing in absolute stillness, silent before the one I love, waiting as long as it takes for him to rescue me. Only God is my Savior, and he will not fail me. For he alone is my safe place. His wraparound presence always protects me as my champion defender. There’s no risk of […]
Lord, you are my God. I honor you and praise you. You have done amazing things. You have always done what you said you would. You have done what you planned long ago. You have made the city a pile of rocks. You have destroyed her walls. The city our enemies built with strong walls […]
Happy are the people whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a source of spring water; even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings. They go from strength to strength; each appears before God in Zion. Psalms 84:5-7 Entangle […]
The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared to hope. Tim Keller Shalom – Disrupter Of Chaos Every year, Holy Week returns and passes us by like […]
It’s time to sing and shout for joy! Go ahead, all you redeemed ones, do it! Praise him with all you have, for praise looks lovely on the lips of God’s devoted lovers. 2 Play the guitar as you lift your praises loaded with thanksgiving. Sing and make joyous music with all you’ve got inside. […]
And now, what have I here?” says Yahweh. “Indeed, my people have been taken into bondage without cause while mocking rulers howl; and every day my name is continually despised!” says Yahweh. 6 “Therefore, my people will know the power of my name, and they will know in that day that I am the one […]
If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts. Timothy Keller Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I shall live; do not let my hopes be dashed. Uphold me, and I shall be delivered; I shall always have […]
You are not who “they” say you are. You are Who GOD says you are. Confess It. Believe It. Bloom In It.
Psalm 84:11 For the Lord God is brighter than the brilliance of a sunrise! Wrapping himself around me like a shield, He is so generous with his gifts of grace and glory. Those who walk along his paths with integrity will never lack one thing they need, for he provides it all! The Passion Translation […]
Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.” So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and […]
Growing In Patient Endurance Enlarged~Stretched “I AM your place of refuge, your shelter. Dig deeper and don’t be governed by your feelings, but be spirit-led by My truth, knowing I am almighty God. I am mighty to save. Live your life positioned in My saving grace from within you to without you. First God within, […]
Jesus Is The Bridge You Had Absolutely No Connection To The Anointed; you were strangers, separated from God’s people. You were aliens to the covenant they had with God; you were hopelessly stranded without God in a fractured world. But now, because of Jesus the Anointed and His sacrifice, all of that has changed. God […]
“Hallowed by Your name, Lord. Do whatever it takes to be holy in my life. Take your rightful place on the throne. Exalt yourself. Magnify yourself. Glorify yourself. You be Lord, and I’ll be quiet.” Author~ Max Lucado Psalm 116:1-2 I love the Eternal; for not only does He hear my voice, my pleas for […]
Our Sinnership Is That Emptiness Into Which The Lord Pours His Mercy. Author: Charles Spurgeon Leaning Into Life Or Death? Yes, God loves us and He forgives our sin, our disobedience. No matter what we have done, His Grace covers us. God’s mercy is so amazing, yet it doesn’t always change the consequences of the […]