How many times have you argued against doing what you have been told to do? How many times have you argued against doing what you know is right to do? Have you argued because it was hard? Have you argued because you were embarrassed? Why did you argue? There are situations in which we doContinue reading “Turn Over Your Fear”
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Live Confidently
Trust. It can be challenging to trust in promises that won’t be fulfilled immediately or within a short period of time. Waiting for a promise to be fulfilled years or decades or centuries in the future can test our resilience and patience. Abraham lived with that challenge. God promised Abraham (Abram) that he would makeContinue reading “Live Confidently”
Let Your Light Shine
How often have you thought about light? Do you think about it only when you are in a dark room and decide to turn the light on? Do you think about being a light yourself? Why or why not? Do you think about spreading the light of Jesus wherever you go? We know inherently thatContinue reading “Let Your Light Shine”
Prepare for Doubt
Do you have doubts? Have you thought you knew something to be true but later wonder if it is? Has something happened that caused you to question yourself or someone else you believed in? Are you doubting today? Have you become skeptical? Are you asking questions? Doubt can creep in on even the staunchest ofContinue reading “Prepare for Doubt”
God of Hope
What or who fills you with joy? Do you equate happiness with joy? What or who fills you with peace? Do you think of peace as merely the lack of violence or argument? What or who fills you with hope? Do you equate hope to wishing? How you considered all of these can be guaranteed?Continue reading “God of Hope”
Lamenting to God
Not many of us have experienced a city being abandoned. We don’t know what it is like to have a foreign army drive out the citizens of a city and take captive anyone who remains. We cannot fully understand the feelings of helplessness, loss, grief, and depression. The Israelites experienced all of it when theyContinue reading “Lamenting to God”
Contentment
Are you content? Do you experience contentment? Or are you continued discontented? What is it that you are discontented about when you are not content? Are you seeking to be contented? Do you know how to achieve it? Being contented can be allusive. We can chase after it in many ways for a very longContinue reading “Contentment”
Peace of Jesus
Are you tired of always feeling anxious? Do you worry about almost everything? Do wish the chaos of the world would stop? Do want things to calm down? Does the busyness drain you? Are you tired of being tired? Would you love to have some peace? The upheaval in our world can cause us greatContinue reading “Peace of Jesus”
Perfection is Coming
Are you tired of the news? Does it wear you down hearing about the evil people commit against one another? Are you weary of the foolishness you see people do? Do wish people would choose to do the right thing? Are you looking forward to a perfect eternity with God? It seems all we hearContinue reading “Perfection is Coming”
Freedom of the Spirit
What comes to mind when you hear the word slavery? Do you think of someone owning someone else? Have you thought of it in a different way? Have you considered you may be a slave? Have you considered there may be something that is controlling you? People have been enslaved for thousands of years, perhapsContinue reading “Freedom of the Spirit”
Marty Pressey 