Led by the Spirit

What are you living for? Are you living to make another dollar, to get by another day? Do you live in fear, afraid you will lose your job, lose your spouse, lose your children, lose your sense of worth? Are you trapped by fear, anxiety, and worry? Would you like to break free? Fear runsContinue reading “Led by the Spirit”

Rest in Jesus

Are you carrying a heavy burden? Do you wish there was some way to offload your burdens? Do your burdens include worry, anxiety, fear, struggle, frustration, anger, and maybe even hatred? Do you continually compare yourself to others and feel inferior? We carry many burdens. Some are heavier than others. We may carry some forContinue reading “Rest in Jesus”

Panic or Trust

What do you fear? Do you have a fear of heights? Are you afraid of losing your job? Are you afraid of losing your spouse? Do you fear certain animals? Are there people who strike fear in your heart? Do you know you do not need to fear? Are you willing to be courageous? WeContinue reading “Panic or Trust”

Impatient for God

How many times do you take matters into your own hands? How often do you do what you think is best or perhaps what you want to? Have you done it after asking God for guidance and felt like he provided none? How did it work out for you? Were you better than before? WeContinue reading “Impatient for God”

Denial

How many times have you lied? Have you lied because you were ashamed of the truth? Have you left part of the truth unspoken to protect your pride? Have you lied to escape punishment? Do you despise lying? If so, how do you avoid those embarrassing truths? We all have lied at some point inContinue reading “Denial”

Turn Over Your Fear

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”

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”