Devotions
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Knowing God
The Fruit of Righteousness is Peace
When nothing’s going right, when the land is dry, when people have given up on God, He has not given up on them. As we step into Isaiah, we enter a place where idols are worshipped and passivity rules. Righteousness isn’t there. But the mercy of God still longs for a...
Victory Belongs to the Lord
“No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD. The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.” Proverbs 21:30-31 (ESV) We have a lot of self-proclaimed experts running around the Earth. Experts at love and...
The Power of Prayer
Romans 6:8 tells us that God already knows what we need before we ask Him. But don’t stop there. Go ahead and ask. It might feel like no one else understands. But God does. Talk to Him. When you pray, there is power. There are actions that take place...
Let Jesus Tell You Who You Are
How often do we let people tell us who we are in a negative way? The picture they paint can quickly become our own self-image. Or maybe you berate yourself with negative talk without realizing it. What we let into our hearts, both negative and positive, can affect how...
The Benefit of Depositing God’s Word in Our Children’s Hearts
Guest Post written by Patti Phillips When my oldest daughter, Ambry, was about four years old, my husband and I first started learning about the importance of confessing the Word of God and getting scripture in us so that we would have it available for us when we...
Read Your Bible on Your Smartphone
Want to read your Bible more but need a little guidance? It is so important to keep God's word pouring into our minds and hearts continually to help combat all the stress and problems that try to swirl around us. In and through His Word, we find out more...
When God’s Call Feels Too Big
“Go to the nations." Don’t you love it when God tells you to do something that seems so outside of your box that you stop and think : Did He really say that? Did I hear that correctly? I wonder if I made that up! Immediately,...
Thanking God for What You Don’t See
There are times in life when we know without a doubt that God saved us, helped us or provided for us. But what about all the other times when He helped us and we never knew it or saw it? Recently, my daughter came up to me and showed me a picture of a snake called...
Fear, Worry & Anxiety
Prayer for Protection for Your Family
The news is always filled with threats and we have experienced a fair number of them: shortages, outages, viruses, shortages, storms, not to mention day to day problems that threaten our well being at home with our family. While there are many concerns that could...
Live Safely in God’s Shelter
This is our 3rd musing in the series. The premise is to stack up solid Biblical truths in your mind that can be recalled when problems arise. These statements from God’s Word will be your weapons against thoughts and lies that are contrary to what God says. You can...
What does a Life of Rest Look Like?
What if restful thinking became available to you today? Would you grab on to it? A dear friend was praying over me one day and told me that I would be coming into a time of rest. I believed that was prophetic, and as soon as I heard those words, I breathed a sigh of...
Does Anyone Care?
Do you ever just need to know that someone cares about you or that situation you are facing? As I was walking through a parking lot the other day, I came across 5 little birds prancing around the pavement. They were so small, and my eyes honed in on one of them,...
4 Steps to Grow Your Peace
Have you ever begged God to give you peace? I have. Especially when I walked through a time of anxiety attacks many years ago, I felt like I was stretching out to God so hard for peace and felt like it was eluding me. But why? One day, in my prayer time,...
Come with Me & Get some Rest
Are you in a funk right now? Do you feel like you are being swallowed by circumstances or life’s to-do list? I know exactly how you feel. I’m in it right now. I’m not writing to you because I’m out of the funk; I’m writing because I’m still in...
Letting Peace Rule
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. - Colossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your heart. For peace to rule, we must “let it” rule. That means we have the choice to NOT let peace...
Authority Over Darkness
Let’s face it, life can be hard. It can be busy and full of worry and what if’s. At times it can feel like you are getting zinged and stung by problem after problem. In Luke 10:18-21, Jesus told His followers, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given...
Dealing with Difficult Times
Grow Stronger Roots of Faith in Difficult Times
When life throws difficult times at you, the Lord can use this to grow your spiritual roots deeper in Him. This actually scares the devil because he knows it can be your next place of breakthrough and a springboard in your faith.
Why am I in the Wilderness?
Are you annoyed and frustrated watching others around you live out their dream while you stand on the sidelines? You see people thriving around you, doing what God has made them to do; they are running and seem like they are winning in life. Meanwhile.. you feel like...
When We Can’t Handle Things Ourselves…God Can Provide for You
I wanted to tell you how God was so faithful to my family recently. Most of you know that my husband takes many trips and one of these happened to collide with us swtiching homes - still in the same town, but we were able to move into a home surrounded by a great...
God, I Need Help!
Don't you wish you could simply turn OFF your daily problems? Sure, they might be minor problems, but if they weigh on you, then God wants to lighten that load. Seeing God as our daily Father, a daily Friend, a daily Companion means that we never have to face things...
Thinking Beyond Our Pain
Joy—It’s easy to have joy when life is going our way, but when things go amiss, it can feel like we are grasping at the wind for it. Problems and pain are like a nagging splinter in your hand that seems to whisper to you every time your hand touches something. It...
Dealing With Tragedy
The famous hymn, “It is Well With My Soul” was penned by Horatio Spafford. He lost his son, and shortly after that, a fire destroyed most of his real estate. Two years later, he sent his wife and daughters on a vacation overseas to give them a break, but a few days...
Why We All Need Community
Several years ago we moved to a new city; and because I was pregnant at the time, I reasoned that it would be too hard to reach out and make (or find) friends in my new city. This was a big mistake! With some God intervention and common sense, I finally joined a...
Worshipping God Amidst the Problems
I went camping recently and although I have fond memories of the wonderful outdoors from many years ago, I forgot about the bugs. I hate bugs. I love the outdoors, but it’s like a rotating runway of bugs of different sizes, colors, species and levels of repugnance....
Balancing Life
Prayer for Protection for Your Family
The news is always filled with threats and we have experienced a fair number of them: shortages, outages, viruses, shortages, storms, not to mention day to day problems that threaten our well being at home with our family. While there are many concerns that could...
Trauma Resources
This page has several blog articles and videos that can help encourage you if you have dealt with trauma in your life. Think of this as your resource page to learn more about your identity in Christ, receive healing for yourself, and learn how to trust God as you take...
Scriptures & Prayers to Trust God’s Direction for Your Life
When we sense God's promise to us, but we can't see it yet, When we desire the sea to part before us, but the water still covers our feet, When we stand in the wilderness and cannot yet see the way, We must put our trust in Someone who is greater than...
God is Recovering Who You Really Are
In this video, I share what the Holy Spirit was showing me about: David Webb and Jason Bourne from the movies The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Ultimatum, and how trauma, lies, and manipulation affect a person's identity. But God wants to heal your identity and how...
Grow Stronger Roots of Faith in Difficult Times
When life throws difficult times at you, the Lord can use this to grow your spiritual roots deeper in Him. This actually scares the devil because he knows it can be your next place of breakthrough and a springboard in your faith.
Live Safely in God’s Shelter
This is our 3rd musing in the series. The premise is to stack up solid Biblical truths in your mind that can be recalled when problems arise. These statements from God’s Word will be your weapons against thoughts and lies that are contrary to what God says. You can...
The Fruit of Righteousness is Peace
When nothing’s going right, when the land is dry, when people have given up on God, He has not given up on them. As we step into Isaiah, we enter a place where idols are worshipped and passivity rules. Righteousness isn’t there. But the mercy of God still longs for a...
Victory Belongs to the Lord
“No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD. The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.” Proverbs 21:30-31 (ESV) We have a lot of self-proclaimed experts running around the Earth. Experts at love and...