Peace That Prevails

Scripture You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. ~Isaiah 26:3, NKJV Quote Thoughts that arise due to your doubts will disturb your peace, discourage your heart and eventually wear you down. ~Charles Stanley It bothers me that children suffer and I certainly don’t understand birth defects.…

Falling Apart

  Scripture You have shaken the land and torn it open. Fix its cracks, because it is falling apart. ~Psalm 60:2, NiRV Quote Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. ~Isaiah the Prophet If Isaiah was alive today, he might be able to tell us what would happen next. As…

Struggling Faith

Scripture And those who know your name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. ~Psalm 9:10, NRSV Quote What the Father is asking of you is not supposed to be easy. If trusting Christ with your life was easy, everyone would do it. ~Charles Stanley In some…

Serving Christ Or Humanity

Scripture  “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” ~Matthew 20:28, NLT Quote When we realize that Jesus Christ has served us in spite of our meanness, selfishness and sin; nothing that we meet from others can exhaust…

A Needed Help

Scripture God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. ~Psalm 46:1-3, NASB Quote When you have a steady, intimate relationship…

Global Warming

Scripture But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment. ~2 Peter 3:10, NLT Quote Global warming is scriptural…

What Does It Take–To Be A Star

Scripture This man had a very beautiful and lovely young cousin, Hadassah, who was also called Esther. When her father and mother died, Mordecai adopted her into his family and raised her as his own daughter. ~Esther 2:7, NLT Quote Be a living sacrifice: a gift given to the purposes of God. ~Jonathan Cahn What…

Regret And Despair

Scripture “Go ahead and sleep. Have your rest. But look—the time has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Up, let’s be going. Look, my betrayer is here!” ~Matthew 26:45-46, NLT Quote Let the pass sleep, but let it sleep on the bosom of Christ, and go out with Him…

Deep Dissatisfaction

Scripture We love, because He first loved us. ~I John 4:19 Quote Only Jesus can love you perfectly. ~Ya’akov It is natural for us to expect other humans to fulfill our needs; especially our emotional needs to be affirmed, accepted and loved unconditionally. I do admit a mothers love comes close but no one can…

Hearing God

Scripture And the Lord came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.” Quote What hinders us from hearing God is that we are taken up with other things. It is not so much that we don’t want to hear but that we are not devoted in the right place…