Encouraging Women to Passionately Pursue God
Wouldn’t you love to have known Noah personally? I would! What did he do? What did he NOT do? Imagine that scenario: “to be blameless and walk with God”. In Genesis 6:9 Noah is called ” righteous, blameless among the people of his time.” Noah didn’t live in utopia. He lived in an “earth that…
Over the past months it’s easy to recall the fear, not only from an unseen viral enemy, but from the hatred and havoc some humans have wrecked. Yet, when I recall Philippians 4:8, those thoughts aren’t what God wants me focusing upon. So why do I allow them first and foremost in my head? In…
Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. 6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. 7 Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. 8 Just…
5:00 am: the birdsong wakens me. The sweet chirping is so innocent. The birds have no concerns as they chorus to welcome another day. They are not worried about the world, about a virus plaguing the earth, instilling fear, stealing joy and claiming lives. The sky is still dark and my eyes cannot see the…
Are you tired of staying in the same place, with the same people (or lack thereof!)? Are you wishing to go somewhere, anywhere, to do something, anything! Most of us are bored of staying home, waiting for this too, to pass. I wonder if God ever watches us, wishing we would stop staying in the…
“But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge – to the great amazement of the governor.” Matthew 27:14 (NIV) The time had come. Awaiting His sentence, He stood silently before the Governor, Pilate. The memories of betrayal, of the rough guards “guiding” Him through the garden, still fresh in His mind. Jesus…
Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.” Proverbs 16:20 NIV Jesus’ final day as a free man. His last chance to instruct His disciples on what they needed to know, to do, and how to make life work. Jesus knew His time with His disciples was…
“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.” John 12:23 NIV It was the heaviest of burdens. It was literally the world against Him. Just four days after praises from Palm Sunday still ringing in His ears, He now felt none of the accolades or the glory. Instead of a reception…
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him…
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6 NIV A few winters ago, I was blessed to travel out of the frigid temperatures, snow and ice to a much more temperate, wonderful…