“How does a woman display her own reckless abandon to God? Does she have to leave her family, hometown, and all her friends to prove such commitment? Well, occasionally God might ask that of someone. Ruth had to forsake the familiar and comfortable in order to receive God’s best for her life.” -Jackie Kendall Man, that hit me hard this evening. What amazing affirmation of what He’s been doing and what’s to come! Although I didn’t technically “leave” or “go” anywhere, my family did. My family whom I’m extremely close to and rely on a lot, moved five states away. My parents and…
Browsing: Devotionals
“Show me your purpose for me Lord, and I will do it.”
Some people live by the motto “When All Else Fails, Pray”. Prayer should be your steering wheel, not your spare tire. Pray daily, not just in emergencies.
Never think that what you have to offer is insignificant. There will always be someone out there that needs what you have to give.
When the pains of life force you to move on, don’t fret. Know that bigger and better things are on the way!
Though people say this for their own reasons. It often deeply saddens me when I hear, “I’m Spiritual but not Religious.” To me, people say this in part because though they have a relationship with God, they want nothing or little to do with the Church. First of all, we ARE the Church. And frequently, people are misguided in thinking that Church is merely the infrastructure or the place they go to on Sundays. That is incorrect. On the other hand, though it saddens me, I really do understand why people who know God have reservations about the Church. It…
If you’re praying about it, God is working on it, but what are you doing while you wait?
I was traveling back home to New York for the weekend. As I was getting on the bus, everyone was doing what we all tend to typically do on public transportation. We were all scoping the scene to see where and if we could possibly get a seat with no one next to us. It was a Friday morning and a packed bus. I placed my luggage down and waited for the bus to depart. As we were all waiting to depart into our four hour journey, the bus driver and attendants stood outside to see if there were any…
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” Well you can’t fool God none of the time!
Some of us have lost something this week and need peace about it, if that is you, I encourage you to lift up this simple prayer…
When you’re busy thanking God in all circumstances, you don’t have time to worry or complain.
If you’re like me, you’ve probably felt like knocking on heavens door “Let me in”, “I give up”, “What must I do?”, “This isn’t fair” and “Why me? “. Yep, that’s what I was screaming. I kept knocking and knocking, asking and asking “why are you doing this to me God?… I’m not as strong as you think I am”. I held Him to His word in Matthew 7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you”. Still there was nothing. No resolution. No coming out…
Don’t lose hope! God has a way of making “not enough”, “more than enough”.
Are you Standing in Your Own Way and Blocking Your Own Blessings? When we live in fear, we become our own biggest enemy…
I have a friend whose brother and sister-in-law have been unable to conceive a baby. The family is not Christian, so when I was praying to God to allow them to give birth to a healthy baby I prayed that He would use this to make Himself real to them. I prayed that through this the couple, their family, their friends and eventually their healthy child would see that God was at work in their lives. As I was praying the word “tomorrow” came to my head. At first I was confused as to where that word even came from.…
For the longest time, I didn’t even know what the word Holy meant. I would just blag my way around the subject so people thought I knew what I was talking about. It’s one of those words you just imagine some priest, in all his robes, saying, and speaking like a KJV bible. In fact, it’s quite an intimidating word. It is intimidating because it requires something. It means sacrifice. I have been a Christian for a good few years and I can honestly say that I have only recently began to understand what being holy means. Holiness is our…
I attended a huge event at my church in St. Louis with key speaker, author, and actress, Priscilla Shirer. Priscilla Shirer is the leading star in the ever so popular Christian movie, ‘The War Room’. The event was called The Fervent Tour. What does fervent mean? I decided to look it up. According to the dictionary, fervent means “having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, or enthusiasm.” Being fervent in prayer means to actually feel what you are praying for or saying, not just going through the motions or memorization. Fervent means praying prayers that aren’t lifeless, boring, routine,…
Who doesn’t have one of those days when one just wants to throw in the towel? There are days when we cry, scream, and wonder why we are facing these challenges. Then we are reminded that God is God alone and nothing is too big or too small for Him to handle. The truth of the matter is that every time we need God, God is there because He is faithful. God has the power to turn any situation around. I am here to assure you that it’s not what you go through, it’s how you go through it. God hears…
Have you ever wanted something so bad you could taste it, see it, feel it? That’s the place God wants to take us, a place of desperation, where you can overcome every obstacle!
God can turn plans of evil for good. He can turn our sadness into joy, bad news into good news, and a mess into a great message.
