The Lord hears our prayers “The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.” Psalm 6:9 ESV Prayer is powerful “And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.” Mark 9:29 ESV Jesus prayed “In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all …
As a young mom, I was very intent on being the perfect Christian mom. I had very specific ideas about what that meant. Unfortunately, most of these ideas came from people who were imperfect! I didn’t really pray about it. I went from book to group to message board to try to figure out the …
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Salvation, meaning “preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss”, isn’t a word you hear much outside of a Christian setting. Yet it is such an important word to all of mankind as the salvation of our soul determines our eternity! Take a few moments today to read about the salvation that God provides. Salvation …
As a high school cross-country runner, I would spend hours after school running around the school’s neighborhood or a sprawling park not too far away. Most of the area around the school was flat, easy enough for a young athlete to cover. But there were plenty of opportunities in practices and races to run up …
“We’d like you to come back for more tests,” the voice told me on the phone. A routine checkup has turned into maybe something more for me. They can’t see me for two weeks (so it can’t be that urgent, right?), so I wait and pray. There are many things I pray about that don’t …
It changes lives “For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though …
I am OK at keeping the plates spinning. I can meet my expectations at work, make sure dinner is on the table each night (well, most nights!), and make time to spend with family and friends. According to my not-so-humble opinion, I can handle these things on my own. I spend little time thinking or …
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“I’m so relieved,” I thought to myself after hearing a friend’s test results. I had been concerned and worried for my friend’s health. I immediately felt lighter. I had been feeling a little under the weather that day, but the good news made me feel significantly better. I had worried myself sick, with nothing to …
I am excited to share my post on Devotable App today talking about what the Bible means to you and how God’s Word can change your life in a devotional from Psalm 19. You can find it here. Thank you to the Devotable App for sharing my thoughts on this important passage!
“I just want to be happy,” is something you might hear from someone you know. It could be the cry of your own heart, the caption you would add to a family member’s actions, a friend’s whispered confession between sobs. I believe we do all want to be happy, but should we seek it with …