Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Matthew 7:14
And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NLT Sovereign God, I... Continue Reading →
Between a pulled muscle in my back, project deadlines at work, and everything else going on in my heart and mind; last week was one that I wouldn't mind forgetting. Somewhere at the outset of starting this site I mentioned that I don't write these devotions unless God inspires me. I would like to mention this... Continue Reading →
"Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." 1 Thessalonians 5:11 I know that I've touched on this in the past but I would like to mention it again with a little more focus. Lately it seems like more and more people are hurting, suffering, and are really waiting and... Continue Reading →
"So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when He adopted you as His own children. Now we call Him, “Abba, Father.”" Romans 8:15 Sovereign God, I bow my heart humbly at Your feet today and join with my brothers and sisters in Christ to worship You and... Continue Reading →
"But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord." "Now the Lord had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights." Jonah 1:3 & 17 I've been going through a time of harsh times lately... Continue Reading →
"God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God... Continue Reading →
"Be still, and know that I am God;" Psalm 46:10 In our fast paced world I have to remember sometimes to just take time to be still. I don’t know about you but my mind is like a racehorse most days and it takes a little work to exhale and break free from the blistering... Continue Reading →
I am writing this a little ahead and I can't help but focus on God during this Easter season. Like many of you I am in a time of turmoil and suffering. My heart aches and languishes in the searing pain of brokenness from unfulfilled promises, dreams, and hope that has been deferred (Proverbs 13:12)... Continue Reading →
