11 Seek the Lord and his strength;seek his face always. (1 Chronicles 16:11 CSB) As I sit and look out my window this morning the sky is a beautiful shade of turquoise on the horizon that fades to pink then to blue as my eyes move up. I know within those colors...
A Future and A Hope
11 For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11 CSB) I have probably written on this scripture, or ones like it, more than any other. The reason I do so is...
A New Creation
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17 CSB) New Years is a time for optimism. A time for renewal and resetting of one’s attitudes about life. With the last few years we have lived...
Wavering Faith
40 Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” (Mark 4:40 CSB) Why does it seem that the smallest thing can shake our faith? How is it that after watching what God has done and is doing in our lives that we are people of so...
Awake Sleeper
“Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you." (Ephesians 5:14) Are you walking through this life as if you were asleep? I recognize this quite often. People seem awake, but in reality they are just going through the motions, as if sleep walking. There is...