Your Band of Supporters

Throughout my life, during both good and bad times, I can recall how God placed people in my life to help me. There were traumatic events where someone lifted me up and put me back on my feet as well as times where they celebrated with me. This mighty band of God’s faithful reminds me […]

The Power of Prayer

Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that You, O LORD, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again.” – 1 Kings 18:37, NASB Elijah wasn’t there to put on a show or to prove he was right. He was obedient to God’s will and prayed that the […]

God Provides

God, who created the world and all that is in it, created you. His love and care for the world, and for you, is evident in the details. There’s a great picture of this in 1 Kings 17:1-5. In this passage, Elijah the prophet told Ahab, King of Israel, “As the LORD, the God of […]

Anxious About Being Anxious

Is it possible to not be anxious about anything? Philippians 4:6 tells us to “be anxious for nothing.” Is it in our capacity to not worry about things in this life? The path to calming our fears starts before this verse. Verse 4:4 tells us, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!” […]

Sowing the Right Seeds

What seeds are you sowing in the lives of people you encounter each day. The fruit you see will tell you what type of seed was sown. “Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…(Galatians 5:22-23, NASB);” this is the fruit of sowing seeds of the Spirit. The seeds of the flesh bear fruit […]

Check Yourself

There are times when people will provoke us to anger. We want to lash out at them, but something stops us. This is what Paul references in Galatians 5:16, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh (NASB).” As long as we walk with the […]

Giving Your Faith a Workout

This made me think about the man on the stationary bicycle. What if I put that same amount of effort into living a godly life? I picture myself going to the “Godliness” gym and giving my faith a workout.

Letting Affliction Preach the Gospel

Perhaps you are in the middle of a very stressful situation, or facing hardship with no end in sight. Maybe someone has inflicted severe pain on you, or your health is failing. In the middle of difficult struggles, it’s hard to accept Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 4:17 that these are momentary, light afflictions. Momentary? […]

Selective Rain

When you’ve been hurt by someone, it can be hard to forgive. The pain inflicted on you may prompt you to want to exact revenge on them. Bitterness may stir in your heart from the injustice you experienced. It can be hard to understand God’s love and even harder to apply it to our own […]

Together in Spirit

Retrospective: This post originally published March 7, 2024. As believers in Jesus, nothing can separate us from the love of God (Romans 8:38-39). We are connected by the Spirit of God by our faith in Jesus. Even when we are physically separated from each other, we remain connected by the Spirit. As Paul wrote in […]