Surviving Life Storms

You set out for your day and then it hits. Menacing clouds appear on the horizon of your life and quickly overtake you with an unexpected trial. The powerful winds of uncertainty threaten to overtake you. Tears fall like rain. Doubts rise as to if you will pull through. Storms have a way of challenging […]

Moving the Immovable

“That will never happen. Things will never change.” Over the years I have found myself saying these things in response to seemingly impossible situations. But what does that say about my trust in God? Is it possible to change things that seem unchangeable? Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and […]

A Connection to God

Praying is a connection to God. It is an act of baring our heart and laying our deepest emotions before him. It is an expression of gratitude for all He has done, even the very breath you take each moment that gives you life. It is to seek His purposes, to trust he wants the […]

Nitpicking the New

It was the littlest thing turned into a big deal. One small detail and they were up in arms about it, looking to tear him down: “Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, ‘Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands […]

A Rich Aroma

Tears streamed down her cheeks as she looked at the box full of food. “I did not know where I was going to get food today.” The emotional response was evident. She was touched by the rich aroma of God’s love expressed by the hands of His faithful. Paul expresses this emotional response toward the […]

Do you wish to get well?

When you face trials in life, what do you put your faith in? For the man in John 5:1-8 who had been ill for thirty-eight years, he put his faith in a pool of water. When Jesus asked him, “Do you wish to get well (6, NIV).” The man focused on other people preventing him […]

Everyday Trust

Everyday we place our faith in things without even giving it a second thought. If the weather forecast calls for rain, we grab an umbrella or raincoat. We press a button for an elevator expecting it to take us to our floor. We make travel plans having faith that the train, bus or plane will […]

More Than Spiritual Needs

Sunday after Sunday the Word of God is preached. It feeds the Spirit of a people hungry for God’s word. Yet they leave each week and return to their lives with practical needs for food, clothing, and housing. Needs for physical and emotional healing. Jesus took note of this in Mark 8:1-9. A large crowd […]

Finding Release From Your Burdens

What does it mean to feel release, to have the burdens that weigh us down lifted from us? What does it mean to feel freedom from the guilt that burdens us? What does it mean to release ourselves from the expectations of others and embrace who God created us to be? What does it mean […]