Thanks to You

As 2019 comes to a close I want to take a moment to thank everyone of you who took time to read my posts this year. I have been humbled by your responses and encouraged by your comments. Your words have helped me grow in my faith in Christ. When the year started, I did […]

The Birth of Jesus Within Us

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him. – 1 John 5:1 (NASB) May we share the hope Jesus gives us with those we encounter this day. May we experience the joy, the peace of Jesus born in our life. May […]

First Love

“We love, because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19, NASB).” When Jesus was born, so many looked into the eyes of this newborn and saw the love of God in the flesh staring back at them. In that moment God’s love for his people was evident. “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling […]

Prayer Journey — God’s Love

This morning Lord, in this season, I contemplate your love. It is hard to grasp why you sacrificed your son for me, a sinner from birth. Yet you sent Jesus here to save us when we could not save ourselves. “Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this […]

Morning Praise — Joy to the Lord

This morning I praise you dear Lord for joy. I think of the lowly shepherds who hurried to seek you, who were excited to see you. Jesus, I think of the joy they must have felt gazing into your eyes. I praise you Jesus that same joy is available to us today. In the midst […]

Passing Joy

I scout the land In search of joy Cold snow crunches Beneath my feet Crisp winter air Exposes each breath I press on in the cold

An Overflowing Joy

Joy is something to be shared with others. If we have good news, we want to tell everyone we know about it. When the angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds, the angel told them, “I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people (Luke 2:10, NASB).” The […]

Prayer Journey — Advent Joy

What is pure joy? Where is there a joy, a moment that fills you with unexplainable happiness; a joy that overshadows the pain and suffering of this world? It is the joy of a resurrection morning; the joy of realizing Christ Jesus has overcome death; the joy where sorrow and loss is replaced with new […]

Morning Praise — The Gift of Peace

It is a gift laying before me to receive, to take into my hands, to open. “Peace I give you,” Jesus said. Even though I hold it in my hands, it is difficult to receive it, to embrace it, to understand it. Yet I praise you dear Lord that you offer us this peace. I […]

A Famine of the Heart

When we think of the word famine, we think of an extreme scarcity of food. But in Amos 8:11, we read of a different kind of famine: “‘Behold, days are coming,’ declares the Lord God, ‘When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But […]