Together for Good

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. – Romans 8:28. (NASB) “What good can come from this?” It is a phrase I have found myself saying many times in my life. Sometimes it goes along […]

Friday Faith

What is God teaching you at this moment and are you receptive to its lesson? My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD Or loathe His reproof, For whom the LORD loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. – Proverbs 3:11-12 (NASB)

Prayer Journey — The Unexpected

I cannot begin to tell you dear Lord how humbled I am by the way you revealed your purposes last week. You reminded me that your ways are not always apparent, that you have higher purposes in mind. You showed me how you can reach people through me in very unexpected ways. Help me to […]

Prayer Journey — Faithful Father

You are a faithful father dear God. You have known me intimately since I took my first breath and you will be by my side when I take my last breath. You have never left me alone. Through heartache, sorrow and grief; through traumatic times when all seemed hopeless, you were there giving me hope. […]

Prayer Journey — Your Hands

Your hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. – Psalm 119:73 (NASB) It is hard to comprehend that you made me dear Lord; that your hands crafted me. It is such a personal thing to consider your hands created me; that you are personally involved in my […]

Prayer Journey — Confident in Who You Are

Leave behind that poor self image that others have burdened you with. Be confident in who you are in God. Learn to dismiss the opinions that seek to drag you down into the mud; seek to suppress you; seek to make you a failure. Don’t get caught up in the negativity of others who want […]

Prayer Journey — Masterpiece

But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. – Isaiah 64:8 Your hands, your touch, formed me. You placed your fingers on my life and crafted me. You continue to mold me with your gentle, loving touch. […]

The Unseen Results of Obedience

You are one person. It seems you have few resources. What can you possibly do to accomplish great things for the Kingdom of God? On our own, without God, we can achieve little. However, with God, we can achieve much — maybe not in our lifetime, but certainly across generations. For God is all about […]

Prayer Journey — What is my Purpose?

Then Job answered the LORD and said, “I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted (Job 42:1-2, NASB) You dear Lord can do all things. You created everything. You are intentional. Your purposes are righteous. Who can stand in the way of your will? I am […]

Questioning Your Motives

“You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might (NASB).” So Deuteronomy 6:5 tells us. But what is our motivation for doing so? Is it to assure ourselves of eternal life with God. John 3:16 tells us, “For God so loved the world, […]