Do you know these prophetic words from the Isaiah were written 700 years before Jesus was born?? Isaiah 9:2The people walking in darknesshave seen a great light;on those living in the land of the shadow of deatha light has dawned.Isaiah 9:6-7For to us a child is born,to us a son is given,and the government willContinue reading “More Prophecies about this than His birth!”
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He is doing what He promised.
“The things which are impossible with men are possible with God”. (Luke 18:27) Lately, I see so much that seems impossible, and wrong. How dark the world seems right now. Just turn on the news and you’ll know what I mean. (Or, maybe don’t 😳) But how dark, how impossible, it surely seemed over twoContinue reading “He is doing what He promised.”
Your hard thing might be the VERY thing…
My eyes keep going back to that word in 1st Peter 3:15– Hope. And I remember it was hope that drew me to Jesus. It was the hope I saw in others, that I didn’t understand but desperately wanted. Theirs was a hope that made no earthly sense—a hope not based on circumstances. In fact,Continue reading “Your hard thing might be the VERY thing…”
Let’s don’t neglect to praise God in the midst of hard things…
“Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen” (1 Tim 1:17) As Paul wrote those words in his letter to Timothy, I wonder if he sat his pen down, lifted his hands to Heaven and was overcome with praise to the Lord?Continue reading “Let’s don’t neglect to praise God in the midst of hard things…”
Need a little JOY?
I wish I could call Karen. I’d love to sit with her on her couch, open our Bibles, and pray as we did so many times over the years. Joy just oozed out of that precious woman. It truly did, and even as she lay dying. She was my friend and my mentor. I loveContinue reading “Need a little JOY?”
When the tears won’t dry this side of Heaven…
It’s a passage that has always seemed so sad to me – John 6:41-71. Jesus has just said some hard things about what following Him really looks like and “from that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.” (John 6:66). Surely, as John wrote those words, the faces ofContinue reading “When the tears won’t dry this side of Heaven…”
How do you keep going when life is crashing down?
What do you do when you get the phone call, the diagnosis, the news you never saw coming? What about the hard thing thet you thought wouldn’t still be this hard? What then? Are you destined to continually be consumed by the trouble and pain and spiral further downward into a pit of despairing emotions?Continue reading “How do you keep going when life is crashing down?”
Don’t have faith on your own faith.
Don’t have faith in your own faith. Keep looking to God. The enemy would love for you to believe you are the only one whose faith has faltered. But this is not biblical. Throughout Scripture, God allows us to peak into the lives of some of the most faithful when they were the least faithful.Continue reading “Don’t have faith on your own faith.”
Will we hang on when it gets hard?
It’s easy to say “yes” to Heaven, but are we ready to face the affliction that might come because we follow Christ? Are we ready for that? Will our kids be? Paul and Silas had been beaten and jailed in Philippi because of the gospel. Their joy, as they sat in prison singing hymns, hadContinue reading “Will we hang on when it gets hard?”
It is time
The tide has shifted and what the Bible has told us would happen, has happened, and is happening, and here in this country as well. Wrong is called “right” and what’s right is called “wrong”, and people are celebrating the death of someone who sought to talk about biblical truth. Things are happening just asContinue reading “It is time”
Here I Am
Like many of you, our family is incredibly upset over the assassination of Charlie Kirk. My kids are especially upset. Charlie was of their generation, but my 80 year old mom also listened to his podcasts all the time. Charlie was a bright light. He loved Jesus and he loved people. He knew the BibleContinue reading “Here I Am”
Let’s love enough to confront sin.
“Let’s love people enough to help them leave their own pity parties so they can spend their lives drawing attention to God rather than themselves.” “The compassionate side of you will be tempted to comfort everyone who weeps, but that isn’t always the most loving thing to do for them.” (Chan) Sometimes, we absolutely knowContinue reading “Let’s love enough to confront sin.”
When it doesn’t go as you expect
I snapped a picture as my daughter and I drove near Asheville a few years ago. I was traveling to speak nearby, and I wanted to show her where our family had lived when she and her brothers were little. How we had loved living there. As those glorious mountains spread out before us, treesContinue reading “When it doesn’t go as you expect”
Words on a page. Hope in my heart.
Words on a page.Hope in my heart. These words weren’t meant to be put on a shelf after Easter. I need to remember again. Maybe you do, too? As His blood flowed down, and the human heart of my Savior stopped , the curtain separating men from a Holy God was torn in two. (LukeContinue reading “Words on a page. Hope in my heart.”
Earthquake. Tsunami. Is Jesus Coming Back Soon?
Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Wrong is called right. Right is called wrong. Wars. Rumors of wars. Strange alliances that look like Gog and Magog. To look at our world, and read Scripture, don’t you wonder if Jesus is coming back soon? None of us will know the day, but the Bible tells us to look for birthContinue reading “Earthquake. Tsunami. Is Jesus Coming Back Soon?”
Hope for our Hearts
Today would be my Dad’s 95th birthday. This is the second one without him here. He loved birthdays, and family, and being the center (and life) of the party. To say our family misses him is an understatement. My Dad taught me so many things, but one thing stands out to me in this yearContinue reading “Hope for our Hearts”
Go ahead, write in your Bible. Leave a Legacy.
My niece, AC, loves the Word. She takes notes. She asks questions, but let me tell you something else she does… Routinely, she says, “wait a minute” and she will go, and pick up her dad’s Bible. She looks to see if he has underlined, circled, or written anything in the passage she is reading.Continue reading “Go ahead, write in your Bible. Leave a Legacy.”
Hard days? Long for REST?
I don’t have answers to life’s questions. God knows I have many, many questions. I long for Him.I want to understand Him.I want to follow Him. But, if I am honest, I also want life to be stable, predictable and easy. When hard days come, I want to immediately see what God is doing andContinue reading “Hard days? Long for REST?”
Keep on. For those you love and those you may never meet.
Ministry is hard. There has been more than once I’ve wanted to stop sharing about Jesus, and pull away, and just love those who are easy to love and believe what I believe about the faith and the Word. Recently, I’ve been tossing and turning with thoughts of escaping to a desert island, because, asContinue reading “Keep on. For those you love and those you may never meet.”
His better way for our humble hearts
It was certainly no accident that Jesus was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah when he stood up to read in his hometown synagogue that day. (Luke 4:16) It was supernatural. Can you imagine hearing the voice of the Promised One reading these words? “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,Because He hasContinue reading “His better way for our humble hearts”
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