AMBUSHED
Satan often seeks to strike us from a hidden position. Sometimes he uses concealed methods, but other times he harasses us openly and does his best to ambush us. We can only be victorious through Jesus Christ and depend upon His grace and strength to stand strong. The...
SORROW TURNS TO JOY
I would like to mention two notable women in the Bible who believed in, and trusted God. The first one is Elizabeth, who became the mother of John the Baptist. Elizabeth was the wife of Zachariah, and she was a descendant of Aaron the priest, Moses’s brother. Luke 1...
FROM BROKENNESS TO RESTORATION
God specializes in taking our brokenness, our heartaches, our mistakes, our sorrows and regrets and transforming them into something whole and beautiful. Psalm 147:3 reminds us that "He (God) heals the broken - hearted and binds up their wounds." Ps. 34:18 states –...
GRACIOUS WORDS
Prov. 16:24 states - “GRACIOUS WORDS are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” Also Col. 4:6 says - “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.” Proverbs 21:23 says - “Those...
“Come to Me with your needs.”
There is an incident in Matthew 14 where Jesus commanded his disciples to get into their boat and row to the other side of the lake, while Jesus went up a mountain to pray. “The boat was already a considerable distance from the land, buffeted by the waves because the...
“PEACE be yours!”
The Apostle Paul wrote that verse above, in Ephesians 1:2 When Jesus prepared His disciples for His departure from this world, we read in John chapter 14, that He made a long speech to encourage his disciples. He promised The Holy Spirit to be their Helper. In some...
HEARING GOD’S VOICE – PART 2
CHANGED IN GOD’S PRESENCE Last week we looked at ways to prepare our hearts to hear God’s voice: clearing out worry and fear by prayer, petition and thanksgiving; consciously turning away from trusting our own understanding and submitting to examination by God’s...
HEARING GOD’S VOICE – PART 1
PREPARING TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE CLEAR OUT ALL WORRY FROM MIND AND HEART Phil. 4:6-7 – “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all...
Renewed strength
When challenges come, and life becomes difficult, or we get bad news or become ill; our strength begins to fail. The Bible tells us that those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength. Being strong doesn’t mean you never get weak. It means exchanging our...
Bring your umbrellas!
A little girl went to a meeting with her parents. The meeting had a specific purpose, as the ground had dried up and there had been no rain for a while. The congregation had decided to gather to pray for rain. Everyone agreed: prayer is worth it, and it's the...