Peace / 67 posts found
Finding a Safe Place
“Create in me a pure heart, Oh god and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 There was a time in my life that I needed a safe place for God to do open heart surgery. My heart was broken and as hard as I tried, I could not recover. During that time, well-meaning friends said things like, “Can’t you snap out of it and just get over it?” No, it wasn’t that easy. I needed someone safe to understand what I was going through- to listen to how I was hurting and help me release the pain. […]
Seeing and Showing the Love of God
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV) Love can be hard when you come across someone who seems unlovable. They may have harsh words when they speak to you, or they may do things that hurt your feelings and you wonder how you can […]
Does Anyone Really Care?
“And let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another.” Hebrews 10:24 Do you ever wonder if anyone really cares? If you have accepted Christ as your savior, not only do you have a new life and purpose, but you also have a new family. In this family, the Bible teaches us that we should care for each other and encourage one another. The Amplified bible says to give attentive continuous care to watching over one another. With the online social movement many people have become somewhat reclusive from face-to-face contact. It seems that the new […]
Waiting on the Lord to Lift me up!
“The Lord will take me up.” Psalm 27:10 He had actually called me to walk on a path called Righteousness. My desire to walk upright prior to God was not so that he would accept me because now I started to actually comprehend that He had actually already accepted me. As I continued on this course called righteousness and as His word continued to penetrate my heart I began to totally experience God in my life. “When my dad and mom forsake me, then the Lord will take me up” (Psalm 27:10). If you were forsaken throughout your youth, ask […]
God Prepares You for Your Blessing
“For You make him to be blessed and a blessing for life …” Psalm 21:6 David said in Psalms 21:6, that God in fact makes you to be blessed. He makes you or simply puts, He prepares you ‘to get’ His blessings so that you can be a blessing to others. Think about it, today He is preparing you for His true blessings! You resemble a storehouse that He should prepare to pour His true blessings into. If you are a little 4 room residence He may require you to expand to get a blessing. You cannot have the “us […]
IS YOUR LIFE PRODUCING FRUIT?
“Search me Lord and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts and see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting”. Psalm 139:23-24 We can determine the condition of our heart by observing the fruit of our life. To measure fruitfulness, you can look over the past season or over the past year and see what has been produced. In the fall a farmer looks over the previous growing season to determine the condition of the field. We can also look at the past year of our life and determine the […]
How to Find Perfect Love
“Perfect love casts out all fear, for fear hath torment. And he that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1 John 4:18 We are created in the image of God and designed to have intimate relationships bound in love. I guess it would be safe to say we are created with a “need” to love, and be loved. As an infant, the first time we are touched and held by our parent, our initial experience with physical love is activated. But, only for a moment. At the stage of infancy, the ability to hold-on to love has […]
Preparation Call: A time for Fresh Beginnings
“Behold, I make all things new.” Revelations 21:5 God declares it is a time for the new things. Fresh beginnings are upon us. Many yeast ago, I knew the Lord had actually impressed upon me the need to “PREPARE” and lead my family into what I heard as a “Preparation Call”. This calling came during a time when things were fine in our Country and our economy was actually pretty strong. I was perplexed as to why I was being led to prepare. “I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, I will hold thine hand, and I will keep […]
Abiding in His Presence
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 15:7 In today’s fast-pace and hectic lifestyles we often strive to accomplish our tasks in order to feel accomplishment. Unfortunately, those busy tasks often cause us to ignore the vital importance of spending time in the presence of God. The word “abiding” means to remain continuously. Our need is to abide in His presence continuously and allow His words to remain in us continuously. Unfortunately, too often we replace abiding in His presence with […]
Finding Your Destiny
“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it”. Proverbs 22:6 (NIV) Many people today are trying to find their destiny. They want to know why they are here, and for what purpose. Unfortunately, in their quest for answers people often look in the wrong places or seek counsel from the wrong people. Did you know that your destiny was actually determined even before your birth? There are many examples in Scripture where God revealed to the parents the destiny of their children. Mary was told that her son […]