“Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path.” (Psalm 119:105)
Prayer: Lord, I praise you for your guidance in the darkness. Guide me into the light.
Encouragement Today: Guidance in the Night
December 1, 2017 by
Encouragement Today: Find Joy in the Midst of Sorrow
November 29, 2017 by
“Weeping may last for a night, but joy comes again in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5)
Prayer: Lord, I praise you that when I weep you will bring me joy. Surprise me today.
Encouragement Today: Where You Find God
November 24, 2017 by
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God.” (Matthew 5: 3)
Prayer Today: Lord, when I come to the end of myself there I discover you. I need you today.
Encouragement Today: Finding Peace When You Need it Most
November 21, 2017 by
“As a mother comforts her child so will I comfort you.” (Isaiah 66: 13)
Prayer Today: Father, when I am distressed you are there. Comfort me today with your peace and presence.
Today’s Encouragement: Fretting or Seeing?
November 16, 2017 by
“Rest quietly in the Lord and wait patiently for him to act.” (Psalm 37:7)
When we’ve come to the end of our fretting, it’s time to wait expectantly and see God act.
Today’s Encouragement: Who Should I Fear?
November 14, 2017 by
“The Lord is the fortress of my life, of whom should I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1)
When the world is the scariest, we need most to enter into God’s peace in his fortress.
Today’s Encouragement: Enter into God’s Home
November 10, 2017 by
“Knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7)
When you need God’s help most he says, “Come in my child. Let’s talk for a while.”
Do You Face the Impossible? Good News!
October 24, 2017 by
What do you face that seems overwhelming? What challenge looms larger than your abilities?
Maybe a health challenge? A financial challenge? A marital challenge? A family challenge?
And you’ve worked hard on it, you really have. Yet, nothing seems to work. And the challenge remains.
And now you’re worn out and worried.
Well there’s good news.
When we reach the end of our abilities we enter the realm of seeing God’s. When we have no more we can do then we see what God can do.
Paul wrote, “”If God is for us who can stand against us?”
I encourage you to make that personal and say, “If God is with me who or what can overcome me?”
See, your power may fail. Your solutions may come up short.
But God’s power is unlimited. He knows the end from the beginning.
And God loves you with an unfailing love that simply will not be conquered.
So, if you’ve entered into that relationship with him then rest in that promise.
If you’ve never entered into that relationship then simply ask, right now.
Then no matter what you face you can say with confidence, “God is with me and nothing and no one can overcome me.”
*Romans 8:31
How to Find Peace and Joy When You’ve Fallen and Failed
August 17, 2017 by
It’s easy to be consumed by our failures isn’t it?
We rehearse continually in our minds the “if-onlys.”
If you’ve lived long enough to be able to read and understand this then you’ve lived long enough to fail.
Regret takes over and your mind fixates on how you missed rather than what you gained. A sure recipe for feeling miserable and wasting time.
Because in case you hadn’t noticed you can’t fix yesterday. Trust me I’ve tried. Doesn’t work.
But you can do something about today and tomorrow.
Paul writes, “I forget what is behind and look forward to what is ahead.”
Paul had plenty of “if-onlys” he could have fixated on. Yet he chose instead to look forward to what God promises.
Think about what you really need right now and a promise of God that fulfills it.
Ask him for it. Then picture that he’s giving it to you right now. Anticipate his promise.
Then start living in that expectation.
Feel the joy as the regret sloughs off and your mind sees your dream.
Move forward in renewed strength to see those promises become reality.
And forget the “if-onlys”. Not a fun way to live.
I’m not wasting any more time on them.
Got a lot more fun things to do.
*Philippians 3:13
How Do You Find Hope and Peace When You Feel Overwhelmed with Problems?
August 15, 2017 by
I know so many people struggling with overwhelming issues. Health setbacks, family chaos, financial stresses, job challenges. Maybe you are too.
In the midst, even as a believer, it’s easy to give up hope isn’t it? To think, “It’s always going to be like this.”
Or to feel, as a friend once said, “If I didn’t have bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.”
Yet, when that becomes your focus where does it leave you? Feeling hopeless doesn’t it?
That’s what I love about this promise from God through the prophet Jeremiah.
“I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord. “Plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
When that promise was given the Jews were exiled. They had lost everything. Life seemed hopeless.
Yet into the midst of their darkness God shines a ray of light. He says, “Take heart. Stop looking around you. Instead look beyond you. I have a plan for you, to prosper you and give you a bright future.”
He says the same to you today no matter what you face.
Just ask and trust him for that promise. He will deliver it.
Then you’ll say, unlike my friend, “I don’t need any luck because I’m blessed.”
*Jeremiah 29:11
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