1 Samuel 30:6 “…But David found strength in the Lord.” The other day I was reading a devotional on “Joy.” To be honest, I wasn’t feelin’ it. My bucket load of concerns had left me depleted, unable to see the world in anything but gray, ashen hues. My mood positioned Continue Reading…
Luke 4: 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” If… If… If… I think Satan has a packet of doubt seeds beginning with the word—If. He tries to sow them in our hearts whenever he spots a vulnerable Continue Reading…
Mark 4:15 “Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.” A beautiful house with a wraparound porch set on a mid-size lawn surrounded by woods. I was beyond Continue Reading…
Psalm 31:24 “Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.” How’s your hope tank these days? A little depleted? I think the coronavirus has left us all feeling more vulnerable and less secure than we were when life was normal. When was that? Decades ago? The Continue Reading…
Genesis 3:5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” It’s a position everyone with a beating heart wants, no matter the age, gender or nationality. People have been applying for it since the Continue Reading…
Matthew 16:23 “Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” From the war on terror to the war on poverty…good intentions can run amuck when we look at life Continue Reading…
1 Peter 4:12 ” Do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.” Life is supposed to be easy. Times get tough, and we look for the proverbial easy button to push…at least that’s what the Continue Reading…
Genesis 39:23 “…the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.” They’re dropping like flies…politicians, sports figures, businessmen, church leaders. It seems anyone who experiences any modicum of success faces the integrity issue at some point. Why does it appear that fewer and fewer are Continue Reading…
Luke 4:1-2 “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil….” Temptation seems like such an easy thing to resist…until we’re tempted. Whether it comes in the form of denying ourselves a cookie or refusing to Continue Reading…