Love Breaks Through
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, “For your sake we are being put to death all day long;…
Category handling trials
Giving Thanks During a Crisis
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. – Philippians 4:6 Crisis often brings a new closeness to God. When fighting for survival, even hard core do-it-yourselfers…
Dying to Live
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not…
Rest Stop
Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.…
Carried Out of the Desert
Let his left hand be under my head and his right hand embrace me… Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved? – Song of Songs 8:3 & 5. I love the fall weather in Dallas.…
Three Doctrines To Buoy the Spirit and Anchor the Soul
Nothing makes Bible doctrines come to life like desperation. While I was fighting cancer, I was reassured by three facts about God that buoyed my spirit and anchored my soul. 1) The Sovereignty of God Despite pain, oppression, and confusion,…
Victory March In The Wilderness, Part 4
Fourth in a series on journeying through life’s desert places. Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God who is our salvation. Selah. – Psalm 68:19 No one likes to walk through the desert. We may plead,…
Victory March In The Wilderness, Part 3
(Third in a series on journeying through desert places in our lives). O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness, Selah. The earth quaked; the heavens also dropped rain at the presence of…
Victory March In The Wilderness, Part 2
(Second in a series on journeying through life’s desert places). O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness, Selah. The earth quaked; the heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai…
Victory March In The Wilderness, Part 1
(First in a series on journeying through desert places in our lives). O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness, Selah. The earth quaked; the heavens also dropped rain at the presence of…