Strength for Your Journey
We marvel that Emmanuel is “with” us on our journey, but there’s more! For those who have invited Jesus Christ as Savior into their lives, He is within. Note what Jesus said to His followers in John 14:17 about the…
Category handling trials
Do WE Play a Part in Mending a Broken Heart? – 3
Victor or Victim? Can grief turn toxic? Definitely. Sometimes hurt, pain and loss seem so overwhelming that we turn away from the Lord in despair and anger. This anger can take many forms, from outright rebellion, to self-pity, to passive…
Do WE Play a Part in Mending a Broken Heart?
They say time heals a broken heart, yet why do some people never seem to recover? Some cling to brokenness as they consciously or unconsciously believe it serves a purpose. Others doubt healing is possible, even by the Lord. Yet…
When God Allows Your Heart to Be Broken
God is still in the healing business! Today, I’m grateful to celebrate 17 years of being cancer free after my battle with Stage IV metastatic melanoma. Thank you, Lord! Yet you and I have prayed long and hard for something…
He’s NOT Hiding, Keep Seeking Him TODAY!
Jesus often talked about perseverance in seeking Him to lift our burdens and cares. He uses the analogy that we should persist in knocking on His door: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find;…
Five Keys to Victory in Any Battle – #3 – Grace of God
I’ve been struggling to find the words for this blog on The Grace of God, not for a lack of subject matter, I just don’t know what to leave out! So for now, I’ll focus on three aspects of The…
Five Keys to Victory in Any Battle – #2 – Greatness of God
If God is both good and great, we’re in good hands! Last time we wrote about enjoying the Goodness of God. This time in our five part series on victory, we focus on embracing His incredible greatness to us. And…
Five Reasons God’s Light Helps Us “See in the Dark”
I bought a pair of night-vision binoculars during this year’s Black Friday weekend. There’s something about seeing in the dark that really draws me, especially when walking through Texas woods at night! I started thinking of the spiritual analogy of…
7 Amazing Properties of His Living Water
Does the Lord intend us to be happy? Joyful? Satisfied? What about in hard times, like during a cancer battle? Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes! I have to admit, I didn’t always experience positive feelings in the midst of the…
Guaranteed Ability to Cope
Life can be overwhelmingly hard and the temptation to despair can be great. Happened to me when I was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic melanoma in 2003. I was soon after given the prognosis of “days to live.” The cancer…