If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. – Psalm 139:8, KJV To feel alone and afraid is horrible, and so many things in life can make us feel alone, afraid, or both. Horrible injury, chronic illness, broken relationships, shattered dreams, and financial… Continue reading To feel alone and afraid is horrible.
Category: Encouragement
How do you start your day?
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. – Mark 1:35, King James Version (KJV) For most of my Christian life I’ve heard preachers and Sunday School teachers claim that the best time of day to spend time with God in prayer,… Continue reading How do you start your day?
What will you do for those you love?
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. – John 15:13, King James Version (KJV) Dick and Rick Hoyt are an inspiring and amazing duo. According to an April 2014 article in The Boston Globe: Their story is no less remarkable for having been told over… Continue reading What will you do for those you love?
What will it be? Water, or lotion?
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water… Psalm 1a, KJV Like many people, the skin on my hands gets dry during the cold, chapping Winter months. For years I tried combating this problem with copious applications of hand lotion, and for a time, after each application, the skin on… Continue reading What will it be? Water, or lotion?
From coat to sleeping bag to empowerment.
[Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure andsatisfaction and delight. – Philippians 2:13, Amplified Bible (AMP) Twenty-four year old Veronika Scott is the CEO… Continue reading From coat to sleeping bag to empowerment.
Steve Jobs on Job.
And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. – Job 1:21, King James Version (KJV) In his 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University, the late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, Pixar… Continue reading Steve Jobs on Job.
After the flu, what do you do?
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.- Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, King James Version (KJV) Imagine you are of college… Continue reading After the flu, what do you do?
Blind justice.
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. – Proverbs 24:10, KJV Philippians 2:13 teaches us that the will and the power to live the victorious Christian life doesn’t come from us; it comes from God. However, the choice to access God’s power so that we can persevere is ours. If we… Continue reading Blind justice.
Caesar’s house and the imperial guard.
So much is this a fact that throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest [here] my imprisonment has become generally known to be in Christ [that I am a prisoner in His service and for Him]. – Philippians 1:13, Amplified Bible (AMP) A very common question we ask is, “Why would God… Continue reading Caesar’s house and the imperial guard.
What treasures?
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven… – Matthew 6:20, KJV When Christ admonished us to lay up for ourselves treasures in Heaven, to what “treasures” was He referring? One such treasure is the crown of life, awarded to those who are faithful to Christ even in the face of temptation and persecution. James… Continue reading What treasures?