Genesis 1:1 (NIV) “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Every time I read the creation story excitement fills my whole body. I love to imagine what each stage of creation might have looked like. Remember the old-timey slide projectors? My mind plays one slide at a time. Picture it: the Trinity is together. God,…
Life gets hard, in fact, life might be really hard for you right now. I recently reread Psalm 91, and boy did it encourage me. It reminds me that when it seems like I don’t have:Anyone to run to, I can run to the Lord.Anywhere to hide, I can hide in the Lord. The Lord…
Revelation 20:10 (ESV) “and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” Have you ever watched a movie with thrilling highs and plummeting lows? The music intensifies and the bass booms. You…
Truth for today: The Lord will never compel us to disobey what He has commanded.
“You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.” Psalm 139:5 (NLT) My then 4-year-old had become quite insistent about walking into school alone. He adamantly declared that he could go from the parking lot to the school by himself. But I knew that an independent, spirited preschooler…
“Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, ‘Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?’” 2 Samuel 7:18 (ESV) Have you ever been in a place of “thus far?” A place where you are experiencing God’s blessing and favor on…