When Your World Shifts, Rest in the God Who Never Changes
God is immutable—unchanging in His thoughts, will, decrees, character, and purposes. Though the things of this world change, shift, fade, and pass away, God never does. Our friends and family may grow and…
Read More When We Believe We Know Better Than God
As I paced the floor with my crying baby in the early hours of the morning, tears slid down my cheeks. You say You care about me, God, I thought—but I’m finding that hard to believe. You say You will work all things…
Read More Purposely Adopted by God
A problem. A hinderance. A nuisance. A mistake. Unplanned. These are a few of the words some parents have led their children to believe of themselves. I have a wonderful mother who never once made me feel…
Read More Love the Body God Created
As women, we can appear to take enjoyment out of verbally tearing our bodies apart. “I’m so out of shape.” “I hate the texture of my hair.” “My feet are way too big.” “Why is my skin so sickly pale?” “I wish I had a thigh…
Read More Whose Glory Am I Fighting For?
Saul was rejected by God as king; he had disobeyed, and he sought his own glory and wanted to do things his own way. In His rejection of Saul, God sent Samuel to anoint a new king to come after Saul rather than…
Read More Rest Is Obedience
When the Israelites complained about their lack of food, God sent manna. Each morning it would appear on the ground, and they would gather enough for the day (any leftovers would rot). But on the sixth day…
Read More Peace in the Omniscient God
Do you ever wish you could know the future, like when your washer is going to keep pumping water in for the rinse cycle until it pours out of the top, damaging your new floors (yes, I’ve been there)? Or maybe you…
Read More Seeing Jesus All Throughout Scripture
Reading the Old Testament can make our heads spin. What does this mean? How does this apply to me? What am I supposed to take away? What am I supposed to do? Some parts are a giant list of rules we can…
Read More The Heart of a Gentle Spirit
Gentle people aren’t gentle because they have simply bottled all their frustration and anger inside. Gentle people don’t have this kind of spirit because they simply grit their teeth all day with clenched fists and a…
Read More If Only I Had… Then I Could Obey
The Israelites were at the edge of the Promised Land. Moses warned them to keep God’s covenant and to choose obedience so they may live in the land. He warned them what it would cost to break God’s…
Read More Even the Greatest Need Christ
Moses was a friend of God. The writer who finished the book of Deuteronomy named him unlike any other prophet. He was a great leader, commanding literally thousands of men, women, and children. He was…
Read More When Discernment Lacks Grace
Discernment can become a battlefield—a time of throwing grenades at others of insults, snide remarks, sarcastic comments, and the like. We yell, “False teacher!” after cherry picking a random quote. We spread…
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