How to Know and Love God More
It’s not complicated to know and love God. He grows our love for Him and often does it in these five life-changing ways.
OLDER POSTS
When Life Comes Too Fast or Too Hard, Don’t Panic. Do This Instead.
When life comes too fast and too hard (and it will), don't panic. Do this instead: Look to Isaiah 43. May this letter to God, written as a response to His Words through Isaiah, give you the strength and confidence you need today. Father God, Life is coming hard and...
God is Good. Us? We’re Just Not That Good. Bless Our Hearts.
JEAN: My friend Traci Burns and I realized we're just not that good while standing in her front hallway covered in paint. Bless our hearts. I'm not talking about whether we're "good" people. Jesus settled that for us: And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good?...
My Dear Child, I’ll Give You The Victory Because I Love You & I AM Your God
Simply because the Lord loves you. God had promised the Israelites He'd give them cities they didn't build and vineyards they didn't plant, but not because they were great. They weren't, and He knew it. Even before He chose to bless them, He'd known it. Their...
How to Understand John 15: The Vine and the Branches
Understand Jesus’ parable of the vine and the branches in John 15. (Printable copy of David Tryon’s excellent article on “The Vine and the Branches”)
Waiting & Wondering Are Agonizing. God is Amazing!
Waiting can be agonizing. Waiting and wondering can be torture. But God is absolutely amazing! Yesterday God blew me away with His kindness and His ways in the midst of agonized waiting and wondering. He doesn't always answer me in miraculous ways. Sometimes He...
When A Parent Loses A Child, It’s Common to Ask “Why?” (by Traci Burns, A Mother Who Knows)
My friend Traci Burns is a mother who knows the pain of losing a child. She has some wise words to share with us: When A Parent Loses A Child, It's Common to Ask "Why?" by Traci Burns, A Mother Who Knows "Satan stole my child." My heart broke when a friend told me...
Five Light Filled Truths To Know When The Days Get Darker
Discover five Light-filled truths you can cling to when your days get darker. God’s Word offers us great hope and assurance.
That Tomb is Still Empty – Amazing Kids Share the Gospel (Levi & Lia Mullen)
Easter is over, but in case you were wondering . . . That tomb is still empty, and Jesus still lives. And that's the only hope for you and me and this crazy world that we live in. Young Levi & Lia Mullen retell the good news of the Gospel -- the Easter story --...
Christ’s Resurrection Power In You – Praise Picture & Poem
Take Me, Break Me (a prayer) by Steve Laube Take my eyes Lord. Strike me blind. * * * Then heal me Lord That I may see with Your eyes. Take my hands Lord. Crush every bone. * * * Then heal me Lord That I may touch with Your tenderness. Take my ears...
24 Hours Before: Christ’s 24 Hours Before Changed Everything Forever
On this beautiful Good Friday, I'm thrilled to bring you the continuation of my friend Traci Burn's reflections. She's walked a painful path but has found the Lord faithful every step of the way. Even 24 hours before. My daughter Anna had one of the best 24 hours of...
small boat. Big Storm. Sleeping Jesus?
I'm thankful to my dear friend Traci Burns for sharing more of God's story in their lives. April 14, 2012. My husband, Weyland, and I were in Atlanta visiting our dear friends, Mike and Janice Ripley. Weyland and I had just finished touring Margaret Mitchell’s home...
Are You Facing A Storm? Jesus Is Bigger Than We Let Him Be (A Thought to Think)
My friend Traci Burns likes to think. I think that's a good thing. Every Monday Traci texts her kids a Mom's Thought for the Week, whether they like it or not. Moms get to do these kind of things. She shared one with me recently, and I really liked it. It gave me a...
“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32