“They will call him Emmanuel, which means, God with us.” (Matthew 1:23)
When you feel most alone, it’s then you most feel the one who never leaves you.
Today’s Encouragement: You are Never Alone
November 15, 2017 by
Today’s Encouragement: Who Should I Fear?
November 14, 2017 by
“The Lord is the fortress of my life, of whom should I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1)
When the world is the scariest, we need most to enter into God’s peace in his fortress.
Today’s Encouragement: Seeing a Miracle
November 13, 2017 by
“According to your faith, what you have asked will be done.” (Matthew 9:29)
Need a miracle? Imagine what might happen if you expected it.
Today’s Encouragement: Enter into God’s Home
November 10, 2017 by
“Knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7)
When you need God’s help most he says, “Come in my child. Let’s talk for a while.”
Finding Answers to Your Most Difficult Challenges
November 8, 2017 by
“Seek and you will find.” (Matthew 7:7)
When you run out of answers before you run out of challenges you have an amazing opportunity.
To seek and find God’s answers which are beyond anything you can imagine.
Asking For and Receiving Your Deepest Desires
November 6, 2017 by
“Ask and it will be given to you.” (Matthew 7:7)
When you’ve struggled way too long and run out of questions.
Then ask the one who has the answers and he says, “I will give it. No questions asked.”
How to Find God’s Help When You’re Overwhelmed with Doubts
October 31, 2017 by
Do you ever feel like maybe God isn’t really there? Does a twinge of doubt occasionally pinch you?
Particularly when facing a crisis and you’re up to your eyeballs in challenges?
And you’ve done all you can, you’ve done the right things, you’ve lived like you’re supposed to.
Yet, the problems persist and then you wonder, “Where is God in all this? Why doesn’t he answer my prayers? Does he care? Is he even there?”
A lot of people have been there. I certainly have.
But I’ve also seen the truth of what the Psalmist writes and God promises.
“He will call to me and I will answer him; I will be with him in times of trouble. I will deliver and honor him.”
He doesn’t say, “When you’ve done everything perfectly.”
He says, “When you call, I will answer.”
And he promises to deliver you out of every one of your troubles and bring you honor.
What an amazing promise.
Yes, sometimes the answer may be delayed. And it may be different than you expected. And it may come in ways you didn’t anticipate.
But God says he will answer and bless you.
And all you need to do is ask and expect.
After all, you are his child.
*Psalm 91:15
Do You Face the Impossible? Good News!
October 24, 2017 by
What do you face that seems overwhelming? What challenge looms larger than your abilities?
Maybe a health challenge? A financial challenge? A marital challenge? A family challenge?
And you’ve worked hard on it, you really have. Yet, nothing seems to work. And the challenge remains.
And now you’re worn out and worried.
Well there’s good news.
When we reach the end of our abilities we enter the realm of seeing God’s. When we have no more we can do then we see what God can do.
Paul wrote, “”If God is for us who can stand against us?”
I encourage you to make that personal and say, “If God is with me who or what can overcome me?”
See, your power may fail. Your solutions may come up short.
But God’s power is unlimited. He knows the end from the beginning.
And God loves you with an unfailing love that simply will not be conquered.
So, if you’ve entered into that relationship with him then rest in that promise.
If you’ve never entered into that relationship then simply ask, right now.
Then no matter what you face you can say with confidence, “God is with me and nothing and no one can overcome me.”
*Romans 8:31
How to Find Peace and Joy When You’ve Fallen and Failed
August 17, 2017 by
It’s easy to be consumed by our failures isn’t it?
We rehearse continually in our minds the “if-onlys.”
If you’ve lived long enough to be able to read and understand this then you’ve lived long enough to fail.
Regret takes over and your mind fixates on how you missed rather than what you gained. A sure recipe for feeling miserable and wasting time.
Because in case you hadn’t noticed you can’t fix yesterday. Trust me I’ve tried. Doesn’t work.
But you can do something about today and tomorrow.
Paul writes, “I forget what is behind and look forward to what is ahead.”
Paul had plenty of “if-onlys” he could have fixated on. Yet he chose instead to look forward to what God promises.
Think about what you really need right now and a promise of God that fulfills it.
Ask him for it. Then picture that he’s giving it to you right now. Anticipate his promise.
Then start living in that expectation.
Feel the joy as the regret sloughs off and your mind sees your dream.
Move forward in renewed strength to see those promises become reality.
And forget the “if-onlys”. Not a fun way to live.
I’m not wasting any more time on them.
Got a lot more fun things to do.
*Philippians 3:13
How Do You Find Hope and Peace When You Feel Overwhelmed with Problems?
August 15, 2017 by
I know so many people struggling with overwhelming issues. Health setbacks, family chaos, financial stresses, job challenges. Maybe you are too.
In the midst, even as a believer, it’s easy to give up hope isn’t it? To think, “It’s always going to be like this.”
Or to feel, as a friend once said, “If I didn’t have bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.”
Yet, when that becomes your focus where does it leave you? Feeling hopeless doesn’t it?
That’s what I love about this promise from God through the prophet Jeremiah.
“I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord. “Plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
When that promise was given the Jews were exiled. They had lost everything. Life seemed hopeless.
Yet into the midst of their darkness God shines a ray of light. He says, “Take heart. Stop looking around you. Instead look beyond you. I have a plan for you, to prosper you and give you a bright future.”
He says the same to you today no matter what you face.
Just ask and trust him for that promise. He will deliver it.
Then you’ll say, unlike my friend, “I don’t need any luck because I’m blessed.”
*Jeremiah 29:11
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