Have you ever asked that question when life was pressing in on you and it seemed like God was not listening to your cry for help? Or maybe you have prayed for change/something for a long time and nothing has happened? I have. Are you asking that question now? Where is God in the midst…
Bitterness is an obvious drain that destroys the person harboring it and defiles everyone around them. But what about things like fear and worry and disappointment and self-pity? “The clearest evidence that God’s grace is at work in our hearts is that we do not get into panics. The one great crime on the part…
Are you (any hint of) bitter? “All bitterness is ultimately toward God.” (since at the very least, God who is sovereign allowed ‘it’.) Ephesians 4:30-31 (NASB) Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God… Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Bitterness…
Do you ever feel like ‘what’s the use?’ in certain areas of life – politics, fickle majority, cancer, certain relationships, weight loss, dealing with depression, habits, persistent pain, ….? The song writer put it, “Sometimes the sky looks dark with not a ray of light, we’re tossed and driven on, no human help in sight;…
Have you ever stopped and asked God, “What can I give to You today?” We’re always in need and God is always generous and gives without reproach, so as His children we are certainly told to ask. But have you ever just stopped and prayed, “God, what can I give to You?” Why not stop…
When I don’t see much happening by way of ‘my ministry’, should I go somewhere else, some place where God is working, and the harvest is plentiful? Possibly. God could be initiating a restlessness in preparation for a move. Keep talking to God about it and staying open. What came to my mind when I…
Not too long ago I confessed to the Lord discouragement and lethargy in prayer and asked why? The Psalmist struggled with this from time to time. Psalm 42:5a Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? What came to mind? Little faith due to a divided focus…
Key verses: Hebrews 12:1-2 (NASB) Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of…
Are you Discouraged? Depressed? Fearful? Anxious? Worried? Overwhelmed? Confused? Filled with negative thoughts? Where is your focus? What dominates your thinking? Remember Peter walking on the water toward Jesus after he’d asked Jesus to prove it was He by inviting him to do so? Matthew 14:28-31 Peter got distracted by the wind and waves all…