Unfailing (Unlimited) Love
Have you ever personalized a Bible verse as your own? Some verses we speak back to God in prayer, and others we cling to as promises. In an effort to fill my mind and spirit with good things, I’m...
View ArticleThe Best Laid Plans (Guest Post)
The Best Laid Plans by Steph Beth Nickel Have you ever made extensive plans only to have them go sideways? I know I have—and I’m pretty sure the same is true of you. Isaiah 55:8-9 gives us some insight...
View ArticleWhat if We Believed God?
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9, NLT* I have the privilege of reading the children’s...
View ArticleChoosing to Trust God
In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? Psalm 56:4, NIV* Did you ever struggle with this verse? David repeats it twice in this psalm, so we know...
View ArticleA Prayer for Every Day
Finish what you started in me, God. Your love is eternal—don’t quit on me now. Psalm 138:8, MSG* Wouldn’t this be a great prayer to memorize? To print out and stick on the bathroom mirror, on the car...
View ArticleSquandering the Inheritance
All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends. Yet when this...
View ArticleAbraham’s Example
Abraham never wavered in believing God’s promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God. Romans 4:20, NLT* Abraham believed God. He obeyed, went where he was told, and...
View ArticleResponding to God
In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. 2 Peter 1:5a, NLT* “In view of all this” refers to what Peter says in verses 3 and 4 about the abundance of what God has given to...
View ArticleGod Hasn’t Moved
“Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The Lord brought us up out of Egypt’? But...
View ArticleEscaping Captivity (Guest Post)
Escaping Captivity by Steph Beth Nickel Many of us have read books or watched movies in which the main character is taken captive, books such as Janet’s own Heaven’s Prey. While few (if any) of us have...
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