Lately, my thoughts seem to gravitate towards spiritual warfare and the battle that rages for our minds, body, spirit, and emotions. Satan knows he’s lost the eternal battle for the soul of the redeemed, so he wages war in other ways. My life has been upside down for several years. I’ve…
13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:13-14 (NIV) Do you ever get the Christmas let-down? Or the after-Christmas-blues?…
Lord, I know that there is nothing new under the sun. But honestly, I am struggling with feeling like things are out of control. Disease and destruction are rampant. So many people are hurting- ravaged by the effects of living in a sin-fallen world. People are broken, wounded and crushed.…
I enjoyed scrolling down my Facebook feed Sunday evening. It was filled with beautiful pictures of families enjoying their Easter festivities together. Lots of smiles, love, laughter. At least that’s the way the camera captured the moment and the way most of us want to remember our lives and the…
The desert is a relentless, unforgiving place. When we find ourselves in this place, doubt, deception and depression can easily fill the empty places of our soul. It’s hard to imagine, but the Lord does have His purposes for those desert places. That’s when He desires us to cling…