Savior. “And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me. Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other” (Isaiah 45:21b-22). He doesn’t want to just get us out of the occasional b...
This is one of those passages of Scripture that lingers in the air and echoes in the mind long after it’s been read. There is nothing that can separate us from the love of God. That’s one reassuring promise. There’s no one else who can make a promise like that and keep it. Ha...
Many of us have been fervently praying that God would turn the church upside down and vigorously shake it (Heb 12:25-29). When this happens, those who love money and have lost their grip on the truth will be the first to fall. 1 Cor 4:8-21 (NIV) Already you have all you want!
I do some of that, but I tend to slip back into the land of worst-case scenarios. I don’t want to wait; I don’t want to wonder. I want to fix it. God grant me patience, faith, and a willingness to turn it over to You…like Carol does. New Cloak Posted on January 20,...
We separate ourselves from what God wants – that’s what sin is – and we turn the world into a place where there is, not only injustice, but also a horrible resistance to mercy. Most people who don’t let Christ into their lives do so because of this resistance to mercy. We don...
I tell God I love him all the time. I pray using words of adoration. I say all the right things. Then I turn around disobey God. Maybe you do this too. Love is more than words. Love is an action. If we are going to love God, we must, not only say the words, but do the ...
This miraculous conversion and turn of life, is shared as an inspiration for those who struggle with addiction. St. Augustine is considered a patron saint of two apposing forces. The patron saint of brewers for his partying days, and patron saint of addiction, for those that are struggling ...
Turn, for example, to Mark 1:35. We read, "And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed." The preceding day had been a very busy and exciting one, but Jesus shortened the hours of needed sleep that He...