Tag Archive for: characteristics of god

When Fear Flies High

I am a firm believer that we should not live our lives by fear. When my kids were young, I tried to find ways to ensure they had courage to face fear. My safe way of teaching to live in bravery was to take them to amusement parks and put them on every possible roller […]

Undignified

This week, I’m excited to have my daughter write a guest post for me! She’s now a sophomore in college, and an absolute delight! This summer, she is going to Cambodia and Thailand on a two month mission trip. It would bless her to have you join her in prayer! You can also pray for […]

A Vision of God

Last week, I spent my morning commute praying. As you may remember, my word for 2024 is miracles, specifically miracles of restoration miracles of purpose. I have several people in my life for whom I am praying for miracles of restoration–restoration of their relationship with God, restoration of their marriages, restoration other relationships. As I drove […]

Seeds of Faith

“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.” Matthew 17:20 How much faith do we need to see miracles in […]

When Hope is Hard

Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord.     Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly. Psalm 5:3 Miracles. Miracles of restoration. Miracles of purpose. That’s what has been on my mind for the last two months. I believe wholeheartedly God has laid these words on my heart for 2024. My mind […]

Speak the Name

Jesus. So often, I simply find myself crying out the name of Jesus. There are so many times I simply can’t find the words, but I know the name of Jesus has power. It has authority. It has peace. It is God with us. These last few months, I’ve been presented with some difficult situations […]

Do A Mighty Work, Lord

Do a mighty work in me, Lord, so you can do a mighty work through me. I will never forget falling to my knees and praying that very prayer. I’ll be honest. My pride prevented me from seeing how much work God needed to do in me before He could work through me. I was at the […]

2024: It’s All About Me

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!     Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. Psalm 139:14 You may be thinking my title is awfully self-centered. To think an entire year is all about me sounds so contrary to the message of the Bible. However, that’s my focus for 2024. Before you shut me […]

Extraordinary Acts of God

“Extraordinary acts of God often begin with ordinary acts of obedience.” Craig Groeschel Have you ever sensed God telling you to do something that in the human realm simply doesn’t make sense? A few months ago, my daughter called me late one night. She had just returned to college where she had a ton of […]

Give Thanks

Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Be thankful in all circumstances.  Have you ever really thought about that command? Be thankful in all circumstances. Not some. Not most. But all circumstances. I know last week was Thanksgiving here in the United States, but if […]