May 1st, 2025
Read 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” Fear really only serves one purpose: to keep you alive. It is a survival response. When you are walking through the woods and you come across a giant grizzly bear…fear is very important! […]
April 30th, 2025
Read Matthew 6:27 NLT Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? I tend to worry a lot…about everything. One time, as I waited for my husband to pick me up, I became so anxious that we would be late to where we were headed, that I actually started walking in the […]
April 29th, 2025
Read Psalm 56:3-4a When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. I like to think of myself as a fairly logical person when facing something challenging. I am an internal processor – so I tend to take in a […]
April 28th, 2025
Read Proverbs 12:25a NLT Worry weighs a person down; I grew up in the era of Gilligan’s Island. I loved the silly antics of the show…someone was always getting into trouble. On more than one occasion, a member of the cast was caught in quicksand and a hilarious rescue would ensue. I was, however, terrified […]
April 27th, 2025
Read Matthew 11:28 NIV “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Do you ever feel like you are working really hard at trying to manage all that could possibly happen in your world? Do you try to anticipate what might come next, head off the bad […]
April 26th, 2025
Read John 20-21 Thomas, one of Jesus’ disciples, was not with the others when Jesus came to visit after His resurrection. The disciples told Thomas they had seen the Lord, but Thomas had his doubts. Thomas needed proof, declaring “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands and put my fingers where the nails […]
April 25th, 2025
Read John Chapter 19 Chapter 19 tells of Jesus’ sentencing, crucifixion, death and burial. He has been wrongfully accused of many untruths that were spoken. He was misunderstood. Yet through it all, Jesus speaks with confidence of the truth that no man has power unless it is given to them from above. No matter what […]
April 24th, 2025
Read John 18 The night before the crucifixion of Christ, Jesus gathers with His disciples for the Last Supper. Jesus explains that He will be leaving them and that they cannot come. Peter asks, “Lord why can’t I follow you? I will lay down my life for you.” Jesus answers, “Will you really lay down […]
April 23rd, 2025
Read John 17 How did Jesus get through all the things he did in His life? His life was not His own. He believed in the Father. He trusted the Father. He prayed to the Father. He had a personal relationship with His Father. Jesus was in constant, continuous communication with hIs Father. Because of […]
April 22nd, 2025
Read John 16 Jesus assures us that we CAN indeed have PEACE! This is His promise to us. He warns us that peace cannot be found in this world. Peace comes from knowing, believing, obeying, and trusting in God’s perfect plans. Peace is TRUTH. Jesus tells us that the Spirit is truth. And the truth […]
