Monthly Archives: January 2015

At times we all feel the need of a “getaway” from the responsibilities and pressures of everyday life! Yes, travel and vacations will bring some relief momentarily, but they will not fulfill the needs of our heart. But God has made just such a place for us to go, and it is within us; it is where God’s Spirit and our spirit unite and commune. In Psalm 91, God calls this place “the secret place of the Most High”. It…..

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Fear is not from God, in fact the Lord wants to give us the opposite- His spirit of love. As we grow in our relationship with Jesus, we will begin to believe that God is on our side. Jesus is not out to hurt us but out to help us know Him for who He truly is – the God of love, not the God of condemnation. When we recognize His goodness, it is easier to trust Him, even when…..

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In the hidden place of our hearts, we all have things we are waiting and hoping for, expecting the Lord in His time to carry out for us. As we hang on to our beliefs, we may even experience times of “resting in Him,” which furnish us with relief by the way of spiritual refreshment. A other times, when difficulty, uncertainty, or pain show up, quite the opposite happens, and we lose courage as we struggle to wait and believe…..

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Anxiety in our hearts can manifest itself in our lives in different ways. We may have feelings of worry, nervousness, or agitation about something that might possibly happen. Or our anxiety may be an obsessive focus or concern that troubles us, and we just can’t seem to put it down. For whatever reason, we become overwhelmed, and the result will be a heavy and burdened heart, which will negatively affect every area of our lives. So, if anxiety weighs down…..

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Many people believe that if we love God and love others as we love ourselves, things will go easy, or “be right” for us in this world. However, the reality is that, while we reside on this imperfect planet, no one is exempt from experiencing times of distress, difficulty, disappointment, or frustration. Our Lord Jesus told His disciples, whom He loved, that they would encounter troubles and problems on this earth. After making this seemingly depressing statement, Jesus spoke out…..

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The Scripture states that the two sisters Mary and Martha and their brother Lazarus lived in Bethany. All three were dear, valued friends of Jesus, and He held them in loving esteem. One day while the Lord was away ministering in another town, Lazarus became ill and died. When Jesus received the message about Lazarus’ death, He told his disciples that this sickness was not to end in death. On the contrary, it was to honor God and promote His…..

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All throughout the Bible, as God’s children, we are promised favor, good plans for our future, restoration and healing. WOW, we are so blessed! But there are times, whether experienced in our past or the present, when our circumstances are full of loss, and have caused our hearts to break. The weight of a broken heart hurts and is filled with the emotions of fear, sadness,anger, and confusion. With our hearts carrying these heavy, negative emotions, our human nature has the tendency to fall into the abyss of self-pity, and…..

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As we assess our responsibilities and duties, we often feel weighed down with worry and anxiety. With our hearts in this burdened condition, we can easily plummet into a fearful state of foreboding, which create expectations that something bad is going to happen. In this panicked state, we worry that the heaviness of our burden will cause us to blunder or fail. We usually recognize that a whole heap of feelings-fear, anger, and hurt-is layered and wrapped within our burdens……

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We all long to be unruffled, tranquil, and settled in our spirits and emotions when hardship and difficulty invade our lives. God uses our longing for heart-peace to motivate us to move forward with Him on our journey to heal, mature, and connect spiritually with Him. In the same way loving parents understand the necessity to love, teach, and discipline their children, with the intentions to bring good into their valuable lives, God disciplines and instructs us, His children. All…..

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When we encounter challenging times, we have the choice to turn to God for help or get pulled into a web of confusion. This choice sounds so simple, but to get it worked out isn’t. As we attempt to look to Jesus for release and help, Satan will fight to push us into defeat, in an attempt to break down our dependence and hope in God. One of the strategies the Enemy uses to attack God’s children is the three-strikes-and…..

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