I don’t know about you, but I have felt overwhelmed with the enormity of the need in the hurricane-ravaged part of our nation. As bad as the pictures reveal the situation to be, I know that the devastation is much worse than we can possibly grasp from pictures of any sort. I have felt a [...]
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” Mark 1:3 KJV This verse quotes John the Baptist, who is calling the unrepentant ones to get ready for the Lord – to make the way for Him to do His will. I’ve always thought of [...]
Do you ever feel like there are so many things you need to pray about that you can never pray enough to cover them all, even though you pray frequently through your day, as well as during your “quiet time”? Almost every spare moment that you are not required to be thinking about what you’re [...]
As I watched yet another of the negative political ads on TV, I felt sick inside. I began to sense a nudging from the Spirit to pray right away. Though I didn’t respond immediately, He nudged a little harder by giving me a glimpse of the spiritual battle in these campaigns, again reminding me of [...]
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:12 NIV This is probably a familiar Scripture for most of you. I learned the whole armor of God passage [...]
As my husband and I were facing a very difficult situation recently, we did what is so typical of humans. We spent much time thinking and talking about it, with all the what ifs and what abouts, getting ourselves more confused and anxious the longer we considered it. Coming to a point of agreement about [...]
