God’s Promise: God Will Direct My Paths Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Embracing God’s Promises. Get a free sample by clicking the link. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5–6
Read MoreGod’s Name: Tender Shoot Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Exploring God’s Heart He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. Isaiah 53:2 Here is another
Read MoreGod’s Name for Easter: My Servant ebed (hebrew) See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. Isaiah 52:13 Steps on Your Journey to Know God More Intimately: Ebed means servant or bondservant. Let’s start preparing for Easter. I want to encourage you to focus in on what
Read MoreThen Jesus asked them, “Didn’t you ever read this in the Scriptures? ‘The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful to see.’ Matthew 21:42 (ESV) Excerpted from The Surprising Joy of Exploring God’s Heart Steps on Your Journey to Know God
Read MoreGod’s Name: Unblemished, Sacrificial Lamb Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no
Read MoreYour Words Have Power Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. Proverbs 18:21 ESV Steps on Your Journey to Discover How God Sees You: What do the following verses say about the power of our words? Proverbs 15:1, 4 (NIV): “A gentle answer turns
Read MoreYou Are the Light of the World You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14 ESV Steps on Your Journey to Discover How God Sees You: Imagine you are a lighthouse sitting on a hill, allowing God’s light to shine out of you. My prayer
Read MoreLearn to Unlock Intimacy In case you haven’t seen them, I have two books and online courses, by the same titles: God’s Design for Community. It is divided into seven Keys to unlock relationships: Lay the Foundation unlocks the connection between how God sees us and how we treat others. STOP in the Name of
Read MoreGod Promises Strength God promises strength As soon as I pray, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me strength. Psalm 138:3 NLT Steps on Your Journey to Embrace God’s Faithfulness: The condition for these promises is to pray. Do you take the time to pray when you have problems or do you try
Read MoreStress Is a Normal Part of Life Stress is normal. Up to a point, it is helpful and healthy. Often we view all stress as negative, when it is—or can be—very positive. An optimum amount of stress stimulates, invigorates and motivates us. Only when we become overwhelmed by it does it become destructive. I (Gaylyn)
Read MoreReality Check: What Kind of Listener Am I? The ear tests words like the tongue tastes food. Job 34:3 Excerpted from God’s Design for Community Online Course. Many people think they are good at listening, yet most people don’t know how to really listen so the other person feels heard and valued. Listening has become
Read MoreGod’s Name: God of Forgiveness Eloah Selichot (Aramaic) They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich
Read MoreGod’s Name: Arm of the LORD Zeroa yahweh (hebrew) Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? Isaiah 53:1 (NAS) Steps on Your Journey to Know God More Intimately: Zeroa means arm, power and strength. When the Bible talks about God’s arm, it is referring to His
Read MoreGod’s Name: Sin Offering What the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh. Romans 8:3 NIV Excerpted from 2031 Names of God: Transform Your Life as
Read MoreJesus’ Name: My Strength O my Strength, I sing praise to You; You, O God, are my fortress, my loving God. Psalm 59:17 Steps on Your Journey to Know God More Intimately: Psalm 18:1 says, “I love You, O Lord, my strength” (ESV). The Hebrew word for my strength, oze, means help strength, strong, boldness
Read MoreAct Contrary to Your Feelings Excerpted from God’s Design for Community: Proven Relationship Skills for Christians Available as a book, online course and live training. You can get Continuing Education Units for the class (CEUs) A biblical key to overcoming anger and resentment is to act contrary to those very feelings, even though you probably
Read MoreJesus, Our Model for Handling Stress Jesus is our example for how to manage stress effectively. He experienced an incredible amount of stress for our sake, and yet He endured. He didn’t give up. He didn’t let it overwhelm Him. As 1 Peter 2:21 says, we are to follow His example, not only by suffering,
Read MoreGod’s Name: Living and Breathing God Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self
Read MoreDress for War Excerpted from Battlefield Strategies for Every Believer, a practical guide to spiritual warfare Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. Romans 13:14 NIV Before we put on our armor, we need to put on our clothes. Imagine putting armor
Read MoreGod’s Name: Lord Your God, Who Goes before You Lord Your God, Who Goes before You The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes Deuteronomy 1:30 NKJV Excerpted from 2031 Names of God: Transform Your Life as You Get to Know God
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