God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Falling into a routine in our devotional time with God is far too easy. We may mumble out the same petitions and flatteries. If we are not careful, our moment of speaking with God can turn into a mere ritual. It takes care and dedication on our end. We will need to learn to make... Continue Reading →
Dark powers would love to steal every moment we could spend with God. Distractions are placed in our lives on purpose. It is no accident that our world spins at a quicker pace all the time. We were warned it would be like this. So let the Lord find some who will still resist. Let... Continue Reading →
Anyone who wants it enough will learn to hear from God. All the blessings God has for His children are free and available. The Lord wants to share them with us. He encourages us to pursue them, pray for them, and grow close enough to Him so that they are rightfully ours. One delight we... Continue Reading →
Depression is real and can come to anyone. Those who enter will struggle to get out. Yet those who turn to God can rise in hope. Being down is not always a bad place. It can help us look up. From there, we realize that our hope lies in God. We stretch for the Lord´s... Continue Reading →
We can profess devotion to God all our lives and never really attempt to enter His presence. But that failure excludes us from all the benefits we imagine we have attained. The Almighty Righteous God sits above and beyond our powers to see Him. Yet His heart has always been open to those who strain... Continue Reading →
There is a connection between us and God that we should never break. He is not far from any of His children. So we should stay near Him. This means that He should be with us in all that we do. No thought, day or night, needs to be held without Him in it. We... Continue Reading →
If we love someone, we will want to be with them. Time spent growing our relationship brings pleasant rewards. The bonds between individuals grow when effort is made to strengthen them. When it comes to our walk with the Lord, all that we put into it will bring rewards. The more we give to this... Continue Reading →
Our eternal fate never rests on some future event or day. What we are doing and thinking right now at this moment is where our fate hinges. So, Christ´s words to us as He teaches should sink deep under our skin. We should listen for guidance to help us in our day. Spiritual urgency and... Continue Reading →
Some Christians take Christ´s every instruction as if the words were meant for them. Making His words pertinent to us allows those words to teach us. It solidifies Jesus as our Teacher. It honors and glorifies Him. It leaves us at His feet with a need for Him as big as life. Jesus warned us... Continue Reading →
As Jesus teaches, He mentions patches on cloth and wineskins. Nowadays, we very rarely use either. Clothes are thrown out when they get old and liquids have more modern containers. So, we must lean in toward our Savior to hear His instruction. Some followers learn to take their questions to Christ. They figure He intended... Continue Reading →
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