God is your stability
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalms 15-16 GOD IS YOUR STABILITY He who does these things shall never be moved. (Psalm 15:5b) I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. […]
God is your ever-present defender
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 14 GOD IS YOUR EVER-PRESENT DEFENDER Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord? There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous. (Psalm 14:4-5) Everyone knows […]
Jesus is your consistent provider
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Mark 8 JESUS IS YOUR CONSISTENT PROVIDER Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And He cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” And they began discussing with one another […]
Jesus is your personal deliverer
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Mark 7 JESUS IS YOUR PERSONAL DELIVERER And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after […]
Just Keep Walking [An Encouraging Word]
An Encouraging Word JUST KEEP WALKING I don’t know how long I walked along the shore. Probably minutes. Maybe hours. It felt like days. I was vacationing with my family in Sea Island, Georgia, and early one morning I decided to go exploring down the beach. A lazy surf gently lapped up and down a […]
Jesus wants to give you rest
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Mark 6 JESUS WANTS TO GIVE YOU REST The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had […]
Jesus wants lasting freedom for you
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Mark 5 Jesus wants lasting freedom for you When Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, for he […]
“This is Amazing Grace” – Phil Wickham [Music Monday]
The aging Methodists sang this out with gusto. I was so blessed to be visiting the little country church where my wife grew up, and was a little surprised when they started to play this song. My surprise quickly turned to delight as these wonderful saints sang out these wonderful truths with enthusiasm and resolve. […]
Jesus can rescue others through you
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Mark 4 JESUS CAN RESCUE OTHERS THROUGH YOU And leaving the crowd, they took Him with them in the boat, just as He was. And other boats were with Him. (Mark 4:36) The story of how Jesus calmed a stormy sea is a favorite of many. Every children’s Bible, every […]
God’s grace is still with you when you’re troubled
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 13 GOD’S GRACE IS STILL WITH YOU WHEN YOU’RE TROUBLED I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me. (Psalm 13:6) Do you ever feel forgotten by God? Do you ever feel like the whole world is against you and you don’t know where to […]
