Our Battle With Fear
Fear is a well known emotion for me. It has held me back many a time, and combined with an active imagination, almost anything can get its grip on my thoughts. Public speaking does not come easily or comfortably. Even while in school, given the opportunity to give an...
The Most Goodly Pearl
"And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl." (Revelation 21:21, NASB) "Pearls, unlike other jewels, are drawn from the animate creation. They are produced by life - a life which has reacted to and overcome the working of death....
Fearless by Faith: How to Fight Today’s Spiritual Battles
My teenage years were spent with much reading, especially the biographies surrounding courageous stories of faith. I'm not sure how old I was when I first read God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew, but it is one I well remember. Fearless by Faith is a devotional book of...
Strive
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Strive. Strive - the dictionary defines this as "to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: to make strenuous efforts toward any goal"...
Lessons from a Building Project {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
The building of the tabernacle was a building project of epic proportions. Every aspect of the construction was covered down to the minutest detail. From the materials to the dimensions to the placement of articles, God left nothing for man to figure out on his own....
God Redeems, Revives & Restores
These psalms were sobering to read in light of current world events. And yet, they fill us with hope, for God will be faithful to His Word and promises. Psalm 76 "God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel." (verse 1, NASB) From the beginning of this Psalm, we...