How do we know what we ought to do? Where do our direction and strength come from?"Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth." (Psalm 121:1b-2 NIV)A friend once wrote me about how God helps her to know what she ought to...
“Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.” (Psalm 5:1-2 NIV)I love this verse. It shows me that David spent time talking with his Heavenly Father. And if David, a man loved by God’s own heart...
Psalm 37:4-5 - Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He will do it. (NASB)Philippians 4:19 - You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his generosity...
Psalm 19:14 "May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." NLTThe internet is an amazing tool of communication. The World Wide Web was an unfathomable concept last century, yet today the internet's...
Romans 8:32 "He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?" NIVA huge Pine tree, shaped like a sling shot, stood in our front yard. Its shape was both a curiosity and a marvel. One...
Deuteronomy 4:29 "But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul." NIVMidge, my 14 year old miniature long-haired dachshund went through a long period of depression and sorrow a few years...
"Perhaps your child has mentally checked out." I typed it, sent it-and later regretted it.The end of the school year was approaching. Some of my "A" student's grades were slipping. I wasn't alarmed; it was a normal occurrence. Parents and grandparents, however, were...