Have you ever witnessed a miracle? A true miracle with your own eyes? Sure, we could say there are miracles around us all the time, and we just don’t realize it. That is true. But I’m talking about an obvious miracle. Awe striking. Chills up your spine. Laws of nature
“But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left,” – Exodus 14:29. God parted a sea! GOD PARTED A SEA! He rescued the Israelites in an astounding and miraculous way. Any basic
One of my favorite worship songs is titled “The Blood.” The chorus says, “Hallelujah. I know it was the blood, could have only been the blood.” As I read these verses in Ephesians, this song began to repeat in my mind. I am in awe of the sacrifice and abuse
If we remain in Christ, we will bear much fruit. If we do not remain in Christ, we will be “thrown into the fire and…burned” (John 15:6). Those are scary words. A few questions immediately pop into my head. What does it mean to remain in Christ? How do I
The Nativity of Christ is the most powerful and uniquely heavy scene of humility in all of history. Each Christmas season, our family reads the account of Jesus’ birth. We read of the tension of Joseph and Mary having no place to stay in the inn. We see Jesus coming
God’s Righteous Jealousy “The Lord your God who is present among you, is a jealous God” (Deuteronomy 6:15) I found that a bit surprising the first time I read it. God can be jealous? Isn’t jealousy bad? For humans, our jealousy indicates that we are discontent with what we have
By God’s Great Mercy BUT GOD! Right before Ephesians 2:4, Paul tells us that we were dead in our transgressions. We were children of wrath. We had no hope. BUT GOD ”being rich in mercy.” BUT GOD by “his great love with which he loved us.” BUT GOD ”even though
Acknowledging Our Limitations Through Prayer Praying for our children is the most important thing we can do as mothers. The responsibilities and seemingly unending tasks we perform for our children are practical expressions of our love for them. From surrendering our bodies to the changes of pregnancy, pain in childbirth,
You can have everything you need. Your marriage is falling apart; you can have everything you need. Infertility is breaking your heart; you can have everything you need. Work is crushing your spirit; you can have everything you need. Grief is overwhelming your soul; you can have everything you
Jonah, Jonah, Jonah. The God of the universe, the Creator of heaven and earth, the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, one true eternal God gave Jonah very specific instructions to go to Nineveh. And Jonah ran away. Think about that for a minute. It’s quite audacious. As Christians, we often say that