The battle is waging, The enemy's strong... Mothers and Fathers cry out. His tactics relentless, Temptations so sweet... Mothers and Fathers cry out. We're confounded, astounded, We're desperate and weak... Mothers and Fathers cry out. He keeps inching closer, Creeping in on all sides... Mothers and Fathers cry out. We close all our doors, Yet … Continue reading Cry Out
"Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to ACCUSE him. The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire? Now Joshua was … Continue reading Filthy Rags to Festal Robes
It's easy to talk about our faith when all's well. When it's all going great and we can smile about blessings and grace and forgiveness and Jesus... ...but when stuff hits the fan and life is a MESS...that's when the Gospel can shout the loudest through us. When we don't just talk about grace but we cling to it … Continue reading How the Gospel Blooms in Life’s Cracks
Good morning! I've been reading through the book of Jeremiah...it's so sad to read this part of the Story where God's people have wandered off...chosen things that do not satisfy over the only One who can satisfy. How they've turned their backs on the One who loves them the most, only to give themselves over … Continue reading Close to my Heart
Good morning! No matter what...today is a beautiful day...because I am ~loved by the Good, Good Father.~ {"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8} Whose ways are PERFECT. {"As for God, his way is perfect..." Psalm 18:30} Whose Word is FLAWLESS {"The LORD's word … Continue reading A Beautiful Day to Be Still…
"Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.'" ~Isaiah 44:6b NASB Good morning!! So...what, or who...is in my "god" seat? What is it that is adored most, thought about most, hoped for … Continue reading Return
Good morning!! "He (Jesus) entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich. Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was..." Luke 19:1-3a I don't have a whole lot to write...just this thought today... Am I trying … Continue reading Trying to See Jesus
Good Morning!! So, this morning, I'm wondering... when we pray, are we getting ~Up Close and Personal~ with God? Are we intimate with the One we are approaching? Here's the verse I looked at...the conversation {or prayer} that Jesus had with His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane. In the verse we're going to look at...Mark 14:36... ...His soul … Continue reading Getting Up Close and Personal
Good morning! "But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding … Continue reading Persist & Cling
Good morning!! "And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises." ~Hebrews 6:11-12~ Sluggish. slow, dull, slothful; lazy, inert, listless (lackadaisical). In … Continue reading Wake Up, Sleeper!
Nicole Dotson 