How to Pray in Faith

Faith, Prayer

At the twenty week ultrasound appointment two families were told they were having boys. Other news came that day as well. Sad news. Devastating news. Medical conditions. Surgeries. “Life expectancy” talk filled the tiny dark room. A few months later, both women delivered perfectly adorable little boys. Round faces. Ten fingers. Ten toes. Peach fuzz hair. At the same hospital. With tubes and surgeries and medicines keeping both of their boys alive. As the weeks passed, both received surgery. Both gathered…

Five Steps to Walking by Faith

Faith

Five Steps to Walking by Faith Salvation. Accting Jesus as your Savior is your first step of living by faith. Surrender. A surrender definitely happens at the moment of salvation, but each day following we must surrender. Christ has called us to “take up your cross.” (Luke 9:23) It means to give God the proper acknowledge each day. Acknowledge that God is in control each day. You need to tell yourself and God. Give Him your plans. Your desires. Surrender. Step Out.  2…

The Forgiven Are Faithful

Devotional, Faith

A moneylender loaned money to two people. The first needed $1000. Maybe it was for a house payment. A month of groceries. Necessities for life. The second needed $50. Maybe he needed some new shoes or jeans. Maybe to help with a few groceries. A few dollars to help him get by until the next paycheck. As the weeks passed, both of these individuals fell deeper into a financial hole. When it came time to collect the debt, the moneylender began…

Is Your Boat Sinking?

Faith

Thunder cracked in the middle of the night. But it wasn’t the storm that woke me. I heard a faint cry coming from the bedrooms. I rolled out of bed. Inside the dark room, I heard another whimper and picked up the child. The little one was half awake and drenched in sweat. I calmed the sleepy toddler with gentle rocking motions. Pacing the floor in the dark.  The storm outside passed overhead and sleep returned. The storms of life…