The Best Journals to Buy to Write God’s Word Recently I shared about several different ways we can journal God’s word. In this article I encourage you to just use what you have laying around – even a blank spiral notebook would work! However, if you are overwhelmed with where to start with this method, I want to let you know you aren’t alone. When I was first starting out I was too afraid of not doing it “right” I…
5 Minute Prayers for Hope One of the things God has taught me over the years has been to pray for the things I want. I’m not talking about having a genie in the bottle. I’m not talking about asking God for things. I’m saying we need to ask for the things God wants to give us. If you know me a little bit you know I very much believe in the sovereignty of God. In fact, I pretty much…
When the Spirit Prays for Us When I first read Romans 8:26, I was consumed with gratitude. Can you imagine the gift, honor, and grace involved in the Spirit’s intercession for us? Intercession means to “act on the behalf of someone else.” The Spirit does this for us every single time we pray. What comfort we can gain from this amazing knowledge. Paul spoke about the Holy Spirit’s work in Romans 8. In this chapter, we find six ways the…
Holding Fast to What is Good I read these words in I Thessalonians 5:21 the other day: “Hold fast to what is good…” It got me thinking about what I’m holding onto these days. What am I looking forward to? What am I anchoring myself in? I often turn to other things – people, food, circumstances – to help me feel safe. I don’t need to tell you those things are not going to ever make me feel safe. The…