5 (More) Prayers to Pray Over Bible Study These are the days of upside down feelings. When we read about what is going on in the world I feel like my heart goes from worry to wonder. I see so much heartache and pain, but then I see the good, the beautiful, and praise God for His amazing provision. The emotional whiplash is hard on a soul, but isn’t this real life too? Joy and sorrow? Suffering and rejoicing? Hope…
God Can Handle Your Questions “We must understand that for God to give “songs in the night,” He must first make it night.” – Lettie B. Cowman A man named Lazarus was ill and eventually died. In John 8 we read the story and like to skip to the end when Jesus raises him from the dead. Lazarus’ sisters, Mary and Martha, weren’t looking for a resurrecting, they were looking for a healing. They knew Jesus could heal him. They…
25 Days of God Listening –  A Reading Plan Loneliness is nothing new, but I sense it is becoming more and more prevalent in our society these days. Even with a house full of kids, a husband, and a cat, I feel empty. I feel this creeping sense of loneliness poke around the corner. It is pulling a seat up to the table of my heart. The fear of the future is real. The day-to-day struggle of isolation is real…
Five Psalms of Security In the darkest of nights I laid on my bed and wondered. I sought to see if God would abandon me. Would I lose it? This salvation I had held onto since the age of eight, would it disappear in the cloud of sin, disappointment, and doubt surrounding me tonight? With the doubts, could He forgive my unbelief? Because of the sin, am I too unclean? The deepness of the depression felt too far, too dark,…