A quiet place for weekly devotionals, honest stories, and Scripture-rooted encouragement for trusting God in everyday life.
Living with Jesus
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. Psalm 18:2-3 Who is He to you?...
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The Faithfulness of God
But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to those who keep His covenant and remember to do His commandments. Psalm 103:17-18 Keep trusting. Keep believing. God has a plan and it is our only job to keep going, trusting and believing He will do what He has promised He will do. You must remember how faithful God is to us, His beloved. If you have forgotten, look through the Bible. Look back into your...
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Loving God's Way
As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear Him. Psalm 103:13 Sigh, I admit, this is hard. Way hard. Loving God's way means loving the unlovable. Not caring about the reaction. But loving anyway. Because that's what God does. He loves you, doesn't He? And let's admit, you're not always perfectly loveable either. Everyone deserves to be loved. No matter how they act towards you. I'm not excusing behavior, just pointing out the underlying layer of love that must exist. We...
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I'm Sorry
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Proverbs 28:13 What do those words mean to you? An apology? Heartfelt from you to the offended? Or a necessary evil? Something to get your loved one off your back? Apologies mean the world. They write the wrongs. Cover the faults. Restore relationships. Why is it so hard sometimes to apologize? Pride? What is true Christ-like apology? Acknowledging your part with no strings attached. Simply saying you are sorry for what you have...
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Imagine
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly. Psalm 52:8-9 I cannot even imagine life without Jesus. Living in absolute fear without the foundation of my all knowing God. Not sharing my deepest fears with the One who already knows. Not asking Him to remove my fear, replacing...
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His Wings
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. Psalm 91:4 Your God promises to completely cover you with Himself. Hiding you under His wings. You will find refuge there. Safety. His faithfulness is your shield. Your impenetrable shield. Visually saw an example recently with, yes, Wonder Woman '84. There's a scene where a warrior is completely enveloped within iron wings closed around her. The enemy is literally right there, flinging weapons. But the "feathers" or...
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Wonder Woman '84
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 How are you blocking God from showing you what He has for you? How are you blocking your freedom from springing forth? How are you blocking God's peace from covering every fear? How are you blocking the very presence of God through what you hold too near? When we hold onto things we shouldn't, we block our progress. When we hold onto the way we...
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New Year
I love New Years. Do you? Nothing like a fresh start. Clean slate. A reset. Are you resetting anything? Wiping anything clean? Looking back at last year's goals, I actually did pretty great! How 'bout you? I accomplished over half of my goals, plus more. 2020 was a horrible year by many accounts. If you focus on quarantine, riots, lawlessness, cheating, etc., you could become overwhelmed with negativity. Understandable. Totally. But remember: God is on the throne. Always and forever. And I'm choosing to focus on that. My God has...
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Whose Are You?
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. Romans 14:7-8 Are you your own? Or are you God's? Do you live for yourself? Or do you live under God's breath? Living for yourself can be fun, I will admit. But it's also sad. Lonely. And it's a pit that never ends. The deeper...
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Morality
What is morality? Well, it's when one is moral or has morals. What's the definition of morals? Webster says "of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior- ethical." Makes perfect sense. Especially when Webster continues: "conforming to a standard of right behavior or sanctioned by one's conscience." So, morality has to do with right and wrong. Knowing deep in your conscience the right and wrong ways to go. Wait. I thought our world no longer held the standard of absolute right and wrong, because God has essentially...
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God's Chosen
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11 The angel Gabriel had just disappeared, leaving her with God's request. Mary was left standing in the middle of the room, trembling after her encounter with God's holy angel. Steadying herself by grabbing a chair, she collapsed into it, wondering if she had imagined it all. Gabriel had appeared to her, proclaiming God's need for her to be the Lord's earthly mother....
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Joseph and Mary
And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt. Matthew 2:14 God interrupted their plans. Big time, yes? Joseph and Mary were ordinary people living a simple life doing normal things. They had normal plans. Get married. Start a family. Carve out the best possible existence with the...
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