A quiet place for weekly devotionals, honest stories, and Scripture-rooted encouragement for trusting God in everyday life.
Devouring Your Family
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 Are you watching? Or are you blind? The devil is constantly looking for a way in. A way into your home, your children, yourself. He can't stop the good gifts God provides; however, he...
Read more...
Trapped Animal
Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. Proverbs 25:26 Ever feel backed into a corner? Kinda like a trapped animal? How would you react? Defensively? I would. The flesh wants to be protected. While maturity is always the goal, sometimes the flesh wins. Differing...
Read more...
Depending Upon Him
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. Psalm 62:1-2 Don't hesitate. Don't stop and think. Don't be afraid to trust in God completely. Even when you wait in silence. God is still working....
Read more...
Choose and Refuse
“Today I have given you the CHOICE between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would CHOOSE LIFE, so that you and your descendants might live! Deuteronomy 30:19 (emphasis mine) We all have choices don't we? Too many when...
Read more...
America
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior....
Read more...
Walking With God
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fulness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 Do we have to know? Do we have to know everything about our future? How this decision will affect that one later on? No, we do not. In fact,...
Read more...
Freedom or Slavery
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 God has set you free. Free. Not yoked. He has set you free for freedom. He has saved you with the intent of freedom. Freedom from what? Sin. The penalty of sin, which...
Read more...
Wisdom
For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding; He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of His saints. Proverbs 2:6-8 Isn't it amazing the Lord simply gives wisdom to us?...
Read more...
Perspective
There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 As I sit in my freshly built suburban home, I can pretend to know what it's like growing up in the South during the 1930's while reading To Kill...
Read more...
Knock, Knock
"In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You, for You will answer me. Psalm 86:7 When darkness knocks at your door, why do you open it? Why answer at all? Curious? You're asking for trouble. You know that. Ignore it. Ignore the persisting knock of darkness. Ignore the whispers of doubt. Ignore...
Read more...
Noticed
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. 2 Chronicles 16:9 We all want to be noticed. Beg for it, really. Comes down to love. Feeling loved. Valued. Noticed. How do you notice people? How do you value them? Today, I took the time to notice my friend. She needed extra love. Attention. Value. And you know what? I came away feeling valued, too. Why? Because God had used me. He had...
Read more...
Power of Your Witness
Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what He has done for my soul. Psalm 66:16 Are you so sold out for the cause of Christ that you minimize yourself? You subtract your needs before others? Are you so concerned for the love of God to flow through you that you put others before yourself? Consistently? Or are you still focused on number one? Yourself? And when it's convenient, you put others before yourself? This life is but a blip. A drop in all of...
Read more...
