Our ability to trust God is based on how well we know Him. Do you have a friend that you completely trust? Some of us are blessed with such a person in our life. Others not. That trust is based on knowledge of their character. You trust them because you know them, right? It is the same with God. We can only trust Him if we know Him. Our level of trust is based on how much we know Him….
O Lord, I approach Your throne of mercy trusting only in the merit of Jesus. But You ask me to come,so I come. We listen to sermons, we read our Bible and try to be holy. We do our best to live right. And yet… And yet we are lonely. Lonely for You, our Creator. We have earthly friends and family. But there is a deeper need. A deeper emptiness. Nothing and no one can fill that need except You. …
We can’t love God without knowing Him. Just like we can’t love someone we don’t know. It’s not possible. Knowing God takes time and effort, a lot of focused effort. Whatever we want from God we must seek Him with all of our heart. This isn’t a half-hearted attempt. No, it takes a constant focused pursuit of Him even while doing life. Loving God is a response to His loving us. With people, it is a choice, but with God…
Image by Jeremy Marx from Pixabay The desire of every true believer is to see God face to face. That desire, for most, is long-buried under a heap of stuff we call life. Buried and forgotten. We might catch a glimpse of it every once in a while. What if we allowed that longing to surface? What if we allowed that desire to see Him to become larger and larger until it flavors our entire life. It is easy as…
Some time ago God showed me the reason we fear and go astray is that we forget that God loves us or that we don’t know He loves us. And last night I listened to a preacher say that we go astray when we forget God loves us. Same thought. I think that is the main reason for the problems believers have. If we really believed that God truly loves us then there would be no worries. There would be…
Prayer to Acknowledge God’s Ways Are Sovereign and Perfect Your ways are past finding out, O Lord. Your thoughts are far above our thoughts. We bow, O Lord, before Your purity and holiness. We see Your sovereignty and we praise You. All Your ways are righteous and just. We bow before You, O King of the universe. Your will has been accomplished this past week. You have allowed those to prosper who want evil. We can complain and grumble, but we…
O God, You are incomprehensible. You completely envelop our earth, our solar system and our galaxy. You contain all the universe and You extend infinitely in all directions. We are in You. Oh, if only we could grasp such a thought. All is Your kingdom and You rule Your kingdom with righteousness with an underlying motive of love. If only we could grasp that truth. We would not fear or worry. We would gladly surrender our will, our throne to…
Why do bad things happen? I’ve heard it said, “If there is a God, why does He allow evil in the world?” We want to protect our children, right? Is that how we look at God? What does the Bible say about evil and the source of evil? Beginning of evil Let’s start in the beginning, Genesis 3. There we find two people, a man and a woman, living a perfect life with all their needs met. Not a thorn…
My friends and family know I walk on a regular basis. But, do they know why I walk? It used to be for exercise. You know, the fast walk. I still get some exercise, but that purpose has become secondary. I really don’t walk fast enough to burn many calories. It is more like a stroll and I tend to pause every once in a while as I focus on a thought or listen. More importantly, I don’t walk alone….
Prayer Do you struggle with prayer? What is prayer? Would you like to go deeper? Prayer is: Worship – adoring the holy, incomprehensible One Conversation – two-sided conversation Sharing – we sharing our thoughts and concerns with God and He sharing His thoughts and concerns with us. Prayer is more than asking and giving thanks. It is communicating. It is sharing your inner most thoughts with your closest friend. It is your Friend sharing His innermost thoughts with you. God…
