Resources and encouragement to help you grow in faith and live out the abundant life God has purposed for you.
In our efforts to console friends and loved ones in their trying times, we try to appease them with words such as “God will never fail you.” It’s hard to see victory when you’re in battle. We forget there is nothing too hard for God, until He brings us out. God is faithful. His Word…
Throughout the entire Bible we can find scripture upon scripture showing us the many ways God keeps His hand on us and shelters us with His powerful protection. Quite often we face uncertainty and sometimes we can become scared or unsure. The good news is that if we turn to the Bible, we can find…
The story of Naomi in the Bible has always been one of my favorites. Ever since I understood that I was named for someone in scripture! My middle name is Naomi. And I’m not the only one in my family with that middle name. There are five generations of women with that middle name, my…
Do you ever wonder what it will be like to be close to God in Heaven? To be in the very presence of our God, our Creator? The One who holds this world in His hands? I do, too. More and more, the older I get. I am comforted greatly by the thought that “Soon…
In Proverbs we read this verse… “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24 The best thing I can ever do for a friend, to shew myself friendly, is to introduce them to my “friend that sticketh closer than a brother”…my…
A few weeks ago, my husband and I were granted the privilege to share the gospel message with a repairman (we will call Chad) who had come to our home. As he went to leave that afternoon, I gave him a tract and asked him— If you were to die today, are you 100% sure,…
Do you have a sister? I thank the Lord that He gave me my sister. We love each other, but we are very different. Not only in looks, but also in personality, interests, and abilities. Mary and Martha are two sisters in the Bible who also were very different from one another, yet alike in…
Are you waiting on God right now? Perhaps for a job? Or a husband? Or resolution of a relational conflict? Or the salvation of a loved one? Or the lessening of the burden of grief? Or maybe healing? Be encouraged, God loves us enough to allow us this time of waiting in order to produce…
Do you know what’s waiting for you in Heaven? God has graciously given us many Bible verses about Heaven, and they paint a beautiful picture for those of us who will one day enter Heaven. We will be with our loving Abba, Father, forever! And we’ll be free from sin and sorrow and death. There…
One of the most basic questions of life is, “Why am I here?” Finding your purpose in God will answer that question. Every person in the world is on a journey. No one is here by accident or coincidence. Everyone has a reason for being alive at this point in time. The question is, “What…