Application of God's Word

Hebrews 13:5 … “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” I know what it is to have the weight of the world on your shoulders, to feel like at any minute you are going to break. I know how it feels to be surrounded by people and feel alone. I know what it feels like to believe that no one will ever understand you. I know how it feels to let someone into your world, trusting that maybe if I open up, someone will finally understand

11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. Philippians 4:11-12 Paul said he learned to be content in whatever state he was in. He knew what it was to be abased (in a low state) and how to abound (fulfilled) and in whatever state or situation he was in, he was content. I like that Paul said he had to learn to be content in those situations. This means that this did not happen overnight, it was a process. This learning process may have taken a while or maybe not long at all. At first, I can imagine Paul may have asked God, "Why me? Why are these things happening to me? We have to remember that Paul was a man who survived shipwrecks, imprisonment, beatings, and near-death experiences, but yet he spoke of contentment. Would we have been content ...

"Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you." - Ephesians 4:31-32 On my way home, I forgot my bible in church so I turned around to retrieve it. By the time I got there, the church grounds were cleared but the pastor’s car was still there. I opened the church doors and shouting and screaming greeted me. As I got closer, I thought it was the drama team rehearsing but then the profanities were

 ... For the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.-  1 Samuel 16:7 A good friend sent me this morning's devotional and I thought I would share it. The message went on to say "God can read your heart like an open book, when others can only see what's on the surface of your life. I was moved to share it because I know how it feels when it seems only God really knows your heart and your intent. You can tell others what's in your heart and they sometimes will never know but God knows. But what help is it to you if

I visited a church recently and we sang that song. I've known the song growing up but it didn't hit me or move me more than when I read the lyrics and I shook my head in church and smiled to myself. I stopped singing and mouthed the words and that's when I realized that this song, as simple as it is, is powerful! All we have to do is take everything to the Lord in prayer. Sometimes we may not see Jesus as a friend. We may see him as our Lord and Savior and we praise him and love him for what He did for us but can we look at him in the light of being our friend also? A friend you can talk to about anything. A friend who can

A wise woman builds her house but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down . - Proverbs 14:1 What a powerful verse! I read this over and over.  It's both amazing and humbling to realize that we, too, can be that foolish woman, who tears down her house after working so hard to build it. Isn't it heartbreaking to know that something you have labored to acquire or build can be torn down by your foolish actions? It would be easier to accept if someone else was responsible, but instead, you only have yourself to blame. What a hard pill to swallow. Sometimes we think that someone else would be the one to ruin or destroy what we have built but acknowledging and seeing that it was your own undoing, you own self-sabotage, is beyond humbling and deeply painful. A wise woman takes her time to build her house. She builds it by fostering an environment where love, peace, and God's presence thrive. She knows how to maintain it, nurture it, and keep it in good co...