Category: Devotions

“When I look in the scriptures and begin to read, I see where our Lord and Savior was called a man of sorrows. I can’t, for the life of me, understand how Jesus, who was perfect and spotless, was yet hated and rejected by many. The ones He loved denied Him; they turned and walked…

So again, that tree that was in our backyard has spoken to me for the past few days. Amen. As I look at the roots that are still there all around the dirt — mind you, we have been picking them up like crazy, and there are still so many left — Amen. As I…

The one thing that old enemy always wants to take from you and me more than anything we have is our joy. Amen. He always wants us to be sad, he wants us to be depressed, he wants us to look behind us, he wants us to focus on our failures. He never, ever—and I…

“So the tree that was in our backyard has really spoken a lot to me these past few days. Amen. But yesterday, my hubby, Erik, and I kept hearing these noises, and we finally found them. It was two baby birds that were in a nest in the tree that we had taken down. So…

“So yesterday evening, my husband Erik finally, after three days of very hard work, was able to get this tree down in our backyard. A bad storm had come through and the tree was rotten in the middle, so it took half of it. Erik had to take the rest of it down. Needless to…

So many of us, I believe, overanalyze situations. We overthink so much in our lives that we rarely accomplish anything. We have good intentions, but when we overthink, we end up doing nothing. Remember, faith without works is dead (James 2:14-26). Nothing gets done without taking action. Overthinking can lead us to miss out on…

Humbleness and gentleness are qualities in our lives that radiate the beauty of the Lord. When we humble ourselves and are gentle and kind, we show Jesus to others. We display His goodness and His love. When we are gentle souls, kind souls, and humble individuals, we become beautiful to the world around us. Amen.…

I pray that we never forget all the Lord has done for us, especially in moments when we feel forsaken, our prayers seem unanswered, or life is falling apart. Amen. I hope and pray we remember the goodness of the Lord, as Psalm 34:1-22 encourages us. When we look back over our lives, we can…

I always consider Paul in the word of God and how he had a thorn in his side. The Bible says he sought the Lord to remove it three times, but it wasn’t removed. When I think about that, and when I consider our lives and our burdens that seem to remain no matter how…

For the most part, some of us tend to wait around for the big things we can do when it comes to serving and helping others. We want to do grand things for them. Amen. We think the little we have won’t be enough or that they wouldn’t really want the little things we have…