”If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed.”  —John 8:36 People hurt us.  When does their power to wound you stop?  When you can go back, see where you were, see the ugliness, see the person who harmed you, and you don’t react like you used to. That pain doesn’t control you anymore.…

“Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for Him to act, don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.”  —Psalm 37:7 We live in a hurtful world.  In our journey of faith, we will encounter hurtful people.  What to do.  Trust in the Lord. Trust that…

🌿BREATHE TRUTH🌿 Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.  Wash me clean from my guilt.  Purify me from my sin.  For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night.  Against you only have I sinned.  —Psalm 51:1-4 🌿LIVE THE REAL TRUTH🌿 If you tear up a page of…

Opposition occurs and we must counter its lies with truth. Nehemiah faced opposition in the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem upon the Israelites’ return from exile.  Their opposition was Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and others who lived nearby surrounding Jerusalem.  What did the opposition do? First, they asked Nehemiah to meet them.  “But I realized…

Wolves exist and their purpose is to hurt and destroy sheep. “When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way.  In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me.  I cry to You, Lord; I say, “You are My refuge, My portion in the land…

Even if things in my life don’t turn out the way I hoped, I will still trust God. Have you ever had a day when nothing you planned turned out right?  How about a couple of days?  A week?  A season?  A year?  A few years?  Or when it seems to never end? In the…

“Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?   Who holds the wind in His fists?  Who wraps up the oceans in His cloak?  Who has created the whole wide world?  What is His name—and His Son’s name?”  (Proverbs 30:4) How incredibly amazing to find this reference to Jesus in the Old…

“I have loved you with an everlasting love.”  (Jeremiah 31:3) In our acronym series of REVIVE.  I stands for I Am and I Have. When God gives Moses the redemptive mandate to go free His people, Moses asks God who should Moses say gave him the authority? “If I go to the people of Israel…

Jesus values life. The acronym REVIVE.  V stands for value. When we care about something, we impart value to it.  Jesus’ entire ministry was about valuing people. In Mark 5, we see someone who was desperately seeking a miracle.  A woman in the crowd who had been sick for 12 years and no doctor had been…

What and who enters our life, can lead us toward or away from God. For the next few days, we will focus on the acronym REVIVE. E is for Enter. Good enterings produce good fruits. Unhealthy enterings produce undesireable fruits. There are people and things that enter our lives that exude a dynamic life and…