When You Feel Like You’re In Pieces
“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten.” —Joel 2:25a NIV Do you ever feel like you're in pieces? As though the world has come over you as a swarm of locusts eating away pieces of your heart, of your dreams, of your identity, and/or your purpose? I know...
When You Need Joy
“The joy of the Lord is my strength.” —Nehemiah 8:10 Lets talk about the joy of the Lord, shall we? I love discussing joy! I love living in joy! I love dancing for joy! I. Love. Joy. The joy of the Lord set me free from an otherwise locked up life of doubt,...
When You Are Desperate To Encounter God
A large crowd followed and pressed around him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard...
When You Need More Than Religion
We love because He first loved us.” —1 John 4:19 “Mommy. I don’t want to brush my teeth,” my four year old son said to me before bed the other night. "But why buddy? It keeps your teeth clean and keeps you from getting sick," I said trying to appeal to his heart. He...
Jesus Welcomes You Just As You Are
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” —Matthew 11:28-30 Do you...
When You’re Feeling Out of Place
“For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.” Deut. 7:6 Its easy to feel out of place in the world. Like you don't belong. Like a misfit. I...
When You’re Living With a Broken Heart
"The LORD is near to the broken hearted; he saves the crushed in spirit." —PSALM 34:18, ESV When your heart is breaking—God cares! When your spirit is crushed—He rescues you! The word near used in this passage is the Hebrew word karov, which means, “close enough to...