John 4:10

All winter long, I mourned the blank space by the front door. It seemed fitting for my life. Another loss. Another disappointment. Another death.…

Day 20: Fasting For Fulfillment In the first year of Darius the Mede, I arose to be of assistance and a protection for him. (Daniel 11:1) What are you truly hungry and thirsty for? Hopefully your time of fasting (however long it has been) has allowed you to refresh and refocus. Perhaps you’ve r…

Here is the first verse of a song that I appreciate (all the words, music, testimonies). The writer and many I know who sing this song heartily experience some spiritual reality of New Jerusalem. D……

Is it true that every woman craves acceptance? What are we really seeking, anyway? A pat on the back? A thumbs up? An invitation? We see posts on social media for events we weren’t invited to, and we automatically feel rejected. Or, we don’t get the acknowledgment we think we … Read More…

2 Corinthians 9:15 (KJV) “Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” On this Christmas Day after an extremely busy week, I wanted to take a few minutes to wish you all a Merry Christmas! Last night culminated the end of a very hectic week, one that crowded out the finishing of the Twelve Days […]…

Come all who are thirsty, come to the waters- Isaiah 55:1a What waters? Do you know how to translate Jesus’ invitation? Whenever I’ve talked to anyone about God, I’ve never started with a……

Mountain streams restore my soul. When I spend time in quiet reflection beside one of these streams, I lose myself in the soft murmur and sparkling clarity of the pure water. This is the water I envision when I read Jeremiah’s words about a tree planted by water, not fearing the heat. It’s leaves continually green and bearing fruit even in times of drought.…

Evangelism is never easy. Talking to a stranger is hard enough on its own. Steering that conversation onto matters of sin, judgment, and salvation is more intimidating still, for many Christians. But that was never the case for our Lord. Jesus incarnate was a master at breaking the conversational ice. He engaged everyday people by …

God invites us and sovereignly empowers us to choose to come to Him.…

Jesus knowseverythingabout us. There is no action—or even passing thought—we can conceal from Him. The people Christ encountered during His incarnation undoubtedly sensed that confronting and uncomfortable reality. But one of them, a woman Jesus met at some remote Samaritan well, felt His omniscience more acutely than most. [Jesus] said to her, “Go, call your …