What do you do when you’ve been mistreated and God doesn’t seem to answer your prayers? How do you pray when God seems distant and unconcerned about your pain? You’re Not Alone in a Dark Night of the Soul At one time or another we all are likely to go through the Dark Night of…
In “A Little Bunny and a Big Peach” I shared the story about the baby bunny in our backyard and how much she enjoyed the fresh peach we fed her. I invited my readers to pray with me that we’d delight in Jesus like she delighted in the peach. So many people thanked me for…
We have a baby bunny that can fit in the palm of my hand. She’s a great pet. She costs nothing, requires little care, and gives us joy every day – she lives in our back yard! The other day Kristi put out a peach from our tree for the bunny. The bunny was munching…
Recently I was hiking up in the hills near my house and I was drawn to pray the opening of Psalm 121: “I lift my eyes up to the hills –- where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Then I heard “the sound of…
“Jesus is enough for me!” Do you believe this? Probably you would say that you do. When you list out your life priorities I can imagine that you write “Love God” or “Follow Jesus Christ” at the top of your list. My question for you is: Have you organized your whole life around being devoted to…
Jesus said, “Take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33) Most of us when we read a Christian book we read to get through it. We feel a sense of accomplishment when we’ve finished reading a chapter. But the secret to spiritual learning is not to read more, but to go deeper. Go deeper…
Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution? Have you given up on doing that? Perhaps in past years you’ve been through the cycle of optimism, trying hard, faltering, getting discouraged, and giving up. Indeed, most people who make a New Year’s Resolution have given up on their project by mid February. Many people discard…
“Serve the Lord with fear,” says the second Psalm (verse 11). Some people wrongly think that to fear the Lord means to cower because he’s mean. No! God is never mean! To fear the Lord is to reverence our Creator and Judge. It’s to tremble before him as the One with the power of life…
Nothing restores our souls like the smile of God upon us! When you look up do you see God smiling warmly at you? Asaph does. And in Psalm 80 he prays for us that we too would look up into the heavens and appreciate the joyful sunshine of God’s smile over us. It’s just a…
Longing for God is the breath of our souls! It is yearning for God with our heart that opens our souls to breathe in the Spirit of Christ and live for him alone. There’s nothing more important to our lives than longing for Jesus Christ. And the beauty of it is that when we seek…