14 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. (Palm 27:14 NIV) Waiting for something is not easy. Everything today revolves around immediate gratification. However, when we wait on the Lord and use the time to grow and not just be impatient, we grow. It is most often in … Read more
2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding (Proverbs 2:2 NIV) We have an amazing knack for just plowing headlong forward trying to get as much done as humanly possible. But do we ever take a moment to turn, wait and listen to what God has in store. Once we have … Read more
11 The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. (Psalm 29:11 NIV) Strength and Peace; Two words that we lean on in times of need. Two words that describe God’s power in our lives. But what gives us God’s strength and peace? God’s love. It abounds so that strength … Read more
3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. (Isaiah 26:3 NIV) To maintain a steadfast mind we must keep our focus upon a goal. Otherwise our minds tend to drive to a million different things. Thus, we begin with the end in mind so that we … Read more
2 We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. (Hebrews 2:1 NIV) It is easy to let our lives drift, to lose our attention to the most important parts. We begin to major in the minors. When we do this everything begins to … Read more