Yesterday, I talked about Noah and how he waited for God to move.  God told him that in seven days, it would rain for 40 days and nights.  We have insight that Noah didn’t have when God shared with Noah how long it would be before He took action.  We know what rain is, whereas Noah did not have that…

Waiting. It can be challenging to wait when you feel like you should be doing something. But waiting is doing something. It’s the season when the Lord speaks to your heart and tells you to sit tight. He will give the next series of instructions when it’s time. Until then, wait. That’s what Noah’s situation looked like after building the…

What will you do with your God-given fresh start?Yesterday, the devotional was about the woman caught in adultery and Jesus giving her an opportunity to start fresh. She left Jesus’ presence knowing she was spared from death and had another chance to live. He did tell her to go and sin no more. What happened to her after that, the…

The woman caught in adultery was dragged to Jesus by her accusers. They used her as a pawn in an attempt to back Jesus into a corner. I can imagine the verbal blastings she received on the way to Jesus. Confident that their scheme was surefire, they eagerly pressed Jesus for an answer. He didn’t answer immediately but put His head…

Pressing on is a must, but it’s not always pretty! If it was easy, it wouldn’t be pressing on. It would be smooth sailing. No adversities, disappointments, delays, distractions, hiccups, outright destructive detours, etc.  When you are pressing on simple tasks, at times, morph into hurricane proportions, which seemingly end as fruitless.  Daily doses of anguish, heartache, and unanswered prayers raise…

Let go and hold on. The woman with the issue of blood tried everything to solve her problem, but nothing worked. But one day she’d taken hold of the thought that if she could touch Jesus she would be healed. She refused to be blinded by her very real circumstances. She would have never received her healing if she’d latched…

At one point or another, we have experienced times when we’ve given rave reviews about a thing/place/person/food item only to have someone come back and say their experience was horrible. What went wrong? Everyone has their own likes/dislikes. But what about the Lord? We all know people who say, “Oh, church isn’t for me.” Did God not “work” for them?…

Yesterday, I talked about how Jesus healed a blind man by making mud from spittle, putting it on the man’s eyes, and then telling him to go to the pool of Siloam and wash. He did so and received sight. Oh, the drama of the moment when Jesus spit on the ground and made mud. It was definitely an unusual…

Pulling back the layers. Jesus did it repeatedly with the disciples and those around Him as they often misunderstood life’s situations. Consider the account of a man born blind. The disciples presumed the man was born blind because someone in the family sinned, either the man or his parents. In their minds, sin was the only reason for the man’s…

Today I finally had a procedure done that I’d been putting off for years. Just the thought of it would cause my heart to race. I knew it was necessary. I knew it was a good thing to do – preventative care. Yes, I understood all of that. It was just that my heart was too tender, and I wasn’t…

Tucked in the daily grind of life, there is significance in your location, placement, or season of life you are experiencing. I know this is no news flash, but it’s just a precious reminder as you tick away the moments preparing for the next task on your to-do list. Remember the account of Naaman the leper and his healing stemmed…

The other day, I was immersed in the story of Joseph and his encounter with his hateful brothers. The part that caught my attention was how his brother Reuben planned to get Joseph out of the pit and return him to his father. God, however, didn’t allow Reuben to do it, for by the time he came back to the…

I was at work thinking about a situation presented to me when the Lord dropped the following story in my heart. It’s based on 2 Samuel 21:15-17. Yes, we know David was famous for killing Goliath. Over the years, he had engaged in numerous battles. However, the battle that rests on my heart today is the one that nearly cost…

I was thinking about yesterday’s devotional about the man with the withered hand and how a group of religious leaders were watching Jesus to see if He would heal the man on the Sabbath. There wasn’t any excitement in their hearts. They were focused on the technicalities of things and were waiting to accuse Jesus of disobeying the law. He…

The man with the withered hand experienced a new sense of freedom on that sabbath day when Jesus made him the focal point of the room. Imagine how he must have felt when he was told to stand up in front of everyone. Imagine the shock and anger on the faces of the Scribes and Pharisees when Jesus said, “Stretch…

Dirty-bird blessings. That’s what Elijah received from God. Elijah told King Ahab that there wouldn’t be any rain in the land for a long time. God then directed Elijah to go to the brook Cherith, where he would drink water from the brook, and ravens would bring him bread and meat in the mornings and evenings. So, Elijah headed for…

David was anointed to fight Goliath, but he was also anointed to handle the criticism of his brothers before the fight, the doubt of King Saul before the fight, and Saul’s jealousy after the battle was over. He was able to handle becoming an instant hero! He became a household name and was anointed to deal with it all. You…

I want to go back to the topic of Giants again. Yeah, I know there’s been a few recent devotionals that touched on it. But I keep coming back to it. So here we are again, digging into the theme of Giants. I was thinking about David and his encounter with Goliath. But what captured my heart was David’s engagement…

But God.  Such a powerful statement!  To me, it means that whatever is happening, those two words, But God, pivots the circumstances to something else.  The scripture reference is Acts 13:30, which says God raised him from the dead.  That’s the power of God at work.  Jesus came to die and be resurrected.  And we celebrate the empty tomb! Thank you,…

I was reading about the birth of Christ, and I considered how brief Jesus’ life was – 33 years, which isn’t a long time to be on earth. But He didn’t need a lot of time to accomplish His purpose for coming. Have you ever longed for more time? More time to enjoy family and friends. More time to revisit…