encouragement from the Word of God
"This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting." Mark 9:29 Like an unexpected storm, darkness filled my heart this morning. Despair and a sense of being trapped brought such heaviness. "What if...?" questions, one after another inflicted pain and panic at the same time. Doubts over decisions concerning our daughter painted …
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“...All things are possible to him who believes.” Mark 9:23 “What are we going to do?” Kenneth E. Hagen was asked in a crisis situation once. “We’re going to act as if God’s Word is true.” These words stuck with me and I began to meditate on the promises of God in the light of …
"...those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing." Psalm 34:10 "Lord, I don't understand! Please help me understand so I can keep going," I cried out struggling to keep my thoughts fixed on Jesus. "I have seen so many prayers answered. Why does it seem so easy at times and at times …
"Do ye look on things after the outward appearance?" 2 Corinthians 10:7 "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh..." 2 Corinthians 10:3 "I miss running," my mom said longingly as she passed a jogger. She hasn't been able to jog for many months due to growing pain in her …
"Am I a God who is near," declares the LORD, "And not a God far off?" Jeremiah 23:23 I felt a longing in my heart for Him as the kids and I walked through the thickness of a crowd, gathered for a Christmas celebration. At least it was supposed to be a Christmas celebration, but …
"...when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" Luke 18:8 "She just started throwing up and crying from a headache. I'm sorry. I don't know what happened," my friend was anxiously repeating herself over and over as she carried in my oldest daughter and laid her on the couch. I …
"Speak the Word only..." (Matthew 8:8) I was feeling a little weak and tired from fasting, yet the promise of Jesus gave me a better reason to keep going than to quit. So I looked forward to deeper revelations of the Word to work out the unbelief from my heart. As I began reading the …
"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ..." 2 Corinthians 10:5 "If it doesn't work then...NO! I reject that thought and cast it down from lifting itself above God's Word." It's not a personality disorder, but a …
"For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." Romans 8:6 "It would have been better to have never been born, Lord," I repeated Job's words, justifying my fit of carnality by using the scriptures. As I spiraled down into self-pity, ignoring all cautioning of the Holy Spirit, …
He "...calls those things which are not as though they were." Romans 4:17 I heard a thud and a grunt coming from my kitchen where my mom was cooking. When I saw a heavy, thick glass oil bottle laying next to her foot that she held stiff in pain, it made sense as to what …
