Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved.  In quietness and confidence is your strength. Isaiah 30:15 (NLT)   Boy do I need this scripture today!  I am one stressed gal, running around like a maniac.  I haven’t been very good company lately either.  My insides feel panicked with all…

When all the people had crossed the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, “Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe.  Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from the very place where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan.  Carry them out and pile them up at the place where you will camp…

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.  As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT)   Sometimes Jesus doesn’t make sense.  Not only do His ideas directly contradict worldly…

Three different times [Paul] begged the Lord to take [the thorn in his flesh] away.  Each time He said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.”  So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.  That’s why I take…

Trust means prioritizing the day around the certainty of a future event. Trusting God means believing His promises.

And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him.  Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6-7   Faith is…

And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. Colossians 3:15   The peace that comes from Christ.  What is that?   I believe peace is far more than conflict resolution. This kind of peace…