Life Reflection: What does rest mean to you? What things in your life can steal your peace? God’s Design for Rest: The first time God modeled rest for us was in Genesis 2:2. After creating the heavens and the earth, He rested on the seventh day. That was His example…
“Like the legs which are useless to the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.” (Proverbs 26:7 NASB) I wish it didn’t, but this verse hit close to home. My dad spent years living with useless legs. In a purely emotionless sense, paralysis is fascinating. His nerves were intact,…
She’s a prayer warrior down on her knees Wrestling with powers and principalities Standing in the gap for others For her sisters and her brothers Reaching Heaven with her heart Prayer warrior The words of the beautiful chorus from “Prayer Warrior” by Heirloom are a powerful reminder of how often…
Focus Verses: Genesis 1:22, 28a And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. … And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: …Genesis…
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1…
Do you ever feel like there’s something standing in the way of your relationship with God? One day during my morning devotionals, I was trying to pray. Maybe you’ve had similar days, when you’re trying to actively seek His presence and hear from Him, but nothing seems to happen. The…
I heard of a man who became incredibly strong not by lifting weights or exercising, but by standing still. I thought that sounded impossible, but my classmates who met him during a research project assured me that he was real. He practiced a unique form of a martial art, with…