Once in a while the Lord leads me to republish a devotional message I shared some time ago. This one is about a wonderful and important topic – JOY! More precisely, it is about experiencing JOY when we are going through hard stuff. I published this in 2024. EN-JOY! One of the beautiful and powerful […]

I wonder how many things we miss because we do not wait. Because we do not wait for God’s will. Because we do not wait for God’s timing. Because we take things into our own hands and rush forward following our flesh and this world and the devil. Instead of humbling ourselves before the Lord

Wrong does not excuse wrong. Other people’s wrongdoing does not excuse your wrongdoing. When others sin, this does not excuse your sinning in response to them. When others hurt you, lash out at you, reject you, abandon you, let you down, disappoint you, and / or do any kind of wrong toward you at all,

SPECIAL NOTE: This message is from my brand new book called LOVE ONE ANOTHER: A 30-Day Devotional which you can see & purchase in paperback or Kindle at CLICK HERE.  “For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”

I believe we can be so busy, so distracted, so negative, so not paying attention, so not in the present, and/or a zillion other things that we are blind to God’s blessings. That we do not notice them, see them, acknowledge them, experience them, enjoy them, and praise, bless, and thank God for them. The

When God called me to do something hard, challenging, exhausting, and involving sacrifice, I did not do it because I wanted to do it, because it felt good and was easy and would make me happy and comfortable. I did it for God. I did it because Jesus Christ is Lord and I live in

I shut my eyes. And spoke the words. In my heart. To God. I can do this through you God. I did not pray that I could do this alone. I prayed to the Lord I could do what I needed to do THROUGH HIM. I faced something that looked too hard. In the past