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My Story

We all have a story. No one is exempt from the difficulties of life. Some life stories are painful. Some seem unfair. Some feel hopeless. Some are filled with regret. None have escaped His notice. None are beyond His ability to use. To some how, some way, bring good from. As you watch my story,Continue reading “My Story”

When the Extraordinary, becomes Ordinary

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken. 1 Peter 5:7 Berean Study Bible Psalm 55:22 NASB Because He cares for you.… Familiarity breeds contempt. The extraordinary becoming ordinary. In the era ofContinue reading “When the Extraordinary, becomes Ordinary”

Keep Praying

The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. James 5:16 NRSV He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:21 NRSV Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 NIVContinue reading “Keep Praying”

The weight of real-world pain

I will cry out to God Most High, To God who performs all things for me. Psalm 57:2 NKJV “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. John 14:27 NASBContinue reading “The weight of real-world pain”

Second Chances and Fish-belly praying

In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears. Psalm 18:6 NASB Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly, “I cried out of my distressContinue reading “Second Chances and Fish-belly praying”

So that…

As He passed along, He noticed a man blind from his birth. His disciples asked Him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind? Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed inContinue reading “So that…”

Rock of Ages, Cleft for me

I called on Your name, O Lord, Out of the lowest pit. You have heard my voice… O Lord, You have seen my oppression. Great is Thy faithfulness. Who is among you who [reverently] fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of His Servant, yet who walks in darkness and deep trouble and has noContinue reading “Rock of Ages, Cleft for me”

Burdens

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah. Men ought always to pray and not lose heart. Psalm 68:19 NASB 1977 Luke 18:1 Burden. The mere word implies a heaviness or painful ache. Are you carrying a burden? Have you? Something so heavy that its mental orContinue reading “Burdens”

Real Questions

Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands ofContinue reading “Real Questions”

Hiding Behind the Baggage

Jesus said to him (a blind man), “What do you want me to do for you?” Mark 10:51a ESV One man there (at the pool of Bethesda) had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him,Continue reading “Hiding Behind the Baggage”