If you’re really goal-oriented, then making New Year’s Resolutions and setting goals for the new year is a relatively easy and life-affirming task, but if you’re not a goal-oriented person, it can be overwhelming. Sometimes it’s hard to envision yourself a year down the road, decide who you want to be at that point andContinue reading “20/20 Vision”
Tag Archives: January
Keep Moving Forward
Philippians 3:13-14 “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Regrets are aContinue reading “Keep Moving Forward”
Heart of Stone
Ezekiel 36:26 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove form you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” He’s so hard-hearted. She’s so cold. How often have we heard these descriptions of others or even used them ourselves? We often labelContinue reading “Heart of Stone”
Living Hope
1 Peter 1:3 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy, he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…” Isn’t God’s mercy a wonderful attribute? Even though we were dead to sin, God was merciful enoughContinue reading “Living Hope”
Coffee With Jesus
Every year our church begins the month of January with 21 days of prayer and fasting. We call this tradition “Pray First“. The title is supposed to remind us that whatever we face in life, whatever happens during our day, we should pray first. It seems like such a simple thing. Pray first. But oftentimesContinue reading “Coffee With Jesus”
Renewing Our Strength
Isaiah 40:31 “but those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” What does it mean to “wait upon the Lord?” The children of Israel were in captivity. They were defeated by theContinue reading “Renewing Our Strength”
What Are You Full of?
This year is brimming with possibilities. Already, I feel a release and a sense of lightness and newness all around me. The past year was hard, and I am happy to put it behind me and step into this new year full of God’s promises. I really feel as if my word of the year,Continue reading “What Are You Full of?”
New Every Morning
Lamentations 3:22-24 “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore, I will wait for him.” Our first week of the New Year is almost at an end. Children willContinue reading “New Every Morning”
The Comparison Trap
I’m sure your Facebook newsfeed is as full as mine is with New Year’s Resolutions lists and friend’s goals for the year. I love seeing posts that celebrate what a person accomplished or where they’ve been, but sometimes those posts get to me. Sometimes instead of celebrating with the other person, I find myself comparingContinue reading “The Comparison Trap”
Changing Clothes
Ephesians 4:22-24 “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” We’veContinue reading “Changing Clothes”
A Beautiful Mess 