Posts tagged “Encouragement”
Whom he walked toward
The miracle of Peter walking on water always amazed me. I wondered what it must have been like for him to take that first…
How to deal with anxiety (Part 5)
I loved the email I received from a fellow Christian who is doing better than ever in dealing with her anxiety. Her secret? She…
How to deal with anxiety (Part 4)
Out of the 30 times that words like worry and anxiety show up in the Bible, 8 of them are in Jesus’ classic teaching…
How to deal with anxiety (Part 2)
This might sound like heresy, but if you’re super anxious, it might be better to start with breathing than with your Bible. I say…
Four reasons we need each other
Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus? That’s not necessarily a bad question. Our heavenly Father has no grandchildren. You can’t be a…
This little light of mine
A little boy forgot his lines in a Christmas program. His mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed…
Hoping for an apocalypse
It’s early January, and the official rules for bloggers state that I must write about resolutions. (That’s 100% accurate, but I’d prefer that you…
New year, new YOU?
Do you ever make New Year’s resolutions? Better yet, have you ever kept one? Why do we do this every year? Is it because…
Healing for broken relationships
In the upheaval of the past year or two, most of us have been touched by divided opinions and stress buildup leading to angry…
Grace AND peace!
Christians love the words grace and peace. Those two words are laced through the Bible, peppered into prayers, and bound up in the benediction…
God doesn’t mind
Of the many things I love about Jesus’ mother, near the top of the list are the lyrics to her famous song: “My spirit…
You are significant
There are plenty of things in life that leave you feeling insignificant. It could be something complicated like losing out on a promotion, or…