Tag Archives: Blessed

When was the last time you really stopped to consider heaven?  I don’t mean the vague, bouncing-on-pillowy-billowy-clouds-type of heaven, but the coming, eternal, new heaven on the new earth.  (Revelation 21: 1-2)  The heaven where God sits on His glorious throne surrounded by lightnings, thunders, voices, and a brilliant emerald ...

We have known several people who have been diagnosed with terminal disease. They have all gone through the process of diagnosis, treatment options, prayer, and ultimately acceptance. Once they accepted the fact that they were indeed at life’s end, many reacted as if they were filled with relief. Their journey ...

A key component in having a relationship with Christ is obtaining a line of prayerful defense. A sister in the Lord shared with me a great visual of a wagon wheel representing prayer connections and spiritual maturity to people in life. Imagine the spokes of a wagon wheel. We represent ...

Our God is a generous God motivated by His great love for His creation.  He makes available and lavishes on those who will accept it, great grace and mercies that are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23).  He offers salvation to us free of charge (Romans 3:24). He grants forgiveness simply ...

Jesus gave one of His most important sermons on a mountain top with no special lighting, no amplified sound systems, no video screens, no live band or cushioned seats.  Yet, this one sermon was crucial in changing the thoughts and behaviors of a multitude of generations of those seeking the ...