Tag Archives: Burdens

​I read Proverbs 16:14 this morning: “A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will appease it.” Right then, the Holy Spirit touched my heart to pray for a sister’s believer husband who is weak and helpless in his spiritual life. I noticed that my prayer ...

Yes, why carry the loads of life when Jesus invites us to bring them to Him? Jesus said in Matthew 11:28-30:  “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and ...

Every Monday morning the sidewalks surrounding our home gets filled with garbage. This fact isn’t as a result of rebelling teens, bandit raccoons, or any other appalling reason for that matter. It’s merely because it is garbage day. On Mondays, every home in my community displays their weekly refuse on ...

How many who profess Christ can say with assurance what Horatio Spafford wrote in his most famous hymn, “It Is Well With My Soul”? Why was Mr. Spafford well in his soul, and how can our souls be made well? —Philippians 3:13 On a very dry and hot summer Sunday evening ...

Winter vacation seems to be the time when items in my house gain a little more of my attention than the usual routine. For example, toys that my kids no longer play with may take a vacation into a storage tub or they may go on a donation trip. Other ...