Tag Archives: Hope

There really is pleasure in sin—for a time. It lures us in, making promises it knows it will never keep. It thrives on rationalization and justification. It tells us we will be the one to get by with it.  Sin would not be an issue if it came to us ...

There are days when I feel completely insignificant. I wonder if anyone cares or even knows I exist. I feel lost, alone, and so very hopeless. Do you ever feel that way? Do you ever just want to pull the covers back over your head and give up? Don’t! Here ...

“Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.” ~ Psalm 4:1 At a trip to the local Bureau of Motor Vehicles, a patron is told, “Please take a number and have ...

Words have immense power. Words are the instrument God used to create the world and all within it. Life comes from His word. The deeper meaning (from the Hebrew root) of “word” and “speak” conveys the concept of revelation. Words reveal the depths of reality. Humanity alone has the power ...

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28). Despite our aversion to suffering, the Lord uses it for good, for a purpose and to lead us to where He wants us to be. ...