Category: Promises
-
Do You Long for Peace?
“The mob rocked our friends’ cars. Kids were inside. They’ve threatened to target our kids on the school buses. Some women are taking their kids back to the states. I’m thinking of taking Kristin back.” On April 14, 1986, America bombed Libya to retaliate for the country’s sponsorship of terrorism against Americans. We lived off…
-
Key to Answered Prayer
We’ve lived in the Philippines, Italy, the East Coast, the West Coast, and the Midwest. Keith was in the Air Force for 22 years, and he transferred to different locations every three or four years. A woman asked my pre-teen daughter where she was from. “No where.” No place to call home. Shoulders almost touching…
-
What’s Your Favorite Name for God?
Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah Psalm 24:9-10 Some commentators believe that this is David’s song as he brought the ark of the…
-
5 Promise-Powered Days
God has more for you. You’re God’s masterpiece, and He has good plans for you. Take His hand and let’s walk in His promises together, you and I. I’m offering this free “5 Days of Promise-Powered Meditations” to my monthly email newsletter friends. Subscribe now to get your copy. Which of God’s promises are you…
-
7 Promise-Powered Reasons to be Thankful
Thanksgiving is coming. Having trouble giving thanks today? Do you think it might be hard to get into the Thanksgiving spirit? Like this quail surveying the area and waiting, we can survey our lives, pause to ponder God’s promises, wait for the Holy Spirit to give us understanding, and rejoice in the Lord’s goodness towards…
-
Power-filled Prayers: The Light of His Presence
Worship. Confession. Thanksgiving. Intercession. Anne Graham Lotz has gifted her readers with a power-filled glimpse into her prayer life. In The Light of His Presence: Prayers to Draw You Near to the Heart of God, she shares 40 intimate prayers that focus on today’s struggles, salvation, restoration, mission, and much more.
-
4 Steps to the Promise
Yesterday, the world participated in powerful prayer. We confessed our sins. Our sins were exposed for all to see. America was naked before the world. We asked God to forgive our nation. We asked God to bring a revival to His people and an awakening in those who do not know Jesus. Prayers for our…
-
The Ultimate Promise
I’ve broken promises. One that haunts me is a promise that I made to our daughter when she was about 11 years old. I told her that I would pick her up when the library closed. Unfortunately, the library closed 30 minutes before I thought it closed. It was raining that night. I was horrified…
-
Perseverance In The Fire
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith–more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire–may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 1…
