The Promise: So do not be afraid. I am with you. Do not be terrified. I am your God.I will make you strong and help you. I will hold you safe in my hands. I always do what is right. Isaiah 41:10 NIRV For I hold you by your right hand— I, the Lord your God.And I say to you, ‘Don’t be…
Author: Pam R
From Psalm 46 NIV
1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. The Lord’s protection surrounds us at every moment – whether we feel it or not. It’s who He is. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. We will not…
Day of Atonement
According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person’s fate for the coming year into a book, the Book of Life, on Rosh Hashanah, and waits until Yom Kippur to “seal” the verdict. During the “Days of Awe” (between the two holidays), Jews try to amend their behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God…
“Many Temptations in Life”
“Mma Ramotswe sighed. ‘We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake.’ That is true,’ said Mma Potokwane sadly. ‘There are many temptations in this life, but cake is probably one of the biggest of them.”Alexander McCall Smith, In the Company of Cheerful Ladies So true. So very true …
Tempted Much?
Temptation is a desire to engage in short-term urges for enjoyment that threatens long-term goals. *********** “Every temptation comes down to this one fundamental temptation: It is the temptation to believe that the satisfaction of the deepest desires of our hearts is totally up to us.” Christopher West No temptation has come your way that is…
Here’s to October!
There is something beautiful and revitalizing about October.When the leaves fall the world is surrendering.Letting go of the pieces and parts that can no longer serve in a positive way.Trees hold strong to their core and survive the storms;but every good tree knows that as time goes by,the leaves will come back and we all…
Jesus’s 3rd Temptation
Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”“Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve…
Jesus’s 2nd Temptation
Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say,‘He will order his angels to protect you.And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a…
Jesus’s 1st Temptation
Three common patterns are seen in Jesus’s temptation, and Eve’s – as well as in ours. The first is this. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.During that time the devil came and said to…
That 1st Lie
God can make good use of all that happens, but the loss is real. C. S. Lewis “We’ve fallen for the devil’s lie. His most basic strategy, the same one he employed with Adam and Eve, is to make us believe that sin brings fulfillment. However, in reality, sin robs us of fulfillment. Sin doesn’t…