Anxiety asks, “What if?” God’s Word says, “Your Father is in control.” It was one of those times when reading or hearing something based on the truth of God’s Word that I paused for a moment and realized that this was echoing a question I have asked on numerous occasions over the past several years. What if? It was no coincidence or random chance that I came across this book, as those two words loomed over me at every sickness,…
The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. Psalm 145:18 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 Many of us have stories that we could share in coming out of some facet of spiritual abuse. This type of pain is not exclusive to a particular movement or belief system. Though it can seem as if we are all alone and the only one who is…
For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:10,11 ESV The grace and mercy…
I was listening to a short video clip recently sent to me on social media. In this clip, a self-professing prophet was sharing how God visited her in a vision and explained to her the mystery of oneness in God. She relayed how God said He had revealed this mystery to St. Patrick as she held a four-leaf clover in her hand, stating that God told her everything in creation points to His character and attributes by showing her a…
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6,7 ESV And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” Luke 22:41,42…
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples. and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31,32 ESV The truth indeed brings freedom, and there is no greater truth than the Word of God. John 8:31,32 has been written on my heart for quite some time, finding its way into the areas where deception needed to be excised from the…