My prayer for my fellow Americans this morning. I pray that we would prosper in our souls My we prosper in unity. May we prosper in empathy. May we prosper prosper in brotherly love, one for another. May we prosper in common sense. May we prosper in understanding each other. May we prosper in peace, joy, hope. May we prosper in our Christlikeness. May we prosper in our care of...
The Challenge – Week 8 Day 2
Life doesn’t always turn out like we thought it would. We make mistakes. Sickness happens. People disappoint. Marriages failed. Children rebel. Bosses fire. Finances dwindle. Dreams delay. We may find ourselves looking back over our lives with regret wondering, “God where are you?” The children of Israel made some serious, serious mistakes. They abandoned God and worshipped and sought after idols. Because of their continuous bad deeds, God exiled them,...
The Challenge – Week 3 Day 2
What is concerning you today? Your marriage? Your children? A financial problem? Your job? What is causing you worry or anxiety? About a year and a half ago, I was researching the cost of getting a book edited. It was overwhelming to me. At the same time I was toying with the idea of going on a missions trip. Together, but of these seemed like financial impossibilities. I had spent...
God in the Grocery Store
When we were a young couple, three children, one income finances of course were tight. But I was learning to trust God in the area of finances. One day my husband asked me to buy something specific from the grocery store. I bought something similar because it was on sale. I was proud of my conquest. But when I got home and explained to him why I had purchased item...
Lavishly Generous
God is love. He is just. He is merciful. God is also generous. In the Garden of Eden, God lavishly provided all man needed. There was no lack, no need unfulfilled. When David committed his most notorious sin – taking another man’s wife and ultimately having her husband killed – in God’s rebuke, He told David, “I have given you everything and if you had just asked, I would have...
Blessed!
Jesus was perfectly obedient. Because of Jesus’ obedience we stand before God holy and blameless because we are in Christ. When God sees us, He sees His son – the perfectly obedient lamb of God. This is important for us as new Christians because now we get to reap the benefits of Jesus’ perfect obedience. Deuteronomy 28 promised that if the children of Israel obeyed, these blessings would come upon...
Seed to Sow
Last year, I had the opportunity to go to India but the cost for me was prohibitive. However, I knew I was suppose to go. While I was considering how I would pay for it, I got an unexpected $150. I knew that was not designed for me to hold onto. It was seed to sow. So I donated it towards some friends who were going on a missions trip...
No Lack
I grew up in a culture where if you were good, God may give you want you needed – no more, no less. But as I have grown older and have develop a personal relationship with God, I have found Him to be a generous Father who loves to lavish His children with gifts. From Genesis to Revelation, God is good! Now, even with that revelation, it does not prevent...
What’s in Your Hand?
I was talking with a friend the other day. She has had some tough breaks in her life. In our conversation, she kept telling me what she could not do because of lack of resources -money, equipping, family. But God had me encourage her that it was not about her lack but it’s about His All-sufficiency. When Jesus commanded His disciples to feed thousands, they immediately reminded Jesus of their...
How to Prosper
In Jeremiah 29, the nation of Israel is about to go into exile. They were about to be subject to a wicked, egotistical, crazy king. In the midst of this, God instructs them to prosper – build houses, marry, have children. But the most important thing He instructs them to do is Pray. Pray for the prosperity of the city where they are being sent. Because as the city prospers...