Tag: adversity
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My Mess … My Testimony
People are hurting. Their lives are messy. Hiding our own messes from them doesn’t give them hope. Showing them Jesus in the midst of our mess does. So let them know how Jesus walks through the mess with you, changes you in the midst of it, and is leading you to the other side. “But…
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Anchor #4: God’s Great Faithfulness
“But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:21-23, emphasis added). I remember the first time I felt outright rejection. I was in kindergarten, and my up-to-then best…
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Anchor #3: God’s Daily Provision
“But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning.” (Lamentations 3:21-23). Have you ever wondered how you would face your greatest fears in life? Your “even if” moments? What if your family falls…
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Anchor #2
God’s Endless Mercy “But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end” (Lamentations 3:21-22). Mercy has been defined to me as “not getting what you deserve.” Our actions have consequences. And, friend, our sin deserves death. Sometimes we…
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Creating Spiritual Anchors
Part 1 “But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:” (Lamentations 3:21) Notice how this verse ends? That little punctuation mark isn’t a period but a colon. The thought isn’t done, the image isn’t complete—there’s something important coming. The author (likely Jeremiah) is in the midst of terrible affliction and uncertainty, crying…
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Three Verses We Need to Remind us of God’s Protection
God is the secret place for our souls that the world cannot touch, eternally secure once we have been hidden in Christ (Colossians 3:3). The fears and trials of this world are big. But our God is bigger. No matter what we face, no matter how bad it gets, He’ll simply never let us go. …
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Three Verses for When Life is Hard.
(And what they really mean.) 1. Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and hope.” For believers today, this promise is fulfilled through our current spiritual security in Christ (nothing can separate us from His love!)…
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God Might Not Change My Circumstances, but He changes ME.
“Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’” — 2 Corinthians 12:8–10 I understand Paul more than I used to. I spent years asking God to change my circumstances—to calm…
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Grace Upon Grace
“For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace” (John 1:16). I failed this week. I failed in my job. I failed in my relationships. I failed in my faith. Anyone else? Does anyone else need the reminder today that failure may be part of our story, but it is not our identity?…
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He Will Quiet You With His Love
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing” (Zephaniah 3:17). The presence of 24/7 news, societal strife, and the world’ noisy clamor take a toll on my small, simple…