What battle are you facing today? What fears are overwhelming? What floods are overpowering? Are you unsure how to fix what’s broken, repair what’s been lost, or fight what’s coming against you? Sometimes, the best thing we can honestly pray is,“Lord, I don’t know what to do, but I look to You.”
When someone is grieving, it matters less what you say than that you say something. Your presence, not your precision, is what comforts the most.
We have a place for weeping and mourning at Christmas because of the pain following Jesus’ birth. People experienced death, violence, injustice, abuse of power, and homelessness. Life, including the Christmas season, is marked by birth and celebration as well as death and loss. This is where the Bible offers a unique perspective through pain and sorrow: hope.
How we finish our lives has a profound, lasting impact for the LORD and influence on future generations. Will we have a fantastic finish? Or simply fade away? Will those following behind us walk by faith in the LORD because of us – or despite us?
Like many gifts for Christmas, birthdays, special occasions, God's gift of grace has become expected. We forget that God's grace is a gift - an unnecessary and costly one.
At the start of 2024, many of us are already feeling too busy, overwhelmed, and weary. It seems there's too much to do and never enough time to do it. Where do busy people find rest? In Jesus. How? By ruthlessly eliminating hurry in our lives to make space for a relationship with Him.
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