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WHEN THE STORMS OF LIFE ARE RAGING, WHERE DO YOU FIND SHELTER?

BIBLE PASSAGE: “Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.” (Psalm 39:6-7) MEDITATION: If we need a solution to a problem, all we have to do is … Continue reading →

DO YOU FEEL RESTRAINED? DO YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE TOTAL FREEDOM?

BIBLE PASSAGE: About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. (Acts 16:25-26) MEDITATION: Do you … Continue reading →

DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY?

BIBLE PASSAGE: Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. (Galatians 6:7) MEDITATION: We live in a world where everyone wants to get credit for anything good. However, some of the same people who want credit for what others have done, look for someone to blame when things are … Continue reading →

WHY ARE YOU HERE, AND WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

BIBLE PASSAGE: For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to   do good works,which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10) MEDITATION: Are you going through life with what feels like a kind of dryness in enjoyment? In other words, does life seem like it’s a monotonous routine or a rut … Continue reading →

HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THE LORD?

BIBLE PASSAGE: “Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” (Mark 11:24) MEDITATION: Remember when you were young and the Christmas season was almost here? It was a time when you looked forward to giving Santa your list of the presents you … Continue reading →

WHEN YOU ARE STRESSED, DEPRESSED, OR AFRAID, WHERE DO YOU GO FOR RELIEF?

BIBLE PASSAGE: I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” (Psalm 91:2) MEDITATION: When the stresses of life are pressing in on you and have become almost unbearable, where do you go for relief? When you have sadness that overwhelms you, where do you … Continue reading →

ARE YOU STILL SLEEPING, OR HAVE YOU BEEN AWAKENED?

BIBLE PASSAGE: “Therefore keep watch because you do now know when the owner of the house will come back – whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping.” (Mark 13:35-36) MEDITATION: There was a time when people … Continue reading →

ARE YOU IN NEED OF STABILITY AND SOMETHING DEPENDABLE?

BIBLE PASSAGE: Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; here there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. (1 Corinthians 13:8) MEDITATION: Is there anything in this world that we can depend on one hundred percent of the time? Can we name something that … Continue reading →

IF SOMEONE ASKED, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?”, HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER THEM?

BIBLE PASSAGE: I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to … Continue reading →

WHEN YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WHERE DO YOU GO FOR ANSWERS?

BIBLE PASSAGE: The eyes of the Lord your God are always on the land, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year. (Deuteronomy 11:12) MEDITATION: Have you ever heard someone make a comment like,     “Where was (or is) God in all of this?” Whenever we don’t fully understand … Continue reading →

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