Man of suffering. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from; he was despised, and we didn’t value him. Isaiah 53:3 This verse is so rich with meaning! Isn’t it that when we are despised and rejected, we tend…
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A moment of stillness (63).
Treasure every day. Remove sorrow from your heart, and put away pain from your flesh, because youth and the prime of life are fleeting. Ecclesiastes 11:10 Life is very short. Oftentimes, we get entangled in unnecessary sorrow that obscures our ability to enjoy it. Instead of looking at the bad around us, let’s look at…
A moment of stillness (40).
A desperate cry. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning? Psalm 22:1 Does your prayer life seem to yield no result? Does God seem a million miles away? Does it feel like God abandoned you? I love the sincerity…
Taking the lowest place.
Live a life of learning to decrease! Being humble is an attitude of the heart that doesn’t take root into our lives naturally. It is a posture of complete surrender and worship before God and a state of absolute dependence on Him. Though God can empower us to live in humility, we can all too…
Simplicity.
The unimaginable worth of purity of heart. Have you ever read the Bible or a devotional and after closing it realized that you can’t remember anything of what you just read? I have, and it’s something that God has been directing my heart towards quite a bit lately. How is it that we have forgotten…
Holy meekness.
Unveiling the secrets of Christ-like character. The character of God is absolute perfection and there is no flaw in Him but we, as humans, have the tendency to live imbalanced lives- especially when it comes to our character. I used to struggle with being humble because most of my Christian character was marked with the…
The Eyes of My Heart 