Facing trials with confidence. If you’re like me, you’ve probably wondered why we face so many troubles in this world. It’s easy to shy away from hard circumstances because we like to live comfortable lives, but we, as Christians, should face difficulty differently than the world does. The world doesn’t know true peace because they…
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A moment of stillness (29).
When this trial is over. I will see him myself; my eyes will look at him, and not as a stranger. My heart longs within me. Job 19:27 God was not a stranger to Job, though His ways seemed confusing to him. Job found no hope from anyone and he made a resolve- to hope…
A different kind of heart.
What made David pleasing to God? Lately, I’ve been experiencing many circumstances that seriously try my faith. During times like these I usually turn to the Psalms, but to my discouragement, this time around my heart felt so distant from the joyful cries of David as he acknowledges God as his strength or his deliverance….
Joyful surrender.
Choosing God’s will above your own. When I look back on my life, I can now see clearly that it was during the hardest times when God molded me the most. Those were the times when surrendering was the hardest thing to do. It’s not easy to accept loss, pain, and disappointment, but we encounter…
Soul awakening.
When God’s voice becomes clear. God’s voice is most often expressed through a whisper but there are those times in our lives when He chooses to speak up. Trials are often God’s way of making His voice heard. Life’s deepest lessons are learned through trials. A life without trials would mean a life lived in…
When self is no longer your focus.
What does it mean to die to yourself? In our self-indulgent culture, the call of Christ to deny oneself by living a selfless life sounds extreme and unnecessary. Most Christians live their lives completely focused on themselves; their own dreams, their own heartaches, and their own insecurities. Messages of self are everywhere. Christian stores are…
The Eyes of My Heart 