5 Verses to Pray When You Need God to Do the Impossible
Do you ever have times when your life’s circumstances seem impossible? Times when … your relationship is broken, or you can’t find a job, or your child is rebellious, or you can’t break a long-held bad...
View Article5 Verses to Pray When You Need a Miracle
If you clicked on the title to this post because you wanted to know more, because you need to pray … I’m guessing you need a miracle in your life. You’re not alone … my most visited post is 5 Verses to...
View Article5 Verses to Pray that will Help When You are All Used Up
I'm taking my "all used up" feelings to the Lord. I'm taking my circumstances and all used up feelings and laying them at the throne of grace. Then I'm going get away with Jesus to a quiet place and...
View ArticleWhen You Want to Thank God for the Gift of Hope
I’ve spent a lot of time this week thinking about hope. You see, I’d never really stopped to think about the differences between the way secularists and people of faith perceive hope. For the...
View ArticlePraying for Hope in the One Who Really is Christmas
Christmas is just days away and as I read through and lift up the prayer requests left on the Blessing Counters Prayer Page, I can’t help but notice how families seem to have two areas of pain and...
View ArticlePsalms to Pray When You Need to Be Hopeful
Is it hard for you to be honest with God? Do you struggle to pour out feelings of impatience or frustration? Are you able to tell Him when you’re losing hope because your problem persists and you...
View ArticleHow to Replace Fear with Strength and Courage
It only took one terrifyingly turbulent flight to convince me that staying on the ground was better than being in the air. So much better that it took years before I was willing to go anywhere that...
View ArticlePsalms to Pray When You Feel Like Something is Missing
If you feel like something is missing right now, you’re not alone. I think most of us feel like we’re experiencing an unending cycle of missing out. We’re missing… time with loved ones. going to...
View ArticlePraise God for the Gift of His Truth and Love
I’ll admit, it’s easier to simply focus on Jesus love and acceptance . . . to repeat His Gospel promises and ignore His the truth of His life-changing commands. It’s more comfortable to say there is no...
View Article2 Reasons the Bible Tells Us What to Expect When Jesus Returns
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, there were only a few people who even noticed. And those who did came from humble unnoteworthy backgrounds. A simple teenage girl. An ordinary carpenter. A handful of...
View ArticleHow You Can Find Hope and Assurance in the Book of Revelation
Well friends, here we are starting the last book of the New Testament. The book of Revelation is God’s Word to us about the future but also about the present. John began it with these words: This is a...
View ArticleHow to Have the Hard to Understand Peace You Need
Psalm 16 reminded me of a story… There was once a king who offered a prize to the artist who could paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. After...
View ArticleLife is Better When You Know the Final Score
As I walked upstairs the other night, Rev was rewatching the Ohio State vs Penn State football game. We’d watched it live but he just couldn’t get enough, saying “I think it’s, even more, fun watching...
View Article20 Quotes that Celebrate Jesus, the Gift of Hope
Jesus – Hope of the World. For just a moment, join me as I focus on God’s amazing gift whom we celebrate. Then, as you finish errand running, wrapping, baking, cooking, traveling, etc… Turn on some...
View ArticleWhen You Need Strength and Hard to Understand Peace
I can relive that morning in my head like it happened yesterday… I shuffled out of the bedroom hoping to retrieve a cup of coffee to sip while I got ready for church. As I entered our family room, I...
View ArticleHow to Have New Hope When You Pray the Lord’s Prayer
I’ve had two times in my life when I found myself in situations that appeared hopeless. They were times when God’s “no” to my perceived “need” seemed like more than I could endure. The first time, I...
View ArticleDay 20 – God, Bless My Children with Faith, Hope, and Love
Since the moment they were born, who am I kidding, since before they were born, I’ve worried about my children. And even though, I know I’m not supposed to worry – I’ve often been known to stress over...
View ArticleDay 28 – God, Please Help Me – I Need More Hope
Many of us personally claim the promise God made through Jeremiah to the exiled Jews living in Babylon: I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster,...
View ArticleDay 40 – God, Thank You for the Hope of a New Year
Tonight, you and I will turn the page on another year. How many times have you and I approached midnight thinking, “maybe next year.” The dreams and wishes of a New Year’s possibilities. But you and I...
View ArticleWhen You Need to Know… Nothing Is Too Hard for God
I get discouraged sometimes praying the same prayer again and again. I need to remember that absolutely nothing is too hard for God.
View ArticleHow to Live By Faith When Life Is Hard
What does it mean to live by faith? Can living by faith make a difference when life is hard? We're taking a closer look at what it means and how it can help and we'd love for you to join us.
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