For thus says the Lord, ‘When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.’ Jeremiah 29:10-13 (NASB) The theme for the weekend Continue Reading
The Cure to a Restless Heart {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
“‘My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,’ says the Lord. ‘And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8 (NLT) As he pulls a chair to sit beside me, his somber voice reflects the emotions clearly seen on his face. He received an answer for something we’ve been long waiting for. Something that affects our family’s plans and dreams. Continue Reading
Taking Matters Into Your Own Hands
“Put away your sword,” Jesus told him. Matthew 26:52a (NLT) “Put Away Your Sword, Patricia!” Those were the exact words I heard at 5:30 in the morning. I was lying in bed, talking to the Father. Like the impertinent friend of Luke 11, I was bringing my heart’s desire before the Throne again, together with a list of perfectly reasonable explanations as to why God should make it happen. NOW. As I lay there, shocked and half asleep, the meaning of the reprimand became Continue Reading
When Things Don’t Turn Out as Planned
Passage: Isaiah 55:8-11 Key Verses: “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:10-11 “Did you do your best, honey?” “Yes, mommy, I did” she quietly said. “Did you study Continue Reading
