Look back and see what your Heavenly Father has already brought you through. Then face each of your "todays" knowing that your deepest waters and most intense flames will not be allowed to drown or consume you...
I was a Marine having just arrived on a tiny Pacific island called Okinawa. That's when Jesus came to me in my emptiness and loneliness and became so real I thought I was touching Him.
Those who enlist in God's army will find themselves at war, and spiritual warfare can be far more intense than the greatest battles fought with human weapons.
The size of the universe is unknown. Yet Dr. Wernher Von Braun, the rocket scientist, says; "The idea of an orderly universe is inconceivable without God - the grandeur of the cosmos confirms the certainty of creation. One can't be exposed to the law and order of the universe without becoming aware of a divine intent."
It is up to you and me to want to know the living God more than anything in life. It is up to the Lord to make Himself known. It is up to us to want to both hear and obey Him. It is up to the Holy Spirit to make His voice real. Any deep relationship is built through quality time spent together.
How is your spiritual growth proceeding? Are you learning fresh truths in daily devotions that you put into practice in daily living? Is the Holy Spirit taking you into deeper levels of personal repentance as you view yourself in light of what Jesus did for you? Are you gaining a general knowledge of the major truths and doctrines of the faith so that no false teaching can pull you from God's path?
We must catch God's heart for the Jews and Israel if we are to understand His incredible love for us...The Jews have suffered Inquisitions, pogroms and the Holocaust. Yet only three years after Hitler's suicide - he who had hoped to kill all Jews - Israel had a physical rebirth in 1948 that defies human reasoning.
Never fear the sense of loneliness that tries to come when sleep won't. That loneliness is your spirit saying, "I'm lonely for the One who loves me most. I'm lonely for You, Father."
Did you hear the story of two artists who were asked to paint a picture illustrating peace? Here's how it goes...
No wonder the songwriter wrote, "Jesus is the sweetest name I know." The very name in Hebrew means "salvation." And that is what He has become for us...