If You Could Only Imagine (Excerpts and inspiration from Carlos Santiago’s Take Up Your Cross devotional) “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your...
Quiet your soul, and put your whole trust in Me, says the Lord. I am well able to bring you through every difficulty you face. Refuse to be overwhelmed. Take things one step at a time, one day at a time. Draw your strength from My presence. Do not be afraid (Burns). Matthew 6:34 Therefore do...
Have a blessed thanksgiving!
Same Game, Same Tricks—Don’t Fall for It (Inspiration and excerpts from Carlos Santiago – Take Up Your Cross devotional) “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 NIV “Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to...
Contentment is not Situational or Circumstantial (Inspired by Carlos Santiago’s Take Up Your Cross devotional) “I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ,...
“Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or unremembered peace.” ― Howard Thurman I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow...
God Colors Outside the Lines (Inspired by Carlos Santiago’s Take Up Your Cross devotional) “Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.” 1 Peter 4:12 NLT “Fear nothing in the things you’re about to suffer—but stay on guard! Fear nothing! The Devil is...
Are You All In? (Inspired by Take Up Your Cross devotional by Carlos Santiago) “If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.” Matthew 16:25 NLT “Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value...
