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...
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,...
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...
From Heart to Mouth (Inspiration from Watch Your Mouth devotional by Dr. Kennetra Bryant) “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” Luke 6:45...
Pride—Check it Before You End in Checkmate (Excerpts and inspiration from The Silent but Deadly Trio devotional by Lisa Singh) “Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18 NLT “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show...
He Wants It All (Excerpts and inspiration from 21 Days of Powerful Breakthrough by Kemberley Washington) “And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’” Mark 12:30 NLT Someone once said to me a closed hand receives nothing from God but an...
Don’t Ignore the Small Things (Excerpts and inspiration from 21 Days of Powerful Breakthrough by Kemberley Washington) “Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.” Ephesians 6:18 NLT I don’t know about you but there are times I get tired of...
Do You Really Do? “Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?” Matthew 6:27 NLT Let’s face it, we’ve talked many times and so much has been written and taught about trusting God. Given there are so many scriptures in the Bible encouraging us to do so, it must be important and...
