Bible, blessings, Deuteronomy, God, peace
Right before he died, Moses gave a blessing to each tribe of Israel (Deuteronomy 33). I’m not sure what avenue he used to do this – did he speak the blessings or write them down? Did he communicate them to some large general assembly or to just a select...
Bible, friendship, God, Jesus, Mark, Peter, Philippians
I love Peter. He’s not afraid to say what everyone else is thinking, and he wears his heart on his sleeve, for better or for worse. I think we’ll be good friends in heaven. (Until we call each other out and get into a fist fight…) Anyway, I read an...
1 John, believe, Beth Moore, Bible, God, Jesus, John, love, spiritual growth
I’m going through Beth Moore’s Loving Well Bible study. Again. For the third time. This is partly because it’s the study the director of women’s ministry at my church chose. But, let’s be honest, it’s mostly because I don’t...
believe, Bible, God, hope, love, Paul, Psalms, Romans
Sometimes it’s easy to feel God’s love. For whatever reason, every worship song you hear and Bible verse you read floods you with absolute confidence in the Lord’s personal affection for you. You walk around with a smile on your face, knowing, like...
Ann Voskamp, Bible, fear, Genesis, God, Psalms, worry
It was about 2 o’clock in the morning, and I hadn’t slept yet. I stared at the ceiling, weighing pros and cons of a major pending decision – where to get my master’s degree. I rehearsed the countless variables and possible outcomes; I recalled...
Bible, God, Isaiah, Jesus, redemption, trials, trust
So, to understate things, Israel had some trust issues with the Lord. (I’m glad to know I’m not the only one.) The Old Testament spends a lot of time chronicling the ways in which Israel failed to believe God would/could take care of them, despite His...
