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Someone once said, “Be careful what you pray for, you might get it.” That sounds funny, yet that is exactly what happened in Psalm 106. The Israelites were tired of manna and asked for meat.

Are You Sure You Want That?

Biblical EncouragementOctober 24, 2012485Views 0Likes 12Comments

©Lori Laws Someone once said, “Be careful what you pray for, you might get it.” That sounds funny, yet that is exactly what happened in Psalm 106. The Israelites were tired of manna and asked for meat. God’s response: "And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul." - Psalm 106:15 KJV As I read this…

In Luke 17 Jesus tells the story of the ten lepers who were healed. Most of you will be familiar with that story. Ten were healed, but only one came back and expressed gratitude.

Healing Comes With Obedience

Biblical EncouragementOctober 10, 2012548Views 0Likes 3Comments

In Luke 17 Jesus tells the story of the ten lepers who were healed. Most of you will be familiar with that story. Ten were healed, but only one came back and expressed gratitude. When I read that chapter this morning I noticed something else. It was while they were obeying that they were healed. They didn’t…

Hiding has never worked so go meet with the Lord today and return to hiding in HIM.

Are You Hiding From God, or Hiding In God?

Biblical EncouragementSeptember 26, 2012653Views 0Likes 8Comments

When our pastor said this in a sermon I was reminded of how much difference a word can make. In the above sentence the only difference is from or in, but they mean totally different things. David wrote a lot about hiding in God: "Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt…

Isaiah 30:18-21 talks about the Lord waiting for us. He isn’t nearly as impatient as I am and he is waiting for some very special reasons.

Has the Lord Been Waiting to be Gracious to You?

Biblical EncouragementSeptember 19, 2012724Views 0Likes 9Comments

Don't you just hate waiting? I know I do, but then I’m always on the go and find it frustrating to have someone not keeping up with me. I know that isn’t a very good attitude and I’ve spent years learning to wait. Someone once said, don't pray for patience or you’ll find yourself standing in…

I have not a shadow of doubt that if all our eyes could be opened today, we should see our homes, and our places of business, and the streets we traverse, filled with the "chariots of God.

Chariots to Carry

Biblical EncouragementAugust 8, 2012495Views 0Likes 2Comments

I have a lot of friends – myself included – who are struggling with difficulties of every sort. One has a very ill child, another has an unbelieving husband, still another whose husband is unemployed. No matter what the problem, Jesus is the answer. When I read this devotional by Hannah Whitall Smith, I couldn’t help…

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” Matthew 7:1

Biblical EncouragementJuly 24, 2012710Views 0Likes 11Comments

THE PARABLE OF THE PEAR TREE Author Unknown Found on verseoftheday.com A father wanted to teach his four sons the lesson of not judging something or someone too quickly, and so he called his four sons together and said "I have a task for you. I want you, my eldest son to go out into our fields…

Eyes of Freedom

Biblical EncouragementJuly 4, 2012482Views 0Likes 3Comments

Just a couple of days ago I made a comment to my family as we listened to a Hero Tales audio by Hal Young of Raising Real Men about how we rarely hear about the stories about today’s heroes. Last night on the news this story proved me wrong. It’s called the Eyes of Freedom Memorial…