Category : Devotions

Words That Build Up and Benefit

Words That Build Up and Benefit

I’m reading a book titled Encouragement by two of my favorite authors:  Dr. Larry Crabb and Dr. Dan Allender.   I’ve just started and want to share some highlights with you.  God has impressed upon my heart that I want to be an encourager.  I want to speak words that build up and benefit others, words [...]

God Heals What’s Broken and Restores What Was Stolen

God Heals What’s Broken and Restores What Was Stolen

Oh my, how I love that worship song I posted yesterday.  ‘Here In This Place”  I hope you had an opportunity to listen to it. Two of the phrases seemed to jump out to me:  God heals what was broken and restores what was stolen.  How great is God to do this for us?  I [...]

What’s Your Position?

What’s Your Position?

In reading through Shattered Dreams by Larry Crabb, one of the points that I found significant was that we cannot produce and encounter with God, we can only put ourselves in a position to receive an encounter with God.  How true! For me, this means time spent in contemplative prayer, journaling, worship, and the two [...]

As a Little Child

As a Little Child

WOW!!  I just finished reading Heaven is For Real.  What a wonderful story about a little boy who goes to Heaven while his body is being operated on to remove a ruptured appendix. I was struck by the simplicity with which he told his story.  Have we over complicated the Gospel?  He used such simple [...]