Lori Altebaumer
GeneralDec. 07, 2024Season of Preparation Day Six: God's PresenceYesterday I pondered a tiny infant who pushed back darkness for an entire world. A beam of hope that beckoned shepherds from the field and wise men from afar. A baby that brightened the world two thousand years ago and brightens it...
Amber Ginter
“Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual. After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn’t miss him at first, because they assumed he...
Nicole O'Meara
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." - 2 Corinthians 4:18 Father in Heaven, I want to be aware of you in every moment and every circumstance of my day....
Peggi Tustan
Is God alone worthy of our worship and devotion, even when he doesn’t rescue us? Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had firsthand experience of not being rescued. They were held as captives in a foreign land. In 605 BC, God had allowed their King Jehoiakim and the land of Judah to...
“The world isn’t falling apart–it’s falling into place.” –Ann Graham Lotz When 2024 rolled in, I was facing the second anniversary of my father’s death and…
God is inviting me into a place of repentance. No easy task, the work of true repentance brings deep rest to the Christian.
Peggi Tustan
As we launch a New Year, I am pondering God’s call to holiness. It’s snowing. The whiteness is blinding after days of dull, dreary rain. Watching the snow, I sense God’s Spirit saying, “I am holy. I live in blinding light. I want you to be holy as well.”God, the...
Scripture is clear regarding God’s Divine purpose in the creation. He is omniscient and knows every detail of humanity and the nations from the beginning through the end. All God’s works are sovereignly governed according to His plans and purposes. As we read: “God reigns over the nations; God sits
Being a writer is a lot harder than I thought. If I want to make something of my words, then I need to think carefully about what I’m trying to say. Am I conveying the right tone? Am I boring? Am I…
Early in the morning a servant of the Holy Man got up and went out. Surprise! Horses and chariots surrounding the city! The young man exclaimed, “Oh, master! What shall we do?” He said, “Don’t worry about it—there are more on our side than on their side.” Then Elisha prayed, “O God, open his eyes … Continue reading “Using Our Spiritual Eyes”