We need to keep moving forward because God has give us a specific directive. If we look back, it needs to be in quick, purposeful glances.
Tag: faith
“She was thinking to herself, “If I can just put a finger on His robe, I’ll get well.” (Matthew 9:21 MSG) The woman with the issue of blood had come to the end of her rope in every way. She was completely and utterly spent.…
“Zeal for your house consumes me.” (Psalm 69:9 NIV) This scripture was written by David in the psalms but also recognized in Christ by His disciples as He overturned the tables in the Temple and disrupted the moneychangers. Jesus was consumed by His love and…
“In Him was life and that life was the light of all mankind.” (John 1:4 NIV) My family has spent the last two days hosting a moving sale. It’s no small thing, pulling up stakes in Iowa, loading all our earthly possessions into a 26…
“You feed them from the abundance of Your own house.” (Psalm 36:8 NLT) Our God provides for His own. We see this so clearly in the wilderness, with the children of the Exodus picking their way toward Promised Land. God brought bread like dew on…
“Why would you ever complain, O Jacob, or whine, O Israel, saying “God has lost track of me. He doesn’t care what happens to me”? Don’t you know anything, haven’t you been listening? God doesn’t come and go. God lasts.” (Isaiah 40:27-28 MSG) We lose…
“By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at His hand.” (Hebrews 11:3 NLT) In school, science was always a favorite subject of mine. My dad was a high school botany teacher, so we spent my childhood making observations about our natural world.…
“The country will look like pine and oak forest with every tree cut down – every tree a stump, a huge field of stumps.” (Isaiah 6:12 MSG) Have you ever surveyed your life and felt like this? All your effort, all your prayers and petitions…