Do you sometimes feel like you are less than enough? My dear friend, I hope this resonates with you today. You are God’s creation; He made you exactly how He wanted to. You are not lacking. You were dreamed up and made uniquely with characteristics all your own. We always hear “comparison is the thief …
Psalm 150: 1-6 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise Him in his mighty heavens! Praise Him for His mighty deeds; praise Him according to His excellent greatness! Praise Him with trumpet sound; praise Him with lute and harp! Praise Him with tambourine and dance; praise Him with strings and pipe! Praise Him with …
Read: Judges 6:1-16 Anyone who’s struggled with fear and anxiety understands the difficulty of overcoming these emotions. Gideon was a man who experienced great apprehension because he lived when Israel was being oppressed by the Midianites as a result of their rebellion against God. Conditions had become so desperate that Gideon was threshing grain in …
Written by Dr. Faith Pierce “Do I matter? Has God forgotten me?” Have these refrains been reverberating in your head? Maybe you are used to shoving your needs aside to prioritize work, an aging parent, or a selfish spouse. But time continues to zoom by while your life is stuck on idling. Take your co-worker, …
Through Him we are made CHAMPIONS! Jesus is a champion, a conqueror. He has victory over sin, He conquered death, hell and the grave. He is a champion for our salvation. The enemy targets you in the areas you have the most calling! As a champion through Christ you can prevail in these areas and …
All who followed Him were healed. Matt. 12:15 It has been insightfully said: “What you do only proves what you believe in.” I encourage you to go ahead and read that sentence again until it speaks to you. Action makes the stuff of faith a reality. If I truly believe God to be good, then …
By Keiko Chibana-Shinn | Rediscovering Prayer There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows. Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will become fresh. Life will flourish wherever this water flows. Ezekiel 47:9 We all live by faith. We wake up every morning with some level of …
By Keiko Chibana-Shinn | Rediscovering Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name… Matthew 6:9 Jesus says to us: I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father except through Me. To many, this is an offensive concept. Once upon a time, it offended me. I would think, Why should there be …
By Keiko Chibana-Shinn | Rediscovering Prayer Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called… 2 Timothy 4:7 Every day we have a choice to make. We can either choose to accept You or deny You, to welcome You in or reject You for the day …
By Keiko Chibana-Shinn | Rediscovering Prayer We all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Cor. 3:17-18 Jesus calls us into holistic transformation. The ministry of Jesus lives and breathes to restore us into new beginnings, …
Written by Abby Lively Dear Friend, I am so sorry to hear that you are struggling physically, mentally, spiritually, or even all the above. I understand this can be such an exhausting and debilitating life when suffering from pain. However, when we experience pain, it is a chance for us to grow stronger. I have …
Written by Keiko Chibana-Shinn | Rediscovering Prayer Love must be sincere. Romans 12:9 God’s touch is all you need to experience true love. A single spark of His love illuminates your heart to yearn for the uncontrollable flame that is meant to bombard you. Your mind and spirit have now been gifted to receive the unsurpassable …
