Understanding the Names of God: El Emunah
God never makes a promise He cannot keep. We can count on Him to keep His word because His faithfulness is rooted in His character, and He never lies.
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Understanding the Names of God: Ruach Elohim
Ruach Elohim meets us where we are. He doesn’t wait for us to get it together first. He comes near in the middle of our mess, our questions, and our conflicts.
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Understanding the Names of God: Adonai
We can go through the motions of faith without yielding control. But when we acknowledge God as Adonai, faith moves from routine to relationship.
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Understanding the Names of God: Yahweh Tsuri
The weather changes. Our circumstances change. Our health and relationships and finances can change. But Yahweh Tsuri remains steadfast and reliable.
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The Connection Between Pain and Spiritual Power
Let’s ask God to help us view suffering not as something to avoid or escape but as the portal through which we must pass to experience spiritual power.
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How to Maintain a Steadfast Heart
Keep your focus on Jesus, my friend. Maintain a steadfast heart. Because He’s with you, you can stand firm. Circumstances can’t topple you.
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Lessons Learned While Moving from Ship to Shore
Everyone struggles with negative attitudes and habits at some time. Let’s not justify holding onto them. Instead, let’s choose to get rid of them, okay?
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Where Was God When the Unthinkable Happened?
God is near to the brokenhearted. No matter what happens, this one truth remains. He sees you. He hears your cries. He feels your pain. You are not alone.
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Encouragement for When Our Souls Long for Rest
Having a relationship with Jesus is foundational to finding rest for the soul, but we can take other actions to address our soul’s need for rest.
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God is Involved in the Details of Our Lives
You may have experienced or witnessed events for which there was no human explanation, and seeing it unfold bolstered your faith.
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God is making all things new for me and you
“New” is only three letters long, but it delivers a boatload of hopefulness. It conveys the thought of a fresh start, a second chance, and a clean slate.
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How Knowing God by Name Helps Us Fight Fear
The more we understand God’s character, the better able we are to trust Him. Learning to trust God more fully gives us courage to face the fear giant.
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A Christmas Prayer to Keep Our Focus on Jesus
We commemorate Christ’s birth with festivities that sometimes distract us. This Christmas prayer will help us keep our focus on Jesus amid the celebrations.
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Jesus, the True Light of the World
Life has a way of dimming our sparkle, sometimes suddenly, sometimes slowly. If your inner light feels faint, pause and ask the Holy Spirit to show you why.
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How to Ease Stress Amid the Holiday Rush
The holidays contain countless reasons to feel stressed, but let’s choose a different response. Let’s simplify, avoid comparison, and release expectations.
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When Your Soul Longs for Rest Amid a Busy Life
God created me and you with an inherent need for rest. We often equate rest with sleep, but that’s only a small part of the whole picture.
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The Power of Praise to Shoo Away the Enemy
Letting the enemy linger sets us up for defeat, so let’s take intentional action to resist Satan and the unseen forces bent on our destruction.
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Finding Reasons to be Thankful
I have many reasons to be thankful this week after undergoing surgery to repair a rare condition. My surgeon called me a “ticking time bomb.”
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Finding Joy When Joy Feels Distant
God is a loving Father who wants us to experience joy. He adopts us, delights in us, prays for us, pursues us, welcomes us, and prepares a home for us.
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Finding Joy in God’s Word When Stress Overwhelms
Joy in stressful seasons is not found by ignoring pain or chasing temporary fixes. It is found in turning our eyes and hearts toward God’s unchanging Word.
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Perfect Peace in a Restless World
God Himself will keep us in perfect peace when our minds remain steadfast on Him. This isn’t a fleeting calm based on circumstances. It’s deep, enduring peace.
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Powerful Truths to Experience Inner Peace
God’s truth produced the breakthrough I needed. Focusing on my fears had strengthened their choke-hold on my life, and I chose to do things differently.
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Learn How to Meditate on Scripture
Learning how to meditate on Scripture changed my life. For me, the practice began as a weekly homework assignment in Bible college.
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Learning to Trust God in the Dark
Yahweh Ori’s presence illuminates our darkness. As flicking on a light switch banishes the darkness in a room, so He banishes doubt and fear.
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10 Biblical Promises to Help Bring Inner Peace
God’s promises address our deepest needs. Living from their truth moves our souls from a place of angst and pain to a place of inner peace amid outer conflict.
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El Roi: God Sees and Understands You
I had no physical address, no email, and no phone number, but God saw me in my weary and discouraged state, and He met me there.
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Splashes of Joy From Life’s Simple Pleasures
Let’s invite the Holy Spirit to fill us every day. He will open our eyes to see the countless blessings that belong to those who belong to Jesus.
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God is There: Living Unafraid in Life’s Storms
God’s children don’t go through life’s storms alone. We can be confident this is true because of who God is: “Yahweh Shammah” — “the LORD is there.”
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When You Feel Like You’re Not Good Enough
Many of us experience feelings of unworthiness, but our emotions don’t diminish God’s love for us. He sees our flaws and failings, and He loves us anyway.
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How to Respond When Facing a Crisis of Belief
Sooner or later, every believer faces a crisis of belief. When deeply held beliefs about God waver, rest assured they cannot change the truth about who He is.
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3 Reasons to Make Easter Meaningful
In light of current affairs, more than ever we need to truly pause to ponder the wonder and beauty that Easter represents, for therein lies hope.
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Fear Not: God Holds You in His Hand
This God whose strength supersedes anything we can imagine is the same God who holds us in His hand. There’s no safer place to be.
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How to Respond to Current Chaos with Humility
Being secure in who and Whose we are leaves us free to love and respect everyone in the room, even our Judas.
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5 Ways to Respond to the Political Chaos
May our lives shine as a light in the darkness. May our words bring calm to the chaos, and may we reflect Jesus in everything we say and do in these crazy days.
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How to Develop Strength to Face Your Challenges
Engage in truthful self-talk, maintain the habit of reading God’s Word, and seek to grow deeper in your understanding of who God is.
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3 Life-Giving Promises to Bring You Hope
Hold onto these three promises because they will bring you hope: Jesus will give you rest. He will be with you. He will come for you someday.
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