“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him” (Psalm 28:7, KJV). You have heard the saying, “Buck up, be strong” when hard things happen. The idea is that we are to grit our teeth and push through whatever we are facing. We are tough. We can stand. We are not quitters. Right. Sometimes life knocks us right on our backsides. Sometimes we have no strength to

Today when you face the struggles of the day and your faith which seemed so strong just slowly fades away. Remember I am near, through Me you’ll persevere. In My presence you will find My strength. Today when the fight takes more than you can give, and you want to quit and run before the day’s begun. Remember that I fought the battle just for you. In My presence you will find My peace. Today when life’s grief weighs heavy on your soul, and the burdens that you bear are be

Sometimes God's word provides us with a list of things to bring focus and joy to our day.

In this world we live in, we are bombarded by darkness. We can easily be caught in the whirlwind of negative thinking. God offers a different perspective. He tells us to think on the good things. In Philippians 4:8, read the instructions Paul gave to the church at Philippi. "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever, things are of good report; if

There are times in this life when I am dry and thirsty – not for a Coke or water, but for God. I just want to be close to Him. I long for His presence in this world. When I opened my Bible to Psalm 68 this morning, I totally identified with David’s cry: “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is:” (Psalm 68:1, KJV) This land is dry and there is no water in this wor