My mind drifted back to the time of my childhood – when the Gospel seeds were being sowed in my heart years before I came to know Jesus.
Category: Trusting God
How To Cultivate A Spirit Of Joy
When is a time you’ve felt really happy recently? Pause for a minute and think. Joy is something that lives inside all of us, Let me explain.
Don’t Just Open the Door, Walk Through It
Taking a leap of faith can be scary. You don’t know if you will succeed or fail. God asks us to trust Him and open the door He’s shown you.
6 Truths For When You Feel Discouraged
God, I can’t do this. Why do I even fight back against the lies in my head? I was so discouraged yet He gave me strength for that moment.
Three Things God CANNOT Do
We know that with God all things are possible. But sometimes we forget about the things that God CANNOT and, without question, WILL NOT do.
My Soul Thirsts for You: Psalm 143
What do you do when you feel crushed by discouragement or despair? Sometimes all I feel like doing is curling up in defeat. And I bet King David has felt the same way. He was weary and facing trouble, his enemies were pursuing him. He felt crushed. But he turned to God. In Psalm 143, …
Dear Rose, Let God Fight for You
I sat on a dirty couch, surrounded with dirty toys, in a building filled with people who seemed to only care about themselves. My parents were in court, fighting for the rights of two little girls we were fostering, and I was, once again, stuck in the waiting room with my little siblings. Just… waiting. …
Learning to Trust – God is at Work in Our Lives
Note: brief mention of religious self-harm I have a terror of being late. It can be annoying, since I’m often late to events. One day, my grandpa was driving me to dance class, and I realized that that day was no exception — I was indeed going to be late. I sighed to myself… and …
Don’t Despise God’s Pruning – It’s for Your Growth
Was it only a year ago I started looking forward to the new decade? I pictured 2020 as a year of growth and change. In the spring, I was planning to go on a mission trip with my youth group and was excited for the opportunity to serve God and grow closer to my friends …
What Does It Mean To Look To God?
I noticed something interesting one day. Whether in church, Bible studies, blog posts, or youth group, “look to God” seems to be the answer for almost any difficult problem Christians face. How do I turn away from sin? What should I do when I just don’t have the strength to keep going? Where do I …