Psalm 23 says that God leads us by peaceful, quiet, still waters, not choppy or full of turbulence. If we feel pressure or fear about a decision, that is not God's leading. It's the enemy who pushes and prods us in a certain direction. But "we who are sons of God are led by the [...]
Author: Jrieflin
Work the Word
"Faith without works is inactive and ineffective and worthless." James 2:20
Forward Motion
Some people love to talk about the past. I LOVE to talk about the NOW & the FUTURE! That gets me excited! Faith is always NOW, it's active and it's EVER-REACHING and ALWAYS STRETCHING! For some, the past is worth forgetting, for some it was the "good old days", but looking with eyes of faith [...]
A Mother’s Influence
When I read Proverbs 31, I don't often read the very first verse that says that these words recorded by King Lemuel were actually the things that his own mother taught him. The wisdom of searching and waiting for an exceptional woman to become his bride and mother of his future children. Just how many [...]
Think. Believe. Talk. Have.
Get Thrilled!
YES! There should be a thrill that accompanies us when we hear the Word, speak it and act on it. If we truly believe that when we prayed we received what we've asked, whether we see it manifest immediately or not, we should be JOYFUL! There will be an outward evidence of the inward working! [...]
Come Up HIGHER!
God recorded His thoughts for us so we could HAVE and SPEAK His thoughts! Isaiah 55:8,9 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are My ways your ways" declares the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts." [...]
The Power of the Tongue
If you don't like the things that are happening in your life, you may need to check up on what you've been SAYING! Because Jesus said we will have whatever we believe and say! There will be opposition and challenges that come knocking at each of our doors in life, but if we speak words [...]
Your Victory is Right Around the Corner!
Hebrews 12:2,3 "fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith, Who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him, who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may [...]