In my last devotional, we looked at how an idol is anything that we fear more than God. God should be our motivation for the reason we live and what we do throughout our day. Sometimes this idol hides in the form of pride. When I talk about pride today, I’m meaning anything that we... Continue Reading →
The Comfort of the Holy Spirit
Our God is three persons in one. After I learned to love the Father and the Son, I asked the Holy Spirit to also reveal Himself to me. And He did.
Friendship’s Fiends
There are three adversaries which hinder us as we attempt to make friends, but with Jesus already as our friend, we can overcome these to create strong partnerships to support us through the ups and downs of life.
Humility in Prayer
Upon digging further, I also found 1 John 5:14-15, “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.” So it’s not just whatever we ask; it’s whatever we ask according to His will. Our confidence in prayer then can be held in promises He has already given us in Scripture, or occasionally devine personal revelation. But that left me lost about prayers for healing or personal requests. What is the point praying for our health or desires, when we have no power to change God’s will?