God made her beautiful for a reason: to get her into the palace (to fulfill His plan for and keep His promises to His people)! (Esther 2:3, 7). God made her content for a reason: to give her favor before the chamberlain and the king (to fulfill His plan for and keep His promises to … Continue reading Esther Created Specifically by God (To Keep His Promises)
Empty Spaces Filled
Prodigals get delivered and turn back. Prodigals get saved and backslide again. They take two steps forward and one step back, or worse, two or three steps back. We don’t understand it, because we walk in a fullness with God they need. I suspect that sometimes they go back into sin because there are spaces … Continue reading Empty Spaces Filled
Kidron Reveals Redemption
“Jesus … went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered” (John 18:1 NKJV). That garden was the Garden of Gethsemane. But before we go there, let’s go back and look at the other mentions of the brook in the Old Testament: “Also [King Asa] … Continue reading Kidron Reveals Redemption
Kindness
I found this in my files just waiting to be shared, and today is the day! “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you” (Matthew 5:44). We would never think of our … Continue reading Kindness
“My Soul Refused to be Comforted”
There are times it seems we will see no end, that prodigals will never be saved and stop living life outside of relationship with God, times when our faith is being bombarded, but in our anguish—and anguish it can sometimes be—we can look to the Word of God for direction. Psalm 77 is one such … Continue reading “My Soul Refused to be Comforted”
Prayer for Prodigals 