We’ve all felt it. That gnawing sense that something is missing. That if we could just have that thing: Then we would finally be content. Finally be happy. Discontentment rarely announces itself loudly. It creeps in quietly through comparison, through longing, through the belief that God is withholding something that we desperately need. This is…
Category: Faith
How to hear God’s voice [part 1]
God is speaking. God is speaking to the Church, and He’s speaking to you personally. The challenge? We’re often not tuned into His frequency. With so many voices competing for our attention – our own thoughts, the opinions of others, the noise of daily life – it can be difficult to recognize which voice is…
Shhh! It’s a secret.
There are certain things that God will tell us that He wants us to keep secret. The Bible has many illustrations of this: In Genesis 37*, God shows Joseph that he will become the ruler over his father and his brothers; but when he shares this with them, not only do his brother ridicule him…
If I could…
A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding, and she could find no cure. Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped. “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, this whole crowd is pressing up against You.” But Jesus said, “Someone deliberately…