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July 20 • God is For You
There is no hope in knowing God is with you and that He is in control, if we believe He is this mean and cantankerous God waiting to strike us down with the next bad thing. It’s our own untrue thoughts about God and who He is that can fuel the fire to our anxious
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July 19 • We Do Not Wrestle Against Flesh and Blood
Whether it’s at home, work, or church, the enemy wants to divide you from those you love and those who love you. To do this, he’ll encourage bitterness, resentfulness, hate, anger, selfishness, and more to cause distance and discord between you and other people. In these cases, we must realize who our real enemy is.
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July 18 • The Cure for Double-Mindedness
If you are double-minded, making decisions may be very challenging. If you are accepting world-views that are in conflict with one another, you may become confused as to which way to go. The main cure for double-mindedness to make a decision. Who will you serve? Who will you believe? And don’t be mistaken, choosing to
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July 17 • A Woman After God’s Own Heart
King David valued God greatly and honored Him. As a young man, he defeated the giant Goliath (1 Samuel 17:41-52), not because of his own strength, but because He truly believed in God’s strength. David’s faith was great in God. Listen to what he says to Goliath before their fight: “For the battle is the
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July 16 • When You Fear Change
Fear can represent a lack of trust in God, but because we’re usually afraid of change, fear may be a sign you are in a transitioning season. Now we don’t give into fear. We push forward anyway because that is what God calls us to do. Before Joshua was called to transition God’s people from
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July 15 • A Desire For God
David was a man of wealth and power, however his desire was not for these things. In the Psalms, David writes: “Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.” (Psalm 73:25 NIV) Our first command from God is to love Him with our whole hearts (Matthew 22:37). This
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July 14 • Attacked on All Sides
If the enemy can overwhelm you, trust me, he will. He’ll attack you from all sides and in every area of your life if he has the chance. His tactic is to run you empty with attack after attack and make you feel there is no way you can overcome. What he won’t tell you
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July 13 • You Have a Choice to Make
During the lifetime of the Prophet Elijah, the Israelites, God’s chosen people, have decided that they will serve God, but they will also serve another god called Baal. The King of the Israelites, Ahab was married to Queen Jezebel who was a devout Baal worshiper. Instead of choosing which God they would serve, the Israelites
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July 12 • Draw Near with Confidence
Christian author and theologian Timothy Keller once said this: “The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access.” As children of God, we have access to God. We can talk to Him, we can ask Him for what
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July 11 • When You Doubt God
The foundation of our relationship with God is the finished work of Christ on the cross. When we doubt what God can do, it’s a sign we don’t truly believe what He’s already done. If we doubt God, it makes it extremely difficult, impossible, really, to trust Him. And that’s when we start placing our