Do you struggle to have a childlike spirit? This has been a challenge for me for as long as I can remember. But I’m learning to recapture my childlike spirit because it helps me stay closer to God.
Category: Faith Stories
How easy is it for you to forgive others? I must admit, it’s a real challenge for me.
I didn’t learn how to forgive well when I was growing up. My family struggled to let past hurts go. But as I’m working through past pain, I’m learning to make forgiveness a way of life.
Do you want to learn to be more forgiving?
Do you have a prime time for temptation? Maybe you haven’t considered this before. I made it the topic of my devotion at Encouragement for Today, and I want to help you identify your prime time so you can fight back.
Are you dealing with grief that just won’t go away, because a literal death has not yet occurred? We can learn how to deal with a living death from the story of Tamar, King David’s daughter.
As a child of divorce since the age of 4, I have dealt with a living death most of my life. Though my parents’ marriage ended decades ago, I still deal with the fallout. The marriage is over, but the negative effects linger on, because the divorce is a living death.
I’ve also experienced living deaths from loving prodigals, handling disappointments, and dealing with various messes. Life doesn’t always give us definite endings, and when negativity continues, you can feel the reverberations of a living death.
Is life beating you down in more than one area? I’ve been there before, and I’m learning much from the account of the widow of Zarephath in the Old Testament.
Turn to 1 Kings 17 to follow along with me today. It’s a short but powerful story that God has been repeating to me for the past few weeks. I want to share insights with you today to give you hope.