God loves us enough to not keep us where we’re at and wants us to live a fruitful and productive life, but sometimes that means we have to do some weeding.

An amazing story from the bible all about expectations and asking the right questions of ourselves.

Even though many situations happen in our lives with evil intent to harm or betray us, God can shine through it all and show us His faithfulness.

This week’s encouragement: Our hope is found in Christ. We can see God’s love through Christ’s sacrifice, and we can rejoice in the hope that we have.

Whether we want to believe it or not, God values us with a love so divine that He gave His only son to die that we might live. Mindblowing to think about, heartbreaking to accept, life-changing to walk out that reality.

All too often we go about life not knowing of the amazing things God is doing for us behind the scenes. On days when our gratitude list seems very short we should remind ourselves to look back as David has in Psalm 68 and remember.

This week’s encouragement: Christ is our example for how to live. Pursue him, for He is of far more value than anything in this world.

Sometimes we wait until we can take a step of faith in safety, like the children of Israel wanting to step out on dry land. Our timing is not God’s timing, that means we may need to get our feet wet even when conditions do not seem ideal. Joshua 3:13 holds some important truth and I want to share a bit about that today.

Today as I prepare for Easter services at Radiant Church I wanted to reflect on what it means to abide in the Lord and tell the world.

We don’t always look at the things God can’t do but in times of difficulty, they may be exactly what we need to consider. They might lead us to gratitude and praise.