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Relax in His Grip

June 3, 2013

God cares about the prayers of a pregnant mom. He cares about the prayers of a panic-stricken teen. He cares about the prayers of a king facing a battle. And He cares about the battles you are facing—even, and especially perhaps, the ones that illuminate your weaknesses. He’s strong enough to take care of all your needs if you’ll just stay in His grip.

Simply be still. No wriggling, no wrestling. While you’re resting there, be thankful for your weakness, because it’s the very place His strength will manifest.

Excerpted from Get Lost by Dannah Gresh

Daily Reflection: What can you do to relax in His grip today?

Relentlessly Pursued

June 3, 2013

“Not fully embracing the idea that God really cares about you personally is the spiritual equivalent of running away from home.

But it doesn’t have to be that way, because God does care about you. The Bible
says, “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you” (1 Peter 5:7).

And God is adamant that we get this message. That’s why He has given us the Bible, and the book’s plot is actually very simple. In fact, the plot would make a great subtitle: “Loving Father Relentlessly Pursues a Relationship with His Children.”

Your heavenly Father will never desert you, never abuse you, never fail to forgive you, never hold back His grace, and never condition His love on your performance. He’s determined. He is in relentless pursuit of you, and He will not [ … ]

Good Things Come in Small Packages

May 30, 2013

“The truth is, feeling small may not be so bad if in recognizing our smallness we come to realize the wonder of God—a God who is beyond our ability to fully describe or imagine, yet someone we are privileged to know, love, and embrace. Looking up from our tiny estate we are faced with the supremacy of a God who not only is fully capable of running the entire cosmos today—a task that doesn’t tax Him in the slightest—but of sustaining the affairs of our lives as well.”

Excerpted from I Am Not But I Know I Am by Louie Giglio

Daily Reflection: How can you be thankful for all He has created and given you today?

Dannah Gresh on eHarmony Blog

May 29, 2013

Dannah Gresh, author of Get Lost: Your Guide to Finding True Love, has a guest blog post on eharmony.com, the popular online dating website. Gresh presents surprising research results on how spirituality positively impacts women’s sex lives.  According to Gresh, a spiritually satisfied woman in a committed marriage just might be among the most sexually satisfied.

For the single woman, Gresh writes, “What I’d rather see a woman work on during her dating years is her spiritual formation. That’s why I took a break from writing books on sex to simply write one about how women can get lost in God’s love. I believe that a woman who is lost in God’s love is the one most capable of enjoying a love relationship here on earth.”

To read the complete article, visit the eHarmony blog.

Femininity

May 29, 2013

We’ve come of age in revolutionary times when women are making more decisions than ever before. Unlike our mothers and grandmothers, we’re buying houses on our own, heading up corporations, and working on cures for cancer. We’re fixing dinner, soothing a crying baby, and teleconferencing a board meeting all at the same time. We’re wearing hard hats and work gloves so often that hardware companies are designing tools specifically for women. In many ways, this is a fabulous time to be female. But it’s also a complicated time. In fact, without God’s guidance, it can get downright confusing.
I was reminded of that a few years ago when I read the book Love Has a Price Tag by Elisabeth Elliot. In it, she shared how she once gave her college students the unusual assignment of defining femininity in [ … ]

Dream a Little

May 28, 2013

Sometimes we forget to dream. One of the greatest losses to come from worry and stress is the way it can strip our hearts of the ability to imagine anything better around the corner… Perhaps you’ve stepped away from wondering what you want to do, see, become. Can I just encourage you? As long as you have breath, you can dream. It doesn’t matter how old you are, what you’ve walked through, what might be going on right now. Dreaming of the future can bring new life to the present.

Excerpted from 99 Ways to Fight Worry and Stress by Elsa Kok Colopy

Daily Reflection: Do you have a dream that’s recently fizzled due to worry and stress?