Do you need to know that God is on your side? I pray these scriptures will help. Believing these verses from Romans 8 is key to our freedom, because believing God loves us and has purpose for us breaks strongholds of self-pity and victimization that chain us from living lives that bring God glory. We are not victims; we are …
Bite of Bread: Using Scripture to Pray
Sometimes when I pray my prayers feel empty, vain, and repetitious. I find myself praying the same prayers over and over again mostly for safety, health, wisdom, and to be used by God. These prayers aren’t for me most of the time. I pray them for my children. Sometimes it’s hard to know what to pray …
Bite of Bread: Verses for Protection
Every time I watch the news I’m reminded of the dangers of this world. Shootings on a major highway in Phoenix, fires raging in California, and refugees fleeing from Syria are just a few of the stories threatening lives. It’s easy to become anxious and worried. Fear can consume us if we let it. But there’s another place, a secret …
Bite of Bread: Quench Your Thirst with the Living Water
Water. We can’t live without it. Everybody knows we need the physical kind, but many have no idea how spiritually dehydrated they are. Though we need water to survive in this world, we need the Living Water to live in the next. And once we allow Him to fill us here, we then become faucets for others to find …
Bite of Bread: War Ready and Winners of the Circle Maker
Have you seen the movie, “The War Room“? It opened this weekend (August 28). If you haven’t, go see it. This movie stirred me to pray. It strengthened my faith. The next morning I marched around my house praying out loud. (I can do that with an empty nest!) My faith strong; my resolve stronger. [tweetability]My faith was not in …