Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “God is Near”
Is experiencing God’s touch a part of your life each day? As Christians we talk a lot about our “personal relationship with God,” but when was the last time it was…well, personal? A vivid Biblical account of what experiencing God’s touch looks like is the story of the woman suffering from a chronic bleeding issue. In her culture, her condition …
In my first post, Hope for Depressed Hearts I told the story of how I got sucked into depression and promised to show you a way out of your own. In the next couple of posts, we will focus on how I got stuck and depressed and ways you can avoid it. My first mistake I hung up the …
Do you have a painful theme in your life that never seems to end? Have you ever been afraid there will never be a resolution to your pain, no happy ending to that ever-elusive quest for closure? Today my family is taking another lap in the desert of unemployment, and after over twenty years on and off of this theme, …
Do you long for a deep, vibrant relationship with God? Carving quality time out of a busy schedule to spend with Him is almost impossible, isn’t it? Then when we do manage a little time, the struggle for connecting with God during prayer and study dampens our efforts and further weakens our resolve. We rely more and more on church sermons and Bible study …
What are you afraid of today? There is only one type of fear that is good for you, only one you can trust. And this type of fear is good for you. What does “fearing” God mean? “To fear God is to respect and revere Him.” That’s our Sunday school 101 answer, isn’t it? But that’s the easy answer. “Revere.” …
Remember last week’s post, Risky Faith? Well, today I’m standing on the edge of a cliff of sorts, and I’m taking the plunge. And I need to tell you about it because it affects you. Here goes: God is leading me to approach my writing very differently than I have so far. He’s calling me to abandon any idea …
