Do you want your faith strengthened so that you willingly obey even when you can not see the end from the beginning?

“A long view helps us see God’s gracious hand of providence weaving everything together for his glory and our good.” Susan Hunt

The kind of persecution that I experience is far different from those who have been martyred for their faith. Still I am called to daily...

One of my favorite promises comes from Phil 1:9.  “ . . . he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion.  . . . “  I am 65...

"I commend sufficient sleep to you, for the sake of your proper assessment of God and his promises."

These promises are all stated from the first-person point of view - read aloud they are a personal affirmations of God's goodness to me.

Here are many of the promises of God that are direct quotes from God. It has been a balm to my soul to hear him speaking directly to me.

I've always struggled with self-pity. Even when so many things in my life are wonderful, it is easy to focus on what is not.