Sing a New Song
Last month I began the season of Advent leading a retreat. Part of my goal was to get the ladies to do a reset; stop pushing the repeat play button and start playing a new song. When I first heard this I doubted it was God talking to me, but I have learned over the […]
Seeking God
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 Throughout the Scriptures, we learn that if we seek God, we will find Him; if we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us. (Jeremiah 29:13, James 4:8) For years I didn’t understand the importance of […]
Joshua’s Faithful Response
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. Hebrews 11:8 The Lord promised Joshua that He would be faithful to him just as He had been to Moses. But just as Moses had […]
Strangers in the World
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires which war against your soul. I Peter 2:11 Peter refers to Christians in the world as strangers whose citizenship is in heaven. Peter calls the readers to live as strangers in the world, abstaining from sin and glorifying […]
Removing the Grave Clothes
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. “Take away the stone,” he said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.” Then Jesus said, “Did […]
Missing the Mark
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6 The Greek word for sin is hamartia, which translates “missing the mark.” When we sin, we miss the mark of obtaining God’s best for our […]
Continuing Our Spiritual Journey
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed – not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence – continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purposes. Philippians 2:12 As you […]
Unwavering Faith
Happy New Year to our Drawing Near to God community! Do you have unwavering faith in God for the upcoming year? Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in his faith, […]
Plans to Prosper
“I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when […]
God’s Faithfulness
They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them. Nehemiah 9:17 […]