Let your soul find rest in Me alone - not in circumstances changing or problems solving, but in Me. I'm your rock, your salvation, your fortress. When everything else shifts, I remain solid. When everyone else disappoints, I stay faithful. Rest your weary soul in the One who never wavers.
Father, my baptism declared something I keep forgetting: my old self is dead. I don't need to improve it, manage it, or make it acceptable to you. It went under the water and stayed there. What came up was new creation - not improved old, but genuinely new. Yet I keep living like I'm stil
This Sunday, many churches observe the Baptism of the Lord, commemorating Jesus's baptism in the Jordan River by John. But why did Jesus need baptism? John's baptism was for repentance, and Jesus had no sin to repent of. When John protested, Jesus insisted: "Let it be so now; it is proper
There is no condemnation for those who are in Me - not a little, not sometimes, not when you mess up. None. Zero. When guilt tries to make you feel condemned, remind it that I already dealt with your sin at the cross. You're not on trial; you're in Christ. That changes everything.
Jesus, I've been approaching this year like a self-improvement project - trying to fix myself, become better, earn your approval through upgraded performance. I've made resolutions like I'm saving myself through discipline. But you didn't come to help me improve myself. You came to give me