Hope Rising

Yes Lord, tis the season for a weary world to REJOICE, for yonder breaks a NEW and glorious morning! As His JOY rises in me, I face the future with eyes wide open, and a smile that cheers others. “Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!” Psalm 144:15 By faith, we anticipate unlimited…

Resting in Him

“My people shall dwell in quiet resting places.” Isaiah 32:18. There is a clear separation between our spirit and our soul’s feeling nature. God crafted us in three distinct parts. Our visible body, our eternal thinking and feeling soul, and the invisible space within where our spirit is. When a believer has gone through all…

Ears to Hear

Each year for ten nights in December, our Pueblo stays up until 4 am celebrating with loud music. God gave us ears to hear His still, quiet voice. A faith in God builds by hearing what the silent creation screams. “GLORY TO GOD!” It is difficult to hear what the Spirit is saying in the…

Beyond Hope

Keep your nose in His Word, and out of world noise. Let His eyes show you what is inside the gift of faith. Blind to the chaos, our focus is on the goodness tucked inside. The Holy Spirit shining through ribbons of HOPE. The woke is wrestling as God thunders in victory. Praise is our…

Gratitude Art

You are in charge of the amount of joy you will allow. Be the fool, and rejoice in the great future that God has planned. Stretch the idea of art to include whatever sparks a fancy in you! Our awesome Father gave us all talents. Do what you love! Write, Bake, Run, Paint, Sing, Carve,…

Christmas Poetry

On Friday, December 25, 1863, Henry Longfellow—as a 57-year-old widowed father of six children, the oldest of which had been nearly paralyzed as his country fought a war against itself—wrote a poem seeking to capture the dissonance in his own heart and the world he observes around him that Christmas Day. Henry’s most widely read…

Trust His Purpose

Eager for a purpose? Share what God has done for you so far and trust Him to equip you for the next step. Without knowing how to pray or ask, just show up wanting to be useful. Just be there silent. Allow your spirit to listen and read a broken, struggling spirit. Allow the Spirit…

Faith in Evidence?

Depending on our ways, and in our collected knowledge, we take on the challenge to figure all things out. Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and…

Purposeful Retreat

To get away, to go into the secret place of the most High, to reconnect with His purpose and supreme plan, is to retreat from the distractions of this world. A purpose driven retreat from the Deceiver, is to realign our life with Jesus, the Author and perfector of our faith. It is a choice…

Spirit Driven?

Living by our feelings will cause us to seek the next high. Living by faith, and consecrated wholly to the Lord, we seek God and keep His will our priority. Once we enter into a new life in Christ, we walk humbly and progress into a fullness of joy by our daily submission. Romans 12:12…