“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Corporate downsizing. Rebellious teenagers. Paying the Bills. Devastating illness. Maintaining Cars. Life is full of it’s share of troubles. There are times when we are so overwhelmed, we struggle to make it through the day. Facing Troubles is [...]

“Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen.” Hebrews 11:1 What is Faith? It’s a funny thing isn’t it? The verse above explains it perfectly. It is a confidence in the hope we have, but it isn’t certainty. Certainty requires no faith. No matter how much evidence we look at for [...]

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” – Luke 19:10

Living in this day and age, there are so many things to distract us from giving any of our time to God. Of course, like in any age, many of us have to work…but after that, we have so many forms of media (TV, Internet, Magazines, Video Games, Etc.), that so often we can get [...]

The following is a scripture we should always keep present in our hearts and minds. Whenever we face difficulties, or things that are greater than ourselves, we need just to remember the God we serve, and how, through HIM, we can do anything: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me – Philippians [...]

It has been a while since I’ve made a post on L4J (sorry everyone), but God really smacked me upside the head with the following scripture, and I knew I HAD to share it with you all. I really hope each one of you really takes the time to soak it all in, and allow [...]

I was reading through some of the psalms today, and the following verse jumped out at me, and not only because I had highlighted it in years past. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.   -Psalm 73:26 It is such a short verse, [...]

It is so easy to get bogged down by life…(yes, I used the word “bogged”). There are so many things that can burden us in our lives. When we try to live life on our own…well, it really is futile, because we will fail, fail, and fail again. But the following scripture holds the key [...]

The following is scripture is one of my absolute favorites. It really shows us that God’s love has nothing to do with who we are, or what we deserve, but that it has everything to do with HIS mercy and grace, and who HE is. This is love: not that we loved God, but that [...]