Turn Your Eyes to the Calvary Road When everything inside you longs for greatness, think of the Calvary road. Walk next to your savior as he sets out under the weight of the cross, bruised and beaten, heading to a hill on which he will die. Listen to the mocking crowds exclaim, “Crucify him,” (John 19:15) as he stumbles along the dusty road. Read the sign that states, “King of the Jews” (John 19:19). Yet notice there is no sign of royalty in this place. With tears in your eyes, you stare upon the bloodstained face of your Savior, and you drop to your knees in awe of him. Broken and worn, he keeps walking toward the hill, eyes fixed on his final, greatest act. Read More
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A Spiritual Harvest
The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Matthew 9:37-38 A Farm Girl’s View of the Harvest Growing up as a farm girl in the Midwest, I was surrounded by the beauty of cornfields and the ever-changing landscape of those fields. Each season brought something new. But by far, my favorite time was harvest. As my father’s combine went rumbling through the fields, my heart would leap with excitement, and I couldn’t wait until he brought in the first load of grain. An entire year of hard work, sweat, and tears all led up to this one moment. What would the harvest bring? Laws of the Harvest At Read More
A Life of Purpose: Living for What Really Matters
Living Distracted Before I started living for Christ, I lived for distractions. I had to. I needed something to take my heart and mind off the nagging feeling that something was missing in my soul. Although I longed for a life of purpose, I was experiencing something so much different. I felt like an object floating on a breeze. A dandelion seed blowing wherever the wind would take me. How I longed to find meaning in life! To wake up each day feeling alive and full of purpose. But I didn’t feel that way. Instead, I felt desperate and alone. Yet in my stubbornness, I convinced myself to just keep trying harder: To chase my earthly dreams, to find the perfect relationship, to achieve a Read More
Step Out in Faith Toward Jesus
Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” Luke 9:61-62 When God Calls You When God calls you forward, you must step out in faith, even if a thousand voices call you back. When you see Jesus in front of you, heading in the direction he wants you to go, you must follow. No matter where He leads. A voice inside of you may tell you to take one last glance back–to look back with longing at all that lies behind you. But this is not the voice of Jesus. It Read More
Do Not Give Up
Do Not Give Up “Do not give up on me, Lord! Oh please, do not give up!” This has been the cry of my heart. With all of my might, I cling to the Lord and lift up this simple prayer, desperately pushing back against the forces that try to diminish my faith and steal my joy. The enemy loves to bombard me with busyness and a thousand other distractions that persuade me to live as if everything else matters just a little more than Jesus. My eyes get fixed on a hundred worthless things, and they stray from the one thing that truly does matter: Jesus, the founder and perfecter of [my] faith (Hebrews 12:2). A Deceived Heart Why is my heart so easily Read More