Good morning... A few days back, my morning message was about Jesus sitting in our passenger seat patiently encouraging us, “Start the car.” Refusing to honor our request for black and white instructions printed out ahead of time, God directs us, turn by turn, with his relentlessly relational voice. A subscriber added a thought we so often feel: “I would [...]
Good morning... "I liked your message," wrote my 22 year old son who is ministering to college students for a year in Australia. "The steps of discerning God's purpose/plan for our lives are challenging. I came across this study worksheet that looks into 'What is God's purpose for me?' It creates a few solid purposes that we all have [...]
Good morning... "She did have one fear: missing the call of God," writes author Ron Hall of his wife Deborah. "And she felt called to work at the mission. I wish I could say I felt God had tapped me for the assignment, too, but I didn't. But I did feel called to be a good husband, so I [...]
Good morning... "Through you I am getting the message to come to God often," wrote one subscriber. I smile as I sense God chuckle, "I have come to you. I am already here!" It reminds me of a quote I read aloud in our Bible study this week. "The difference between the mechanical and relational approach (to prayer) could [...]
Good morning... "What is my purpose?" we pray to God regularly. To help us understand the LORD's answer, let me share with you a true life example appearing in my inbox yesterday. A subscriber from Florida wrote: “Again, I am drawn to correspond with you, Sue, knowing full well how many of these replies you must get per day, [...]
Good morning... Good morning... When we hear the word 'hospice' our fear level rises. Why is that? Because we know hospice care involves the transition of a loved one from tangible life as we know it on earth into intangible life as we do not know it in heaven. All transitions are hard, but this transition from tangible to [...]
Good Morning... As we fix our thoughts on God and trust the LORD to give us perfect peace (Isaiah 26:3), we are strengthened to endure our most excruciating hours. Resonating with God's encouragement to fix and to trust, a subscriber I have never met wrote me after yesterday's post, "Our Peace Depends on Two Short Verbs." She wrote: "Dear [...]
Good morning... You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! (Isaiah 26:3, NLT). With trust in our hearts and God fixed in our thoughts, we are at peace, whatever today brings. Trust and fix. Trust and fix. Our peace depends on two short verbs. You will keep in perfect [...]
Good morning... As she journeys with her daughter who is battling cancer, I email her encouragement when the Spirit nudges. This morning, I unhook the painting from the wall in our half bathroom, an original painting a friend gave me after we studied Kay Warren’s book Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough. I turn over this peaceful piece of art [...]
Good morning... She was a year into her cancer battle when she shared a simple, anonymous story, a memorable story of wholehearted living. A TANDEM RIDE WITH GOD I used to think of God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I [...]
