Religiosity

2016 1 Jun COMMENTS 0 Share  18 Tweet Share by E-Mail 'Blake Shelton' at YouTube.com 00:01 02:46 Blake Shelton awoke from a dream with the beginning of the song 'Savior's Shadow' in his head. Following God's lead, he wrote and recorded this inspirational song for all the world to hear. What a beautiful way to worship!

Sometimes I think that courage can only look big and loud, like an explosion of Tarzan yells found in performing death-defying feats off four hundred-foot skyscrapers. But lately I’ve realized that courage is smaller and perhaps a little more quiet. And if I’m honest with you, I’ll also tell you that I’m beginning to believe the deepest kind of courage doesn’t always come in flashing neon signs but in peace-filled whispers of the heart. A couple of months ago, my family received news that we would unexpectedly be moving back to the San Francisco Bay Area – and this was exactly a year and a half after moving to the Pacific Northwest for my husband’s job. Moving was not in any set of plans we’d laid out for our lives, and it wasn’t exactly the most welcome news either one of us wanted to hear. Photo Credit: Unsplash/Sarah Diniz Outeiro Responding to the Storm My immediate response was to mourn every one of my perfectly laid plans. “But I just finished lin...

Stephen Sanders Life changes can leave you feeling worried about the future, but God's promises in  Jeremiah 29:11  gives some amazing PROOF that you have absolutely nothing to fear! He's got this.

“O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water. Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life. My lips will praise You.” (Psalm 63:1b-3) Did you know that more has been written about David than any other biblical character? Sixty-six chapters are dedicated to him. That doesn’t include fifty-nine references to him in the New Testament. How important do you think King David was to Israel? David was young when Samuel found him. David had been shuffled off to his father’s fields to work as a shepherd boy. His father must have viewed him as trustworthy and responsible to give him sole care of his herds. In reality,  he was in God’s training ground learning to be a king. Israel's Backstory The nation of Israel was living in turbulent spiritual times. The leaders wanted a king like the other nations. Th...