…so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11 NIV God’s word has power in it to accomplish God’s purposes. He will accomplish his purpose of making us …
Category Archives: Christian Devotional
Unforeclosable House
“As we were praying, I got an image of a house of forgiveness,” I said to the small group, sitting on comfortable chairs at the leader’s house. After discussing the nature of sin, we’d finished small group with a brief prayer time. As we had explored some of the ways we miss God’s mark, a …
Pure Motives?
The other day my husband told me about a man who traded in his hybrid Honda Civic for a Prius, the Toyota hybrid. The Civic looked too much like a traditional car and he wanted the attention the Prius drew. In some quarters of American society, there’s a new kind of “green conspicuous consumption.” We …