It’s in the air; they say spring has sprung. Like a public service announcement, the weather is dictating that it’s upon us. Like a king to a scribe, the sunshine and temperatures decree change has come. But what do you do when you don’t feel the newness of spring or see any evidence that God is doing something new in your life?
Purposeful people’s lives have a cadence—a rhythm of work and rest. Even their daily routine moves to its own beat. They move with direction. Their steps are deliberate. But without purpose, life’s everyday routine lags to drab monotony. Humdrum . . . Hmm.
One count, one beat makes a difference in life’s cadence—discouragement, delay, and disappointment from unwelcomed circumstances can bring your life’s march to a standstill. And without the proper response, circumstances can hinder your mental attitude and ruin a whole day, week, or year if you let it.
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We don’t celebrate a bunny rabbit on Resurrection Sunday. After all he went through this Holy Week, we cannot minimize what our Savior did on this Holy day. He arose triumphant. He gained victory over death. He restored us to relationship with the Father.
We often overlook that Jesus was busy doing something between his death and resurrection. He wasn’t just lying in the tomb—his spirit never died; it just left his physical body.
And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. — Luke 22:44 NIV People usually sweat when their bodies overheat. It’s the body’s way of cooling itself. But people also sweat when under stress or pressure. Interestingly, emotional stress targets the sweat glands in …
Read Mathew 26:26-46, John 13:1-17 NIV While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” . . . dinner was taking place, when the devil had already put into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot that he should …
Follow Lenita’s Blog on WordPress.com “And they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. “But not during the festival [Passover],” they said,“ or there may be a riot among the people”” — Matthew 26:4, brackets added. Read Mathew 26:2-16 NIV Jesus celebrated Passover knowing he was already our eternal Passover lamb slain before the foundation of …
Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered. 20 When the disciples saw this, they were …
