Author: ArtistInChrist
Savor The Day
We were made to live one day at a time. Each moment, each part of the day, all elements of each day were made for us by God. He planned our days. He has things he wants to teach and show us every day. Each day He calls out to us. Through everything He is there.…
Forward Moment by Moment
Looking back and holding onto the past or our mistakes and failures only holds us back from God. It keeps us from His love. It keeps us from His plan. It keeps Him from working in and through us to shine our light in the darkness and brokenness. It steals our joy. Our Past The…
Divine Intervention: He Came
Christ came. God sent His son into our world. He came with a mission. God’s love intervened. He made a way for us to return to Him. Our Condition We are born into sin. Sin entered the world in the beginning. Ever since we have inherited our sin nature. We are naturally sinful. We are…
Finding Your Purpose & Part in God’s Kingdom
Whether you just believed in Christ today or recently or years ago, do you know what God wants you specifically to be doing with your life for His Kingdom and purpose? When we start out in our walk with God we are full of energy and enthusiasm for Christ. Lots of times unfortunately we can…
For Granted
Every blessing is from God and could go away anytime, don’t take anything for granted and use everything wisely. Everything we have, everything we’re given, every moment of our time is from God and needs to be used wisely. (Ephesians 1:3) So often we forget and take our everyday things for granted. We get so…
Life (& God’s Plan)
God has good plans for us. Not harm but hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11) God uses all things in our lives, circumstances, pain, hurt, troubles – He allows them all to bring good to us – He turns what is meant for evil into good. God is not inactive or reactive but working and…
Nothing Can Separate Us
Romans 8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:32 Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things? Romans 8:35 Who will separate…
God’s Tapestry: His Masterpiece is You
Ephesians 2:10 says we are God’s masterpiece created in Christ for good works He planned for us. In Christ we are a new creation. Our old nature is gone, replaced with by the Holy Spirit. We can now choose between God and sin. Under our old nature we could not. We had no power to do…
How do You See?
In our everyday lives, when we look out at our world, what do we see? Do we see people just going about their lives too? Do we see hope and love or hurt and pain? Do we see hopelessness and tragedy or confusion and distress? Do we see fear and doubt or uncertainty and unrest?…
Victory: We Know the End of the Story
As Christians, as believers, we have victory in God. We already know the end. God has told us He will win over all the sin and evil in this world. He already has won. He defeated death, sins hold on humanity and the devil, when He died and rose again. He told what would happen…
Imitate: His Life, Our Life
Jesus came and lived among us. He lived a life walking with His Father doing His Fathers will. He gave His life, obeying His Fathers will to the end. In that He made a way back to Him for all people everywhere. If we believe in Him we will be saved. Jesus’s life was an…
We Are Human
We are human. We are fallible. We constantly make mistakes and mess up, but God understands. He will always accept us back. Our Nature & God’s Love We are sinners born that way from the start. God still reaches out to us. God still came and died in our place, even as we continued to…