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Make Me Holy Lord, But Pruning Sheers?

Posted by Nan Jones | Feb 20, 2022 | bible devotions online, Christian Living, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker, prayer |

Lord, You search my heart and know all of my anxious thoughts, restless thoughts — thoughts that are not of You. Some days I’m just a mess. But deep inside, way down in my heart, I yearn to be holy as You are holy. Will You make me holy as You said? Will You transform me into the likeness of Christ?

But those pruning sheers!

The Delicate Light Illuminating Tear-Stained Praise

Posted by Nan Jones | Feb 17, 2022 | bible devotions online, Christian Living, depression, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker |

A songbird perched in the stark branches of the old apple tree, winter still clinging, branches still bare. Her melody rang across the frost-laden earth, warming the atmosphere. A golden halo of sunrise lit up the crest of our mountain ridge with an amber glow and slowly spread across the forest, down the slope and grazed the top of the apple tree — the delicate light illuminating her feathers.

Light and song.

Winter awaiting spring.

For surely spring will come, hope will rebound across this land.

You Are My Shield God, But That Flaming Arrow Hurt

Posted by Nan Jones | Feb 13, 2022 | bible devotions online, Christian Living, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker, prayer, Shield of God |

Lord, You are my light in the darkness, my song in the night. You are my shield God, but that flaming arrow that grazed me hurt.

I don’t know how it got past Your protection, but it did.

Oh wait …

I forgot to put on my armor today.

Change is Coming. It’s Inevitable. But God …

Posted by Nan Jones | Feb 10, 2022 | bible devotions online, Christian Living, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker |

Change is coming. It’s inevitable. Some change brings hope, like the budding on our apple tree. But some change brings fear — fear of the unknown, fear of the difficult, fear of the challenge.

As I watch the cardinal and sparrow at my birdfeeder, the chickadees flitting in and out, I wonder … I wonder how they live in the now so beautifully, how they keep on singing, how they hop from branch to branch incessantly with apparent glee as they wait for their turn at the feeder.

Come on Sunshine! You Promise Joy in the Morning Lord

Posted by Nan Jones | Feb 6, 2022 | bible devotions online, Christian Living, Finding God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker, prayer |

Lord, many of Your people are heavy-laden. A spirit of heaviness has fallen across our land, and perhaps the world. But I know You draw near to those who are crushed in spirit. You promise that joy comes in the morning, that weeping may endure for the night, but Your faithfulness will awaken the dawn. Come on sunshine!

With expectant hope I anticipate Your deliverance from the deception and depravity of mankind that is everywhere.

Author: Nan Jones

Make Me Holy Lord, But Pruning Sheers?

The Delicate Light Illuminating Tear-Stained Praise

You Are My Shield God, But That Flaming Arrow Hurt

Change is Coming. It’s Inevitable. But God …

Come on Sunshine! You Promise Joy in the Morning Lord

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