His Mighty Waterfall Surges to the Depths of My Soul
The water flowed freely, cascading over river boulders, plummeting over the edge into the cove...
Read Moreby Nan Jones | Sep 15, 2022 | Anxiety, Be Still and Know, Child of God, deliverance, depression, Healing, hope, Uncategorized | 0 |
The water flowed freely, cascading over river boulders, plummeting over the edge into the cove...
Read Moreby Nan Jones | Jul 31, 2022 | bible devotions online, Christian Living, Christian speaker, Finding God's Presence, hope, Nan Jones author and speaker, prayer | 2 |
Lord, You are Wonderful, Counselor, Almighty God, the Everlasting Father, and my Prince of Peace. You are my everything. So why am I despairing if I find my hope in You? This battle …
This battle between flesh and spirit is hard. I stand firm on Your promises, I know Your Word is true, but when I allow my mind to wander and my focus to settle on the difficult places … well, despair slinks in.
Read Moreby Nan Jones | Apr 1, 2021 | beyond the veil, bible devotions online, Christian Living, Finding God's Presence, hope, Nan Jones author and speaker | 0 |
Trees bare from winter’s chill stand stark and rigid along the mountain slope. They appear as charcoal skeletons void of life. My spirit, weary and worn, searching for hope among life’s shadows, is drawn to the image outside my window.
As the sun comes up, a beam of heavenly light streaks through the trees, casting a golden thread weaving among the barren branches.
It’s a startling sight.
Read Moreby Nan Jones | Jan 28, 2021 | beyond the veil, bible devotions online, Christian Living, Finding God's Presence, hope, Nan Jones author and speaker | 4 |
An appropriate reflection of God’s faithfulness from last spring: our hope is among us, found only in Him …
I rounded the bend along the country road, my shoulders sagging beneath the heavy burdens of my heart. Hope was missing. Despair flourishing … my feet merely shuffled along. My thoughts were many — fears of an unknown future exploding within the darkened corners of my mind.
Read Moreby Nan Jones | Feb 8, 2017 | bible devotions online, hope, Nan Jones author and speaker, women's ministry | 4 |
In child-like faith I recently scooped up the fragile pieces of my shattered life, and carried them to my Father. I placed them in His capable hands — put my hope in Him — and trusted Him to guard and resurrect my life.
Warmth from the brilliant light of His Presence infused my weary spirit. I lay upon the soft fleece of the Lamb who died that I might live. And I rested. And waited —
Read Moreby Nan Jones | Aug 17, 2016 | bible devotions online, Child of God, grace, hope, how to find God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker, women's ministry | 4 |
The sound of many pages turning filled the sanctuary. I love that sound. Somehow it feels like glue — a connector piece binding my church family together as one, each of us on our own journey, with our own joys and sorrows, trials and difficulties, yet each of us grasping for Jesus, clinging to hope.
Read Moreby Nan Jones | Aug 10, 2016 | bible devotions online, hope, how to find God's Presence, Nan Jones author and speaker, women's ministry | 4 |
As long as there is breath, there is hope for the child of God. For as far as the east is from the west, so is His great love for us. His eyes roam to and fro across the face of the earth seeking those who are devoted to Him who need to be encouraged. Our God is a god of impossibilities, for nothing is too difficult for Him. He is faithful. Merciful. And good.
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