Lord, help! Two simple words that could make all the difference in your life. Two simple words that can calm the storm and see you through whatever it is you are challenged by today.
 
“‘Lord, help!’ they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He calmed the storm to a whisper and settled the waves.” Psalm 107:28-29

Are you anxious? Do you have thoughts swirling around in your head like a tornado? God offers peace in the midst of your mind storm, those times when you can’t seem to silence your fears or settle your spirit. You don’t have to let anxiety rule.
 
Remember the story when Jesus was asleep in the boat with his disciples? A huge storm had risen and they all thought they would die...

​“If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you...” Psalm 91: 9-10
 
We live in a world of evil. Bad things happen to good people. It’s not what God intended – not what he planned when he first created the earth and mankind so many years ago.
 
A door to evil was opened when man chose evil. In his prideful way – when everything was at his disposal – he took from the one sole thing God had told him clearly to avoid. He bit from the forbidden fruit...

So often we regard Christianity as a list of don’ts. Don’t gossip, don’t let the sun go down on your anger, don’t frustrate your children... There are all true biblical mandates. They are great guides to living and leading a peaceful life in harmony with God and those around you.
 
But have you ever felt bogged down by the “don’ts”? Or feel like you fail at every turn? If you’re focusing on what not to do that can easily happen...

“Pray without ceasing.” This was one of the apostle Paul’s final admonishments to the people in Thessalonica. To apply the concept to our lives today seems close to impossible! However, even with a busy schedule, I’ve found easy ways to incorporate more prayer time into my life and you can too!

If you want to increase your prayer live, here’s five simple things you can do to become a praying person...

I made a decision the other night that God was going to have the last word on this year.  In fact, I wrestled the year out of the hand of the enemy of my soul and made a declaration of how 2021 was going to end for me.

It was not going to end in depression and frustration. It was not going to be remembered – or forgotten – as a loss.  

​Let the voices arise in the new year!
 
Let your voice arise! Arise and shout! No matter how you are ending 2021, enter 2022 with a shout. No matter how messy this past year has been, arise and shout! Let your voice be heard in 2022.

​Has the Lord redeemed you? Has he saved, healed, or delivered you? We all have something to shout about, something to give God praise.
 
2022 will be a year of gathering...

“‘You are blessed, because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.’” Luke 1:45 NLT
 
Nothing is impossible with God. It’s what the Christmas story is all about. Natural, seen-with-the-eye situations meeting the divine. Holy earth-meeting-heaven moments that transform people and situations in ways beyond comprehension.