Tag: rest ministries

Does Your Suffering Seem to Last Indefinitely?

“In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials” (1 Peter 1:6) I remember those last few months of school when I was… Read More

What Can Jesus Do With Our Crumpled Places?

“Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body, and since we… Read More

How to Find Rest When Fear Leaves You Restless

“For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn–conflicts on the outside, fears within” (2 Corinthians 7:5). This is how I feel most days. How about you? When we came… Read More

What Does it Really Mean to Rely on God’s Strength?

“I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty…. Read More

Do You Feel Like You Have an Expiration Date?

“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12). Sometimes this life of chronic illness feels like walking around with an expiration date. The pain reminds us of the weakness of… Read More

Are You Overdue to Not Overdo?

“Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land” (Proverbs 25:25). It seems that what this season has been reduced to is busyness, to the point of collapse. Spending, to the point of… Read More

Are You Tired? Autumn is Your Invitation

“Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down… Read More

Do You Wonder Where God Is On the Hard Days?

  “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons… Read More

Have You Had Doctors That Seem More Like the Enemy?

“This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in His presence: If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and He… Read More

Are You Ready to Throw in the Towel?

“Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up” (Luke 18:1). I write this to those of you who feel you are just done trying to tell medical… Read More