"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." (1 Corinthians 4:18 NIV.) With a new year stretched out before you, goals and dreams may be floating around in your mind. Perhaps you've already jotted down a …
Author: Joey
What You Take and What You Leave Behind – A Thought for the New Year
With every new year, you can decide what to take with you and what to leave behind. Think about that. You can leave the painful memories behind, those days when darkness tried to win, days of struggling and suffering. Like cold snowflakes resting in your hands, exhale and escort them away from your mind and …
Continue reading What You Take and What You Leave Behind – A Thought for the New Year
“The Family Ornament” – a Christmas story
It's that time of year, friends. I hope you enjoy this year's short Christmas story. If you prefer listening to me read it while you finish your gift wrapping, or you just want to sit back with a cup of hot cocoa and curl up under a cozy blanket, you can click on the video …
A Miraculous Rescue
"The Lord said to Gideon, 'You have too many men for me to deliver Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast against me that her own strength has saved her, announce now to the people, 'Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.' So twenty-two thousand men …
God Knows You and Wants to Free You
"O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139: 1,13-14 NIV. If someone belittled you as a child, you …
Wandering Away from God
"My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God." James 5:19-20 MSG. Being a Christian isn't always easy. You're going to have …
When Satan Targets You
"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I [Jesus] have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." Luke 22:31-32 NIV. Do you feel like you've got a target on your back? Does it seem like you're battling one thing …
A Season of Trials
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, …
When Your Boat Takes on Water
"One day Jesus said to his disciples, 'Let's go over to the other side of the lake.' So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. The disciples went …
Crushed and Brokenhearted
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed." Psalm 34:18 NLT. Unfortunately, you can't protect your heart from being broken. You can't build a wall high enough to keep your spirit from being crushed. The medical diagnosis of someone you love can knock you down, leaving you struggling to …
Joey Rudder 