17 results for tag: His Precious Promises

You Will Lack No Good Thing

God’s Word is filled with rich promises for His children. How do these “precious and very great promises” inform and direct your grief? How does keeping your eyes fixed on these truths anchor your hope in the Lord? In this series, we write about how God, through the promises in His Word, comforts and strengthens us in our sorrow. In the days following my miscarriage and the subsequent loss of my precious son Max, there was nothing I longed for more fervently than my child. I sat in an empty nursery staring at an empty crib with empty arms wrapped around my empty womb, crying out with all of my soul for my child. I wanted him ...

He Is With You In The Fire

God’s Word is filled with rich promises for His children. How do these “precious and very great promises” inform and direct your grief? How does keeping your eyes fixed on these truths anchor your hope in the Lord? In this series, we write about how God, through the promises in His Word, comforts and strengthens us in our sorrow. I grew up going camping, and part of the experience is building a fire. We would often huddle around the fire-pit and feed in small sticks and dried leaves hoping the flame would grow. As the flame consumed the small twigs and leaves, we added bigger and bigger logs until the fire raged so hot we often ...

He Will Rise Up to Show You Compassion

God’s Word is filled with rich promises for His children. How do these “precious and very great promises” inform and direct your grief? How does keeping your eyes fixed on these truths anchor your hope in the Lord? In this series, we write about how God, through the promises in His Word, comforts and strengthens us in our sorrow. In four years, I suffered four pregnancy losses, gave birth to my healthy daughter, Lily, was diagnosed with cancer, underwent a total hysterectomy, and consequently lost my ability to conceive and bear more children. And hot flashes.  I’d like to say I held fast to verses like James 1:2-4 ...

You Will Never Walk in Darkness

God’s Word is filled with rich promises for His children. How do these “precious and very great promises” inform and direct your grief? How does keeping your eyes fixed on these truths anchor your hope in the Lord? In this series, we write about how God, through the promises in His Word, comforts and strengthens us in our sorrow. “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” John 8:12 “Mommy, don’t shut the door, I don’t like the dark.” I hear my daughter say after I kiss her goodnight. I smile and reassure her ...

His Mercies Are New Every Morning

God’s Word is filled with rich promises for His children. How do these “precious and very great promises” inform and direct your grief? How does keeping your eyes fixed on these truths anchor your hope in the Lord? In this series, we write about how God, through the promises in His Word, comforts and strengthens us in our sorrow. In my opinion, one of the most beautiful reminders of God’s mercy is found in Lamentations 3:19-25. It says:  Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: ...

The Good Shepherd Guides His Sheep

God’s Word is filled with rich promises for His children. How do these “precious and very great promises” inform and direct your grief? How does keeping your eyes fixed on these truths anchor your hope in the Lord? In this series, we write about how God, through the promises in His Word, comforts and strengthens us in our sorrow. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” John 10:11 The day before we found out our daughter, Lydia, had died, my husband and I were reading this passage in John 10. We spent some time reflecting together about how great this truth is. A shepherd is someone who ...

Christ Has Overcome the World

God’s Word is filled with rich promises for His children. How do these “precious and very great promises” inform and direct your grief? How does keeping your eyes fixed on these truths anchor your hope in the Lord? In this series, we write about how God, through the promises in His Word, comforts and strengthens us in our sorrow. When I was in 9th grade, I found my favorite Bible verse: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 As I read that verse, it felt like God was directly speaking to me. He was ...

He Will Meet All Your Needs

God’s Word is filled with rich promises for His children. How do these “precious and very great promises” inform and direct your grief? How does keeping your eyes fixed on these truths anchor your hope in the Lord? In this series, we write about how God, through the promises in His Word, comforts and strengthens us in our sorrow. “My God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4:19 “What do you need right now?” My mind drew a blank nearly every time a person asked that question as I stared at the face of loss and death two times over. My first thought, an inner cry that ...

Nothing Can Separate You From His Love

God’s Word is filled with rich promises for His children. How do these “precious and very great promises” inform and direct your grief? How does keeping your eyes fixed on these truths anchor your hope in the Lord? In this series, we write about how God, through the promises in His Word, comforts and strengthens us in our sorrow. Our life in Christ as believers brings true freedom. Because of this merciful gift of new life, we are absolutely free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2), and we no longer live in bondage (Galatians 5:1). Jesus ultimately gives us freedom from suffering eternal death (John 6:47), but His life and ...

He is Near to the Brokenhearted

God’s Word is filled with rich promises for His children. How do these “precious and very great promises” inform and direct your grief? How does keeping your eyes fixed on these truths anchor your hope in the Lord? In this series, we write about how God, through the promises in His Word, comforts and strengthens us in our sorrow. “The Lord is near the brokenhearted…" How can a God we cannot see, feel, or often times hear be near to us? Is God really near to us? The day after coming home from giving birth at 37 weeks to my perfectly formed—yet stillborn—baby boy, I flipped the Scripture card on my ...