Do you feel like it’s all up to you? Do you worry about making it through the day? Are you awake at night with anxious thoughts spinning? Does everybody depend on you, and you want to run away and hide? The truth is—you’re not the center of the universe. There’s something bigger out there, and… Read More
Philippians 4:8 Harmless entertainment–is it really harmless?
While I ate my lunch today I watched a television drama about murder and evil supernatural beings that are all around us. But there were two human protagonists who always conquered. Humans could overcome evil. There is not truth in that–a human heart which contains sin defeating evil–unless that human is not relying on him-… Read More
Philippians 4:8 What fills your mind?
“How can I control what thoughts fill my mind? I can’t spend my whole day meditating, and other thoughts creep in.” Of course, they do, but how much space and importance do we give them? At the end of the day do I list all the things that went wrong? Are my prayers a listing… Read More
Philippians 4:6-7 Is worry your constant companion?
If I continuously knead and shape the clay of my worries and fear, they stay a part of me. If my prayers are a listing and re-listing of these fears without releasing them to God, entrusting them to his keeping, they stay a part of me. God can take them away, so why are they… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 