Crystal Manget
Advent Devotional: Day 4
“But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.” Micah 7:7 ESV In the Old Testament times, the people had prophecies about the salvation of the Lord, The Messiah. They waited, for generations. Now, like then, we wait for the…
Advent Devotional: Day 3
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare (good-NLT, prosper-NIV) and not for evil (harm-NIV, disaster-NLT), to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me,…
Advent Devotional: Day 2
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 2:11 ESV We put our hope in so many things—people are a common focus, especially leaders. I believe we are not alone in this. We saw God provide a visual pillar to lead His chosen through the wilderness. We…
Advent Devotional: Day 1
“For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of scriptures we might have hope.” Romans 15:4 ESV The news comes and the anxiety starts. My mind starts racing and the planner in me starts to panic. I learned early in life if I over…
Advent Devotional: Introduction to Week One – Hope
Isaiah prophesied about the Messiah in approximately 740 BC. God’s children heard it and, I would imagine, got fired up about a Savior coming to rule them. Their sights were on an earthly King, but that was not God’s plans. He knew we needed more than a physical governor. The expectation would have been like…
There’s a story that need to come out…
How do you talk about the tough subjects with others in a way that makes them feel comfortable? Or is it something we need to adjust for their comfort? Sean Dietrich posted a blog about suicide this morning. Let’s face it, there is no comfortable way to approach this subject. I have openly talked about…
Hello God
How is your image of God? Has it stayed the same since you became a Christ follower? Have you framed Him with worldly characteristics? How about trust? Do you trust God completely? Enough to open your hands completely in every single situation? I became a Christian at the age of eleven. I had no idea…
Angel Oak Tree
Have you ever looked at trees and marveled at how a small nut could produce a tree as big as the Angel Oak Tree? I was sitting on the porch looking at the tree tops here in Birmingham. Noticing all the branches reaching out and somewhat up. Then in my mind’s eye I saw the…
Water, Water, Everywhere
There’s something about water that makes me either sigh or cry. And sometimes it is both. I looked up water in the Blue Letter Bible app and it says that “water’ occurs in 409 verses. That is a good number of times. With the recent events in our country, water seems to have a power…