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When God Lights the Flame

Scripture Focus: Psalm 18:28 “For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.” Psalm 18:28 is not the voice of someone speaking from comfort; it is the voice of someone who has walked through shadow and survived it by grace. David is not offering a poetic idea—he’s making a confession…
Close Lips, Distant Hearts

Scripture Focus: Isaiah 29:13 “Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men.” Isaiah 29:13 is one of those verses that reads quietly,…
In All Thy Ways

Scripture Focus: Proverbs 3:6 “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” This verse is short enough to memorize in an afternoon, but deep enough to guide an entire lifetime. It doesn’t say, “In the big decisions acknowledge Him,” or, “In the obviously spiritual things acknowledge Him,” but, “In all thy…
When Borrowed Footsteps Change You

There’s something humbling about discovering you were wrong about someone—not because they corrected you, but because life quietly handed you a glimpse of their reality. It’s easy to observe people from the outside and think we’ve got them figured out. We see the surface: the expression, the reaction, the habit that frustrates us, the tone…

When God Lights the Flame