Category: Focused Devotion

• Fear the Impact of Others?

  Isaiah 46:4-5 and 9 (hover over to view verses) Thoughts taken from my devotional time. Today I want to look at another concern that we get caught up in life and in marriage … the fear that others can thwart God’s good purposes in our lives. There are so many people in our lives {and […]

  BethSteffaniak

  March 2, 2014

  Faith in God, False Beliefs, Fear, Focused Devotion, God’s Redemption, Trials, Trust

  Fear, Trust God

• Running from God?

  Isaiah 46:3-4 (hover over to view verses) Thoughts taken from my devotional time. God reminds us that He has upheld us since we were conceived (v.3). That means that God knew us and cared for us since the moment we were created or came into being—not just since our birth. Further, God reminds us that […]

  BethSteffaniak

  February 23, 2014

  Christ-Centered, Faith in God, Focused Devotion, God’s Redemption, Love of God, Surrender

  God’s Strength, Surrender

• Need More Compassion?

  Luke 10:25-37 Thoughts – In this reading, an expert in the law was trying to trip Jesus up with the question of … What must we do to inherit eternal life?* Jesus asked him what the law says, and the man quoted, … We are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, […]

  BethSteffaniak

  February 2, 2014

  Christ-Centered, Empathy, Focused Devotion, Self-sacrifice

  Compassion, Sacrifice

• Chasing After Your Sweet Spot?

  

  Today I’m starting a new direction for my Monday posts (during my radiation treatment) with a devotion that deals with the pursuit of a “sweet spot.” My habit is to read a passage and then prayerfully write out my thoughts. Right now, I’m reading through three different spots – Job, Isaiah and Luke. I usually […]

  BethSteffaniak

  January 26, 2014

  Christ-Centered, Faith in God, False Beliefs, Focused Devotion, God’s Redemption, Surrender

  Focused Devotion, Surrender, Sweet Spot