A rugged cross and a lamb | Canva Pro “Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.” — Isaiah 53:4 (KJV) What if the pain you feel today is the beginning of the healing you’ve been searching for? There are questions that travel through the centuries with the same force they had when first spoken. Isaiah opens his song of the Suffering Servant with one of them: “Who has believed our report?”  It is no

Rock Unmoved | Canva Pro “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair.”  — 2 Corinthians 4:8 (King James Version) There are moments when the weight of life seems to fall suddenly upon our shoulders. Family problems, financial worries, sickness, uncertainties… and suddenly we feel “hard‑pressed on every side,” just as Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4:8. Yet that same verse reminds us of a powerful truth: “but not distressed.” What a beau

Have you ever felt that your circumstances are so dark that there seems to be no way out? The people of Israel knew that feeling. They lived under oppression and pain, but in the midst of their affliction, God did not forget them. Scripture reminds us: “So, the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.”  (Exodus 4:31) This passage reveals a powerful tr

What keeps you standing when life feels like it’s falling apart? Joshua 1:9 calls us to courage—not a courage rooted in our own strength, but in the unwavering truth that God is with us: "Be strong and brave. Don’t let fear or discouragement take hold, because the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” This isn’t an isolated promise. Throughout Scripture, we see God fulfilling this word again and again: Moses at the Red Sea When the Israelites were trapped between