Category God’s Word

Be vigilant, Christian-devotional, daily devotions, God's Word, Reading the Word, resist the devil, Satan's tactics, The Word of God

Stay Alert

Birds are fascinating, aren’t they? They are so much fun to watch. There is a cardinal that comes to my feeder every day. As he is taking one seed at a time, he is constantly looking around, watching for any…

marleneburling
June 9, 2025

Christian-devotional, Christian-encouragement, God's Word, growing in Christ, Jesus, our Strength, spiritual exercise, Time with God

Physical and Spiritual Growth

For several weeks I’ve added exercising on a reclining bike at the Y. All the new equipment makes it possible for you to choose a video of scenery which you can “travel on,” so it feels like you are moving…

marleneburling
May 5, 2025

burdens, Christian-devotional, encouragement, giants in our life, God, our Helper, God's character, God's help, God's promises, God's Word, power of God, storms of life, times of trials, trusting God

Is There a Giant in Your Life?

Remember Joshua and Caleb, two of the 12 spies that Moses sent into Canaan to bring back a report on all they saw? And what a report it was! The land was flourishing with “milk and honey,” so they said.…

marleneburling
March 10, 2025

Christian-devotional, Christian-encouragement, God's protection, God's Watch care, God's Word, goodness of God, gratitude, storms of life, thankfulness

Through the Flames

Last Sunday there was lots of snow on the ground and rain was coming. I feared my basement might once again have some water issues in one corner of my furnace room. I purchased some Gorilla Foam Sealer hoping to…

marleneburling
December 16, 2024

assurance of heaven, Biblical facts, Choices, Christian-devotional, Coming of Christ, decisions, examine yourself, Gift of salvation, God's love, God's Word, God's Word, heaven, hell, Jesus - the Son of God, Jesus is coming again, Jesus, our Savior, salvation, sin, way to heaven

The Facts are Here!

I certainly don’t have all the answers to life’s questions, but there are many things I am certain of: Many people believe a loving God would never send anyone to hell – NOT TRUE! Many people believe they are “good…

marleneburling
April 22, 2024

Bible, Christian-devotional, Christian-encouragement, forgiveness, Gift of salvation, God's character, God's Word, Jesus, our Savior, Repentance, salvation, sin, The Word of God, way to heaven

Only God

Only God can cleanse a heart from sin and make it white as snow. We know God is holy and sin cannot be in his presence. We fall way short of the mark as Rom. 3:23 says: “For all have…

marleneburling
February 12, 2024

Christian-devotional, Christian-encouragement, God's character, God's help, God's protection, God's Word, storms of life, The Christian Walk, The Word of God, Time with God, times of trials, trusting God

Storm a Comin’

The weatherman! Sometimes he’s right – sometimes he’s not. But when we hear we could get up to 20″ of snow and wind as high as 60 miles an hour, we pay closer attention and begin to make some preparations…

marleneburling
January 15, 2024

Christian-devotional, conviction, God's blessings, God's Word, Time with God

Stop and Smell the Roses

Coming back home from my walk one morning last week, I had to “stop and smell the roses.” On the corner of my neighbor’s property was the prettiest pink rose bush. I call it an “old timey rose bush.” It…