Desiring God’s Presence As believers in Jesus Christ, there is one thing we desire above anything and everything else in our present state of distress, and that is the presence of God. Our prayer would match Isaiah’s, who cried out, “Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble […]

Remember God is Present David said, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” (Psalm 23:4) David was able to walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death because God was with […]

Measured You cannot give a teaspoon of time and expect a gallon of God’s glorious presence in return. There’s a universal law that says you’ll reap what you sow. If you sow a little time and energy in your relationship with God, then you’ll only reap a little of God’s presence, but if you sow […]

What Are We Hitching God’s Presence To? Are we hitching God’s presence to humanity’s new carts? David desperately wanted the presence of God. After securing Jerusalem as his and Israel’s capital, David also wanted it to be the place where God’s presence resided. For the past 70 years, the Ark of the Covenant had been […]

Measured You cannot give a teaspoon of time and expect a gallon of God’s presence in return. There’s a universal law saying you’ll reap what you sow. If you sow a little time and energy in your relationship with God, then you’ll only reap a little of God’s presence, but if you sow a lot, […]

God’s Presence in our Present Whenever I read Jesus’ description of what it means to abide, where He is the true vine, we are the branches, and the heavenly Father as the vine grower (John 15:1-5), my mind races to understand it’s meaning for my present reality. Such a calm and serene scene bears little […]

Our Need For God’s Presence After the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, two disciples were traveling to the village of Emmaus. While on their way they were discussing the events of the past week, which concluded with several women saying Jesus had risen from the dead and was alive. As they were pondering the […]