Posts by David Shelton
Finding Hope After Tragedy
It’s possible to find hope after tragedy. Hope doesn’t come easily or quickly, but with God’s help I‘ve seen it happen. Here’s what I’ve learned. The Article I Didn’t Want to Write About a Tragic Loss There are many times that articles will write themselves. There are some that come by a way of…
Read MoreGod’s Rest: How to Receive It and Enjoy It
God’s rest can be yours today if you take a few simple steps to follow his plan for sabbath times of restoration. God’s Rest: A Perspective March of 2020 will be remembered as the month and year when the CoronaVirus (COVID-19) began sweeping through the United States, and life as we know it ground almost…
Read MoreHow to Enter into God’s presence when Satan shuts you out of the Throne Room
Have you ever felt like you’re shut out of God’s Throne room and you’re not sure how to get in? I recently asked God about this and received a life changing answer. Strangely enough, it was something good that got me wondering about why I sometimes felt like I’m shut out of God’s Throne room. …
Read MoreChristian Winter Solstice Prayer
This Christian Winter Solstice Prayer will help you connect with God in new and profound ways. Here are the ways I have celebrated the longest day of the year by making it a milestone of faith. My changed perspective about the Winter Solstice A recent trip to my hometown reminded me why I didn’t like…
Read MoreYou Can Make It
Have you ever hesitated to try something because you don’t think you can make it and succeed? God recently brought home a message to me about times of opportunity where I have turned away. Had I kept my eyes on God I might have succeeded by depending on him. Climbing on a rock formation with…
Read MoreHow to Find God’s Love That Never Ends
Is love really all you need like our culture tells us? I’ve never been a big fan of the Beatles. The music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo is not the soundtrack of my childhood. Only of a few of their songs would ever make it into my current playlist. One of the songs that…
Read MorePrayer to Ask Jesus into Your Life
As I contemplated the contents of the articles I have written for this site, I realized that I had left out something important. It was as if the Spirit of God said to me, “You’ve shown them how to pray, but what if they don’t know me?” Dear reader, do you know who Jesus is?…
Read MoreHow to Be Somebody Who Feels Special
Something dawned on me the other day. It was an epiphany that made me stop hard and ponder from the deep recesses of my mind. “Everyone is trying to be someone.” Most everyone attempts to persuade others of the individual’s importance. What do we all want? Notoriety. Acclaim. Fame. Fortune. We want to be someone…
Read MorePrayer to Let Your Life and Thoughts Be Transformed by Christ
This prayer gives us a way to step back and to choose to be transformed to think differently and act differently than the rest of the world because we are followers of Jesus. What made me different when I was growing up “I remember back in the day…” This phrase has started a lot of…
Read MoreTaking a Leap of Faith Prayer: Whether for Rescue or the Need to Move Forward with God’s Plan
This taking a leap of faith prayer will help you take the next sometimes scary step God has for you when you need rescue or when God is asking you to take a bold move in your life. The lesson I learned about taking a leap of faith while climbing on a rock I stood…
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