by Nate Stevens | Jun 30, 2022 | Encouragement, Eternity
“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.” (Matthew 25:13) Glancing is not the same as watching. I recently dropped my wife at a storefront so she could rush in for a few groceries. Stepping from the car, she said,...
by Nate Stevens | Jun 21, 2022 | Encouragement, Short Story
(A short story about purpose, transformation, and never settling.) The butterfly was terrified. Hurting, hungry, alone, and now captured, she wondered, “What happened to me? How did I end up like this? I never thought this could happen to me.” The Enchanted Forest The...
by Nate Stevens | Jun 6, 2022 | Encouragement, Parenting
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 19:14) God favors those who walk in agreement with His Word, who are surrendered to His will, and who depend completely on Him. I recently watched...
by Nate Stevens | May 5, 2022 | Christian Living, Encouragement
So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. (Luke 5:1-2) In the business of fishing, the nets...
by Nate Stevens | Mar 10, 2022 | Adversity, Christian Living, Encouragement
My people…have forgotten their resting place [Jeremiah 50:6]. In this crazy, chaotic, seemingly upside-down world, don’t forget your resting place. I love Scripture and how a word or phrase jumps off the page and makes me dig for the deeper truth behind it. One such...
by Nate Stevens | Feb 25, 2022 | Encouragement
Have you ever looked at yourself as a wreck? Has your life ever resembled a 10-car pileup, all banged up, twisted, and dysfunctional? Paul described it perfectly: I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring...
