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 | Jul 6, 2018 | Encouragement
When Gideon came to the Jordan, he and the three hundred men who were with him crossed over, exhausted but still in pursuit. (Judges 8:4) I’m exhausted. Or, as we say in the South, worn slap out. Have you ever felt that way? When life hurtles along just outside the...
by Nate Stevens | Oct 30, 2014 | Encouragement
And He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” (Mark 6:31, NKJV) The smell of applewood bacon beckoned me at the door. The automatic glass doors of the beach hideaway slid open. I inhaled deeply. The aroma of the...