“Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them.” Hebrews 13:9 Rule followers rely on performance, they are competitive and proud. They can be so obsess with what makes them look “right” that they often miss when they are wrong. In contrast to the diet rules of judaism,…
Rebuilding Altars
The Israelites had it no different from us. They had the immense desire to follow and worship God, but they also had the pressures of the world, the battles of their enemies and their temptations to give in to their own ways.Â
Rebuilding Altars Series starts Tomorrow
Jenilee introduces The Altar Place
Hello everybody! The name of my blog has recently changed (previously jenileerebarber.com). After I launched my blog the first time, I was praying for a concept that reveals the message of the blog. This new concept has been born. It’s all about Him! I want to share this short devotional with you today: Changes will…
At the end of yourself, miracles happen
You think you’re ready to give up but after a while it turns out that in your deepest core, you can’t give up. I value that. When you have put it all before God, if you’ve reach that point, I think God is telling you He won’t give up also. It may actually mean He…
In the eyes of Jesus
Our lives—everything we do, what we don’t do, how we behave, what we choose, what we neglect—it all conglomerates to portrait a clear reflection of who we are as a person. Or, in some cases, our actions may translate into who we are trying to be or who we are playing to be. In the…
Unfair & Unseen
Genesis 16 Hagar was a handmaiden, a servant or a slave. With all the things she might had to put up with, she had never experienced what may be considered the abuse of a woman who was desperate to conceive. Hagar fled to nowhere, feeling miserable. Her desired for relief from what she was living next…
Hunger for Something Real
I wonder how many feel the same way. When you know the real thing, you can’t settle for imitations. If there is something that I want for my life is to be real and have a genuine, authentic relationship with God and experience of faith.