Let's not be afraid to look at everything that has brought us to where we are now and trust that we will soon see in it the guiding hand of a loving God.

Be obedient even when you do not know where obedience may lead you.

God is whispering to you. Those are his arms you feel. Trust him. That is his voice you hear. Believe him.

You'll go nowhere tomorrow that I haven't already been.

And because we look for the bonfire, we miss the candle. Because we listen for the shout, we miss the whisper. But it is in burnished candles that God comes, and through whispered promises he speaks: "When you doubt, look around; I am closer than you think.

Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.

That child would stumble over the pattern in a rug.

Proverbs 29:18 says, "Where there is no vision, the people perish".

Ask about the ancient paths: Which is the way to what is good? Then take it and find rest for yourselves. Jeremiah 6:16

Father God, I ask You to lead me when I'm blinded by ways I have not known, along unfamiliar paths please guide me; Lord, turn the darkness into light before me and make the rough places smooth. I pray these are the things You will do; I know You will not forsake me. (Isa. 42:16)

Along this path of ministry, God has used an approach over and over again that I've finally come to more readily expect. He has taught me to listen to the repetitive requests of the body of Christ, and I will often discover what He wants me to do. Case in point: I had no plan whatsoever to write women's

Nothing is like experiencing the affirming, undeniable nod of God. So I'm praying that He will do something obvious to show you that you're on the right track—so that when seasons come with fewer evidences, you'll have the unwavering assurance that God is believable. Go into this new year believing God!