Giving someone authority over your wellbeing is not easy. It requires trust and a willingness to yield to their leadership. Every day soldiers are asked to do this in order to fight more effectively and for a common good. The… Read More ›
FAITH FOR TODAY
Meet Dan: From Hardcore Atheist To Believer In Jesus Christ
Originally appeared on The Olive Branch Report Meet Dan in the video below: Dan was in his own words “a hardcore atheist”. Life was good, things were going his way – no need for God in his life. God was… Read More ›
Learning From Joseph
When a trial comes your way, do you groan and think of it as an ordeal to muddle through? Is your first reaction fear and dread, or do you see each new struggle with more positive eyes? The love… Read More ›
New Book On Amazon This October
Hello! I have been busy collecting my favorite devotions and compiling them into my next two books. This is a devotional trilogy… FACING TRIALS, FACING STORMS, AND FACING ADVERSITY. Facing Storms: Devotions for Thought and Meditation will be available on… Read More ›
History Behind the Hymn, "I Have Decided To Follow Jesus"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTNy674setQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvZp87bIxU8 “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” is a Christian hymn originating from India. The lyrics are based on the last wordsof a man in Assam, north-east India, who along with his family was converted to Christianity in the middle of… Read More ›
The Word of The Lord God
James 4 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye… Read More ›
Pure Joy or Mere Happiness?
“To pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty, without thinking of joy, and then, like sheep, it comes most surely unsought, and we “being in the way,”… Read More ›
Curiosity Killed The Cat: Will It Also Kill You?
Curiosity killed the cat, but the cat died happy. Not so for the Christian…too much curiosity may in fact do severe damage to your walk with Christ. Curiosity about the truthfulness of the entire Bible has happened to many of… Read More ›
Christian Fellowship: Are You Ready To Be Sharpened?
A dull knife is still a knife but far less effective than one that has been thoroughly sharpened. The same goes for Christians. A Christian who is lax in obtaining knowledge by way of reading scripture is still a Christian,… Read More ›
Why Humanity Is In Love With Itself And Not God: Satan
Editors note: This post was actually a comment to a reader that believes the “we are gods” mantra. I have added a little more to it in hopes of this being an article worth reading and in the hope… Read More ›
Why Humanity Is In Love With Itself And Not God: Satan
Editors note: This post was actually a comment to a reader that believes the “we are gods” mantra. I have added a little more to it in hopes of this being an article worth reading and in the hope… Read More ›
Are You Satisfied With A Lukewarm Walk?
This is an excerpt from my book DIVINE INTERRUPTIONS: A BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JOB (Available on Amazon). “Think of a hot tub with lukewarm water. In complacency, we will sit and try to enjoy the soak, even… Read More ›
Find Our Joy In God
Many in society have adopted the philosophy that life should be a trouble free existence filled with ongoing pursuits of lustful pleasure. Is our time on earth meant to be a continuous party filled with inordinate and excessive pleasure? Does… Read More ›
Why You Should Believe in God
Why should anyone believe in God? Are there really any good reasons to? I think the answer to that is unequivocally yes! Should anyone believe in God because of what I say? No…but what God says is another matter altogether…. Read More ›
Why You Should Believe in God
Why should anyone believe in God? Are there really any good reasons to? I think the answer to that is unequivocally yes! Should anyone believe in God because of what I say? No…but what God says is another matter altogether…. Read More ›
The Peace of Christ
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV) Saints who trust God with total abandon experience the reality of supernatural rest, a byproduct of the peace of Christ. It does not matter if their day is… Read More ›
Prayer for the Persecuted
THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS DYING BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT RENOUNCE THEIR FAITH. PLEASE, LET US SUPPORT THEM IN PRAYER. “Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death.”… Read More ›
Joyful Hope
I just submitted my 3rd manuscript (FACING STORMS: A DEVOTION FOR THOUGHT AND MEDITATION) to 40 Day publishing. It will be available on Amazon the first week of October. You can view my other two books at this site http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=cheryl%20zelenka&sprefix=chery%2Caps&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Acheryl%20zelenka… Read More ›
Flesh vs. Spirit, part IV
Hebrews 4:15 (NAS): For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Matthew 16:24 (NAS): Then Jesus said to His… Read More ›
The Great Commission
This is a devotional from my next book FACING STORMS: A DEVOTIONAL FOR THOUGHT AND MEDITATION We have a great commission in life. We are called to make disciples of all the nations, including our own country. So, the rude… Read More ›
You Say, GOD Says….
You Say: I can’t figure it out God Says: I will direct your steps Bible Verse: Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall… Read More ›
There Is Power In HIS Name
“The safest place in all the world is in the will of God, and the safest protection in all the world is in the name of God.” ~ Unknown “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the… Read More ›
Bloom Where God Plants You
“God’s work done God’s way will never lack God’s supply.” ~ Hudson Taylor “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your… Read More ›
Breaking Free Of Depression
A devotion from Cheryl Zelenka’s soon to be released book of devotions FACING STORMS. Available on Amazon this October. “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail.They are new every morning; great is… Read More ›
Bride of Christ
A devotion from Cheryl Zelenka’s soon to be released book of devotions FACING STORMS. Available on Amazon this October. “While praying one day a woman asked, “Who are you, God?” He answered, “I Am.” “But, WHO is, I Am?” she… Read More ›
Penciled In
I was a young Air Force officer, likely insufferable and most certainly highly enamored with my own early success. I was moving on up; on the “fast track” (though early promotions were not yet possible at my career stage). I… Read More ›
Does God Exist?
Please take a minute to watch this short video and then share with friends. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=798302620188827&fref=nf No, Albert Einstein was not a Christian or even a theist (one who believes in a personal God), probably because he failed to understand… Read More ›
Hope
“Where do you find hope, and in what shape or form does it rest? I say to you now that absolute and genuine hope is found only in Christ Jesus. He is never far way and always within your grasp…. Read More ›
Work In Heaven?
Are you afraid to die? Is it death itself or the journey to death’s door that causes you to fear? Maybe it is the idea of living for an eternity, or maybe you fear the possible pain that will come… Read More ›
The Eyes Of Your Heart
When the Bible speaks of the heart, it is referring to the THINKING INSTRUMENT of the SOUL. Scripture tell us that the heart is the seat of emotions. When Paul prays that the “eyes of the Christian heart” be enlightened,… Read More ›