Knowing God | New Covenant Life

Taking Care Of Business

March 22, 2026January 19, 2016 by Tonia Woolever

Covenant relationship looks like this: if I give of myself to take care of my covenant partner, tending to their needs and desires; and they give themselves to caring for me, we are both satisfied! We love well. We have mutual joy. There will be no no lack, no sorrow, no striving. God’s definitions of …

How To Delight Our Father: A Cheat Sheet

March 22, 2026September 17, 2015 by Tonia Woolever

One day, the Lord revealed to the Prophet Isaiah everything causes Him to delight in His servant, His “chosen one.” It is recorded in Isaiah 42: Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight. I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. …

God Gives You What You Want

March 17, 2026October 3, 2014 by Tonia Woolever

No two Christian pathways are alike. I am ever struck by the fact that our Sovereign Creator God and King, left us entirely with our free will. God never makes me be good, do the right thing, or choose Him. He waits for me to choice what I really want. That’s not to say the …

Faith Should Lead To Rest

March 21, 2026May 18, 2010 by Tonia Woolever

You’ve got it upside down and backwards! I’ve heard this since I was a teenager. You don’t hear it much today, but it floats up again when I observe how people generally handle the whole God-thing. People often feel as if everything about life with God is up to them, and that being a believer …

God’s Culture of Honor

March 21, 2026May 12, 2010 by Tonia Woolever

Anyone who reads the whole Bible notices attributes of God and his culture that, by their repetition, stand out in the mind and get stuck in the heart. One of the most noticeable attributes is HONOR. God loves honor. He models honor, he teaches his children to honor, and he asks for honor. He promises to honor those who honor him (1 Samuel 2:30).

Freedom

March 22, 2026October 16, 2009 by Tonia Woolever

God is into freedom, especially where his children are concerned. I have often experienced Him more easily through spontaneous encounters — on a walk, in the shower, musing over my morning cup of sweet black tea — than in times of disciplined prayer. In the beginning of that recognition, that way of being, it felt …