Spirit River Ministry

03/18/2026

"The deepest root of womanhood is hope in God." ~ John Piper

02/18/2026

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02/13/2026

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

02/09/2026

It is through faith that a righteous person has life.

08/27/2025

https://youtu.be/4Icu_YlSVSs?si=2NNJuLVol3_P4PRZ

The Road to Jericho is a Christian country storytelling song by Cedar Miles, inspired by the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37). This song follows...

08/23/2025

Forever, I'll Lift My Hands! Praise the Lord! A new song written by our own Chad S. Bruce:

I’ll Lift My Hands (Official Lyric Video) is a Christian country praise and worship song by Cedar Miles. It’s a heartfelt declaration of faith — praising God...

07/03/2025

06/18/2025

Psalms 139:23-24 NLT
[23] Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. [24] Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

05/07/2025

People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. Matt 4:4

01/11/2025

"My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it."

01/08/2025

January 2014...God answered my prayers. I'll probably continue to share this every year, because I never ever want to forget the hell that I was in and when God brought me out of it. I never want others to stop believing that there is hope. And as much as my ego would want to take credit for it... I absolutely cannot. It was all God's strength. And it is still His strength now.

Over the last 11 years I've had so many questions that I still don't have all of the answers to...But I can say that God is faithful. There were so many times that I felt like He wasn't gonna come through. I was literally just so bitter and disgusted with Him. I was so angry and so hurt...Shouting at Him, "You promised! You promised you wouldn't leave me like this!" Only to get silence during one of the most vulnerable times of my life. Why? Why did it have to be like that? Why did I have to experience the darkness of drug addiction? I felt so dead inside that I didn't even want to be alive anymore. There were so many questions... So many tears. Though nobody head a gun to my head...it just didn't seem fair.

I am so grateful to no longer be controlled like that though. To be able to think clearly and make better decisions for myself and my family. I obviously don't have it all together, but I do have a lot more self respect now than I ever did back then. I can see an inner change within myself that I know can only be done by the presence of God living inside of me.

I wish that I could say that the hours never got dark again, but they absolutely do... And when the darkness comes, there are so many memorial stones to remind myself of His presence, especially when He feels distant. Obviously, this being one of them... Also, reminding myself that I didn't have to be perfect then for Him to love me and I don't have to be perfect now either. God's love is unconditional. He will never leave me. God is GOOD. He is BIG. He is STRONG...And He is MIGHTY TO SAVE.