Moved to Prayer
What impact does watching the news have on you? What impact does the Word of God have on you? Sometimes, it should be the same – intense prayer. The pain, …
Help for Understanding God’s Ways
When things go bad in the world, we often start to wonder what God is doing. Why is He allowing so many problems, so much trouble? We are tempted to …
From Disillusionment to Joy
“He is Risen!” was not the first words some of the disciples said when they heard about the empty tomb. Most were saying “He is Missing!”. Maybe that is how …
Customs and Convictions
Probably the most familiar story from the book of Daniel is his rescue from the lions den. Are you familiar with it? Daniel’s excellence gets him a promotion and that …
Learning from other’s mistakes . . . or not
George Santayana said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. It might be more accurate to say, “Those who don’t learn from the past are condemned …
How do you handle success?
We often hear that difficult times are what reveals a person’s true character, but I think that prosperous times might be just as telling, just as likely to produce a …
In Your Eyes, How Big is Your God?
One way we know very quickly how big our God is to us is when we have to chose between Him and something else, especially if that something else is …
Trusting the God Who Holds the Future
Can anyone accurately tell the future? Even more significantly, can anyone control the distant future, especially as it concerns world events? If you met such a person, would you trust …
The Importance of One
Do you feel frustrated and helpless when watching the news, wondering what you can possible do to bring good in such a dark time? What can one person do? Do …
Handling an Impossible Situation
Sometimes we can find ourselves faced with a crisis that just appears out of the blue. Maybe it is a sudden health emergency, the unwelcome news of a job ending …