God’s will This doesn’t seem to leave any room for complaining or being anxious. Which is what many of us are used to doing. This is not a self-help formula. Because those rely mainly on human effort. I know, because I’ve been guilty of them on numerous occasions. So why is this dominating lifestyle important […]
Purposeful When you hear the word purposeful, what comes to mind? Not just ‘with purpose’, go deeper. Our astute dictionarians (my word) would tell us it is: ‘having or showing determination or resolve; intentional, full of determination, meaningful’. I love these: ‘bent on, bound, decisive, determined, do-or-die, firm, hell-bent on, intent, resolute, resolve, set, single-minded.’ I think […]
Biblical truth In our world today, truth has become very ‘relative’. What one believes or disbelieves is their truth. It varies with individuals and circumstances. Biblical truth has for the most part been discarded as old and irrelevant. Even as believers, I wonder just how much we consider God’s word in our everyday lives as being […]
Idols Who or what is the source of your strength in life? It is so easy to try to control our lives through our own power—financially, emotionally, relationally, even spiritually. Idols are everywhere tempting you to trust in them. It may not be a graven image, but they are real and powerful. Name yours! Many […]
Grace A few years ago, while working out, I learned that lifting weights did not in fact build your muscles. But it actually tears them down, or weakens them, and then your body rushes in to rebuild and strengthen them to allow your muscles to be stronger. I think Paul would agree. God is assuring […]
The pandemic What a year…is right. 2020 will go down in world history as one of the worst from many standpoints. Early on, a coronavirus emanating from China swept across the world and COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Millions have died, and it is still ravaging countries, families, economies. America was enjoying a robust economy […]
A patriarch Have you ever stopped to really consider this statement, and its implications? House here implies those individuals in Joshua’s family, even his extended family. The people of Israel were at a crossroads and Joshua was at the end of his long and victorious life. He is challenging them as they move forward without […]
Heavenly messengers Angels… have been discussed for millennia. They are eternal beings created by God. Some are named specifically, while others are an angel of the Lord, and many are even nameless. One of the first recorded encounters is in Genesis 18, wherein Abraham, and Sarah, were visited by three to announce her pregnancy at an […]
The prophecy of Jesus Can you even imagine what the nation of Israel thought when Isaiah proclaimed that the Lord Himself would accomplish this? In and of itself it’s an oxymoron. A virgin is going to conceive and have a child. Not only that, it was not to be just any son, it was to be the […]
From the cradle to the cross! When the time had arrived, on the appointed day, Mary gave birth to Jesus, and laid Him on the hay. Not of fine linen or silk, His swaddling clothes, Had to be born in a manger as the inn was filled and closed. What was Mary thinking as she drew […]