When we feel totally weak, it is hard to even imagine that God could make us feel stronger. We may feel that we have no strength, no ability within us, no capacity for any more, unable to make a difference in our circumstances. But God says differently...
Sometimes we think that working for God in ministry is better than our ordinary jobs. We often think our own jobs have no value to God. Think again.
How do you find a sure confidence in God, so that you can praise Him every day? Can your heart be elevated above the daily distractions of each day? Can one move from a “fainting heart” to an “elevated heart?”
When last did you count your blessings? An old idiomatic expression to: “think about the good things in your life in order to get your focus off the bad things that are happening.” But as [...]
There is a snake that is in our lives which often goes disguised and unnoticed, yet it has a bite that has the potential to kill us. Reading the story in Numbers 21:4 – 9, we [...]
There is nothing like getting together with friends or family and just talking. It is an opportunity to tell each other what is going on in our lives, but for some of us it is [...]
The present day. This is the gift we all have, that we are most prone to throw away. Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) known for his “Fables” said: “We are never content with our lot, [...]
Some days just start off wrong: the alarm didn’t go off; the milk for breakfast is sour and you can’t find your car keys. By the time you are out the door you have stood [...]
“I want to be happy!” That statement is an expression of every person’s heart desire. God wants us to be happy too, to live above our circumstances. He wants us to have a sense of [...]
Sometimes we are confronted with disastrous circumstances and extraordinary difficulties and we cannot see a way forward. This is how the Israelites felt in Exodus 14 at the edge of the Sea, with expanses of [...]
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