God’s Plan is Far Greater
In 1 Kings 17 Israel was going through a drought, because of the nation’s rampant idolatry. The Lord commanded the prophet Elijah to go to Zarephath where a widow would provide food for him. He obeyed the Lord and found a woman at the gate of the city gathering...
The Sunset of Grief
In the last two weeks, I have learned of the deaths of five different people. Four of them I didn’t know personally. They were friends or relatives of friends, however it does still affect you. Today I was able to take some time to grieve for these people. It was...
Keeping From Discouragement
This past weekend I was able to go to a Women’s Conference. The theme of the conference was “Take your Jericho”. The Keynote speaker shared stories from her own experiences and testimony to demonstrate her points. The passage she shared from was Joshua 6-8; the...
Pursuing Christ
"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jer. 29:13 "Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts. My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for...
To Live as Christ
How am I to live? (This is a question I have often asked myself.) We can sum it up in one sentence… I am to live as Jesus lived. So the more important question is how did Jesus live here on earth? Jesus by His birth, life, and death represented the very definition of...
FROM THE GIVER OF LIFE
Just a few weeks ago, I heard the song of a robin for the first time this year and I saw new life beginning to poke out of the ground. It just amazes me how God created His masterpiece so perfectly. How is it that plants, know when it is safe to poke their little...
It is Finished
Why do you celebrate Easter or is it Resurrection Sunday? Good Friday and Easter Sunday can mean something different for me then is does for you. The fresh air of spring, warm sunshine and flowers coming up are all signs of spring. But is that all there is to Easter?...
A Man After God’s Own Heart
Today, as I was praying, God reminded me of a phrase that was once quite special to me. The phrase is “a man after God’s own heart.” In my early teens, I spent a lot of time reading the books of Samuel and Kings. At the time I was looking for insights about faith and...
The Glories in Suffering!
"For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for his sake." Philippians 1:29 What a blessing to have studied the book of Philippians and “The Calvary Road” in class the past couple weeks. I certainly feel like I...
Holy Hands
Less than a year ago I would have found it strange to raise my hands in worship. Even if a song would say "I lift my hands", my hands would stay down. Lifting up my hands for praying was also something I wasn't used to. We read in Psalm 134 verse 2, "Lift up your...