Daily encouragement for Christians
Have you ever tried to help someone understand that fearing the future is a lack of trusting Father? Trust is hard for most of us. We’ve all had times that people have let us down. Sometimes we may even feel let down by God when we’ve asked or even begged for something specific with no […]
Consider two homeowners who decide to do makeovers at the same time. One started on the outside and the other began on the inside. The man who started outside worked diligently, giving his home fresh paint, a new roof, trimming the bushes and mowing the lawn. People noticed right away they began to praise him […]
At 5 AM I can hear the birds in the trees but I cannot see them–it is still dark. I can’t deny their presence for their voices sing out loudly as if they will awaken the sun. The creatures of the night have settled into their holes and the night becomes day once again. There […]
“If I shut up the sky, so that there is no rain; or if I order locusts to devour the land; or if I send an epidemic of sickness among my people; then, if my people, who bear my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face and turn from their evil ways; I will […]
Have you ever fallen for Satan’s great lie that God loves others but not you and–for some reason you can’t quite figure out–you are not a favored child? If the enemy can make you believe that, he can cause you to live as a rebel or a victim instead of in the freedom that comes […]
I used to have a friend who said he might go to a church that didn’t preach hellfire and brimstone. He didn’t believe in the existence of hell; “If God is good he’d never send people to hell,” he’d say. A self-declared genius, my friend believed that the Bible is a fictional piece of work, […]
“Stop being so fearful! Remain steady, and you will see how ADONAI [the Lord] is going to save you–today you have seen the Egyptians, but you will never see them again!” (Exodus 14:13) The Israelites had been in Egypt for 430 years and were slaves for 400 of them. No one alive at that time […]
I believe someone needs to see this today: Have you been affected by suicide? Over a decade ago the World Health Organization reported about 3,000 people take their own lives and another 60,000 may attempt–per day, and those numbers just keep climbing. The highest risk age group is fifteen to twenty-five, but my brother was […]
From the archives: I have an old dog who is losing his hearing and vision. A screen door, which has not yet been rehung, leans against my house a few feet from the entrance. My dog has been confused lately. He stands at the screen door and barks to be let in. I stand at […]
From the archives: Have you ever considered the stress Moses was under as he led more than 1.5 million people through the desert? Let’s talk pressure and imagine you were the one chosen to lead. As still happens today, “the crowd that was with them grew greedy for an easier life. ‘If only we had […]
