Daily encouragement for Christians
King Zedekiah ruled Judah during the time of the prophet Jeremiah. He acknowledged the fact that Jeremiah had the Lord’s ear but neither he nor anyone else in the land paid any attention to the instruction Jeremiah brought back–even when it was requested. Zedekiah was not a strong king, in fact, the leaders of the […]
Resurrection Sunday is coming soon. Do you know the history of that event? It’s not just a Bible story, it’s humanity’s history. Jesus isn’t just a prophet or a good man who lived long ago; He’s the One who conquered death and hell. He was crucified on a cross […]
Do you ever feel like you will crumble under the weight you carry on your shoulders? How do you choose to deal with it? The world offers many ways: counselors, exercise, yoga, drugs, alcohol to name a few. Years ago I managed a bookstore. I would sometimes notice that the same people seemed to always […]
When a handful of chickens needed to be rehomed my grandson jumped at the chance to be a chicken keeper. He swore he would feed and water them twice a day and keep their pen clean. After a couple of weeks it wasn’t much fun anymore. I reminded him that we had hens before and […]
“Sh’ma Yisra’el! ADONAI Eloheinu, ADONAI echad (Hear Isra’el! ADONAI our God; ADONAI is one).” (Deuteronomy 6:4) These are the words God commanded his people to keep in their hearts, on their headbands, tied to their hands and affixed to their doorposts. They were to teach them to their children and talk about them wherever they […]
“Happy the person who finds wisdom, the person who acquires understanding.” (Proverbs 3:13) Have you found wisdom through education? Do you proudly hold a degree that proves it? What has been your most studied subject? “Don’t be conceited about your own wisdom.” (Proverbs 3:7) Perhaps you didn’t even graduate high school. Does that make others […]
Do you trust the Lord to guide you safely and provide all you need for your journey? The Israelites did not. They continually looked back, longing for what they had left in Egypt; the land that was so horribly abusive to them. No matter how many miracles they witnessed they thought God would fail to […]
“There is no God besides me, a just God and a Savior; there is none besides me. Look at me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God; there is no other.” (Isaiah 45:21-22) Have you given Father the seat of honor in your heart? It requires you to get […]
I used to attend a Messianic Jewish church led by an undeniably Spirit-led rabbi. At one Shabbat service, the rabbi made a statement that rattled me for a moment. I don’t remember his exact words but he told the congregation, emphatically, that anyone who had been attending regularly for a year or more and had […]
Hate the sin, not the sinner. Have you ever heard that before? It appears to me that in our efforts to prove we don’t hate the sinner, we have begun to celebrate the sin with them. As Christians, we are being labeled as supremacists with phobias if we do not embrace the self-indulgent sin the […]
