Daily encouragement for Christians
Do you know how many times the Bible reports a parting of the waters for the purpose of crossing to the other side? There are four times that we are told about. Most of us know the story of the first time: Moses led the Israelites through the Red Sea as the Egyptians chased after […]
Have you ever been in a hospital where the signs request “Quiet Please?” Is it ever quiet in a hospital? Machines are beeping in every room, carts rolling down the hall, doctors and nurses in and out continuously. The following message was written in 2018 as Father carried me over another mountain. Sitting at the […]
The same words are spoken from two opposite corners for completely different purposes: “Whoever is unsure of himself, turn in here!” One voice is Wisdom, the other is the foolish woman. They both speak to the weak-willed. Do you ever find yourself wandering around aimlessly, or unable to move at all, unsure of where you […]
How often do you just drift through the day, going through the same motions that you have repeatedly performed? Maybe you dream your way through. Perhaps you are devising ways in your mind to solve the problems of the world, as you robotically perform your daily duties. You may stand in the mirror making yourself […]
From the archive: Do you ever wonder what people would think if they witnessed you and God in conversation? I opened the stats page for my blog. That’s the page with the graph that shows me how my post is performing for the day, week, month, or year. It had been my habit to look […]
Have you ever listened to a sermon given by a feel-good pastor? It seems more and more people are drawn to that “come on, get happy” type of message that only looks at the good side of God’s blessings and never mentions Jesus. They don’t talk about what happened at Calvary; how the blood of […]
Have you ever asked someone, “What’s that attitude about?” only to have them sharply reply, “I don’t have an attitude!”? I wonder why, considering that all of us carry an attitude of some sort at all times, we automatically assume that having an attitude means a bad disposition. We often give other people credit for […]
“So God created humankind in his own image; in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27) He also created humankind with an emotion that, in my opinion, He does not possess: surprise. Many of our emotions were brought on through the fall of Adam and Eve, but […]
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, […]
Do you remember King Yoshiyahu? That’s Hebrew for Josiah. His story lies in 2 Kings chapters 23-24. We hear much about King David. In Acts 13:22 he is even called, “a man after my own heart,” by the Lord. David is usually the first one we think of as an example of a good king. […]
