Daily encouragement for Christians
Have you ever made a vow before God to love someone in sickness and in health? If yes, how has that worked out for you? For most of the many years I have spent with my husband, we have dealt with an illness that puts him in bed, violently ill, for an average of twenty-four […]
I’m not a doctor but I play one at home–I need to stop. I’ve always considered my ability to diagnose through symptom research a good thing. But now I realize some things should just be left alone. I have a number of physical issues from diabetes to my sacroiliac. The doctors blame most everything on […]
It’s the month of November and change is in the air. Around my home, the leaves have taken on their vibrant colors and most have fallen from the trees. The air is turning colder, heaters are turned on, snow is in the forecast and people are beginning to prepare for winter–and the holidays. Some radio […]
From the archives: “Give thanks to ADONAI [the Lord]! Call on his name! Make his deeds known among the peoples.” (Psalm 105:1) In 1980 my parents were in a motorcycle accident. It was a rainy, spring day, on a small city’s main road, at a stoplight, where they found themselves under the wheels of a […]
Do you believe everyone is destined for Heaven? “He has mercy on whom he wants, and he hardens whom he wants.” (Romans 9:18) The Bible makes it clear that God, as the Creator, has that option. “Who are you, a mere human being, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to him […]
Are you aware that the Gregorian calendar we use is different from the Jewish biblical calendar? According to God’s Word, the early days of autumn are full of holy days to be dedicated to the Lord. This year, 2020, September 18th at sundown–the start of the Jewish day–marked the first day of the Tishri […]
Do you ever wonder where some people’s ideas come from? I wonder if the first person to think of teleportation–to transport or be transported across space and distance instantly–was reading the Bible. “As they were going down the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, ‘Look! Here’s some water! Is there any […]
What does the Sabbath day look like for you? Do you have a day in your week for resting your body and praising your Savior? If so, what day is it? The look and feel of Shabbat (the Sabbath) has changed immensely over the centuries. Until the year 321 A.D. the Sabbath always began at […]
Are we blinded from the truth because we allow our full attention to focus on the first “wrong” in an event? When Jesus saw a crippled man in a crowd, unable to get into the healing water, after asking him if he wanted to be healed, he simply directed him, “Get up, pick up your […]
From the archives: On vacation in the Tennessee mountains recently, some of us decided we wanted to see the house at the top, so we set off for an adventure up the slope–in a two-wheel-drive vehicle. We slowly climbed until the wheels began to spin–we were stuck. I pondered how God would rescue us; he […]
