What do you think of when you are told that God has shown mercy and love to someone? That God has not punished them? That God has given them something great that they don’t deserve? Perhaps that God has heard their pleading and granted a prayer? How about that God said no to them? How…
Jim Cymbala has some great things to say in this short clip about having a heart like God’s in life.
Are we putting God in a box? It seems like a silly question to a believer but it is an all too common occurrence. We, humans, are self-centered creatures. We like our comfort, our ideas, our preferences and most of all our control. We like to rule over our own lives like, well, little gods. …
Do we want to live in victory over sin? We need to take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ!
A few years ago we planted a garden in our front yard. We took up a portion of the lawn and dug up the grass. We then planted seeds and bulbs with the hope that flowers would grow. After planting we did not just sit back, watch and wait for flowers to pop out of…
My wife came to me and asked me what I thought of an article that she had been forwarded. It was a blogger responding to a reader’s question. The question dealt with the reader’s husband and her struggle with him not being a leader in her family. Since this is a common issue we run…
https://utmost.org/get-moving-2/ Nor are we born with habits— we have to form godly habits on the basis of the new life God has placed within us. We are not meant to be seen as God’s perfect, bright-shining examples, but to be seen as the everyday essence of ordinary life exhibiting the miracle of His grace. Drudgery…
William Golding wrote the novel The Lord of the Flies back in 1954. It is a story about a group of boys who are stranded on a tropical island during a nuclear war. They are in a literal paradise with no restraints, rules or supervision. They can do anything they choose and there is no…
http://thecripplegate.com/the-moment-that-changed-eric-liddells-life/ Eric was having to make an important decision; of course, no one was going to force him to speak or to have a public ministry. But I’m sure that Eric was counting the cost. Some people may say no big deal, but this was a huge deal. Especially for such an introvert. This decision…
I am working on my first post addressing some of the questions that have been posed to me which should be posted shortly. In the meantime, I wanted to invite your questions and add answering them as a regular feature here. Whether you are searching for the Lord and can’t seem to get there, have…
Are we willing to have our plans changed by God? Are we ready to have our expectations and our hopes dashed by God to be replaced with something better? If we don’t get what we want in life, how do we respond? These questions came to mind for me recently while pondering the ministry that…
