Last week I was sitting with a group of ladies around a table at a Bible study and had a sentimental moment. “We are all going to be friends forever. We will be able to gather like this for all of eternity and continue to study this unsearchable book.” The grass withers and the flowers […]
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” (Luke 11:13) When I last read this, I was struck at the punchline… If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to […]
This week I ran across these verses about God choosing King David to rule His people. King David started out life as a shepherd boy. He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants–God’s own people, Israel. He cared for them with a true heart and led […]
Abraham is the most honored religious figure of all time. Abraham is looked to by the Jews as their father, by the Muslims as their great prophet, and by Christians as the father of all who believe. So when you put together 17 million Jews, about 1.8 billion Muslims, about 2.4 billion Christians, basically half […]
Recently I rolled over in bed in the morning and something in my knee twinged before my feet even hit the floor. Good gravy, I thought, I can’t even get out of bed and trust that my knee will work. Then I walked down the stairs and almost slipped on a step. Hmm, I thought, […]
I like the Rocky movies featuring Sylvester Stallone as an underprivileged boxer named Rocky who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in Philadelphia, only to come out of nowhere in the original movie to fight the reigning world champion boxer. The world then watched his career in seven more movies, arguably one […]
For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. (1 Kings 15: 5) Wait. Did I read that correctly? But the Bible says David “did not […]
Why did God give us spiritual gifts? A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other (1 Corinthians 12:7) What is a spiritual gift? It is not a natural talent. The Holy Spirit gives each of us a gift when we became followers of Christ, and the gift is […]
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. Luke 6:32 Do you know what this verse means? It means that if all we have in our lives are people that are easy to love, the world will NEVER see God’s love through […]
I feel trapped a lot. Are you feeling trapped too? Maybe it’s just my personality, or perhaps the lure of the world’s definition of success, but I have dreams of doing great things for God, my family, my neighborhood and the world. Yet most days I am found throwing in a load of laundry, wiping […]
