Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
“Why is this happening to me?” the young man asked me after describing a crisis he was facing. “I’ve tried to be faithful in serving God. He knows what this means to me. Why would he let this happen?” Questions that begin with...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
The cacti were covered with flowers, a sight not often seen by five year old boy from the south. “Don’t touch the cactus,” his mother told him as he reached out to pick the flower. “It will hurt you,” she went on to explain. But as often...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
In Luke 11, the disciples asked Jesus, “Lord, teach us to pray.” It’s a good request from a believer and one that many modern Christians have asked. However, I think there is another prayer that believers in the modern church might do well to ask...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
“Nobody” calls our pastor by his first name, the church secretary said to the mayor of the town in which the church was located. “His name is Doctor . . .” she added. This secretary’s pastor proudly shared this story with other pastors in...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
God plainly told Moses – “Here’s the kind of underwear that must be worn. Anything else and the penalty is death.” In Exodus 28:42-43, He spoke to Moses about the garments of the high priests saying, You shall make for them linen breeches to...
Dec 21, 2014 | Devotional |
Faithless thinking doesn’t really exist because there is no such thing as an absolute absence of belief in life. Put any of us in any situation and we will begin to draw conclusions about our circumstances based on what we see. We will evaluate our situation and...