Lessons from Our Mothers
“In everything set them an example by doing what is good.” Titus 2:7 NIV “I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.” 2 Timothy 1:5 NIV The apostle Paul wrote these words...
God Hears & God Speaks
“This is the confidence we have in approaching God:that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” 1 John 5:14 NIV A woman who longed for a child struggled with infertility. Although she was dearly loved by her husband, her life still felt incomplete. Year after year...
I Will Be with You
“The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” Judges 6:12 NIV Without looking up the verse above, do you know to whom it’s referring? You may recall some heroes from the book of Judges . . . Samson, perhaps? He certainly was strong and powerful. He once tore a lion apart with his...
The Lord Is My Shepherd
“Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.” Numbers 10:12 NIV Do you ever feel like you’re stuck wandering in the wilderness? I do. If God has a plan for...
Faithful in the Details
“Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.” Exodus 25:9 NIV “I have chosen the way of faithfulness…” Psalm 119:30 NIV As I type this, I am fighting a terrible headache that has left me queasy and bedridden for the past day-and-a-half. Yesterday was...
The Lord Will Fight for You
“As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord.” Exodus 14:10 NIV When we feel trapped by obstacles ahead of us and enemies behind us, what do we do? How do we save ourselves when we...
A Really Bad Day
“There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz.He was blameless—a man of complete integrity.He feared God and stayed away from evil.” Job 1:1 NLT “One day as the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan, the Accuser, came with them.” Job 1:6...
Choose Faith
“. . . Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.” Genesis 15:6 NLT What makes us righteous in the eyes of God? Is it following all of His rules? Is it being of good moral character? Is it our perfect obedience? Not exactly. We...
Forbidden Fruit and a Terrible Storm
“My heart is in anguish within me;the terrors of death have fallen upon me.” Psalm 55:4 ESV Why is there so much evil in the world? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do we have to suffer and die? Where is God in all of this?...
You Can Bet Your Sweet December
“And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together:for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” Isaiah 40:5 KJV I’ve had a couple of seemingly unrelated things on my mind lately. But the more I thought about them, the more I realized they may be...