SURRENDER
The word “surrender” is close to my heart; and I’ll try to put in words what God has been teaching me about this. A few years ago, I went through a very difficult time, and God felt very far away. I did not have peace or rest and did not even know if I was […]
LETTING GOD SHAPE MY LIFE
Tonight, in my mind, I have a picture of myself. I see myself as a tree, one that is not trimmed and has branches and twigs sticking out in every direction. Maybe it is sort of bushy and overgrown, and maybe there are even a lot of dead twigs and branches in it. It is […]
THE ARMOR OR THE SLING?
In David, we find an exemplary youth. Bible scholars believe that at the time he was sent by his father on an errand to his older brothers in battle, he was only a teenager, probably seventeen. But even at that age, he knew that God was a “living God.” Hadn’t he proved Him? When he […]
REPENTANCE versus ACKNOWLEDGMENT
There is a great difference between repentance toward God versus acknowledgment. Today we are living in an age when godly repentance is waning. The writer had an encounter with a man some years ago. After it was all said and done, the man realized he was wrong. He then stated, to set the record straight, […]
WAITING ON GOD
For many of us, waiting is unpleasant. We have an agenda, and waiting is an obstacle. Waiting implies that someone or something is intervening or does not comply with our wishes. It also implies dependence on others. Things are out of our control. We understand that waiting, while not to our liking, is necessary in […]
THE LITTLE THINGS
Little drops of water,Little grains of sand,Make the mighty ocean,And the pleasant land.(Ellen C. Brewer) Many of us remember Bible school days, when we sang this song as innocent children. Possibly most of us had never been to the ocean or sauntered over the desert sands, and our mind’s eye was unable to picture the […]
WHAT IS YOUR REASON FOR LIVING?
What is your reason for living? What drives you? What is the prevailing thread that runs through your thoughts? Do you live in the past? Do you find yourself living and existing for a brighter future day? Do you live for the moment or for the fun and pleasure that the moment can bring? Do […]
SIMPLIFYING YOUR LIFE
We are living in a very changing, complex, and challenging time when it seems difficult to live a biblically simple and unworldly lifestyle. For understandable reasons, our era has been called a time of fast-paced living and high stress levels. So if you are longing for less stress and more calmness in your life, read […]
DEALING WITH OFFENSE
The curse of sin has left mankind vulnerable to many difficulties and evils. Pride and selfishness in the sin nature make men prone to hurts which can easily become offenses. We, as Christians, are not immune to these struggles. In fact, the closeness of our fellowship and our dependence on one another seem to make […]
THE GREAT INVITATION
An invitation to dinner is only of value if we respond to it. God’s invitation is no different. It has been extended to all mankind, but unless man meets the conditions, the invitation goes unclaimed. The requirements of the invitation are simple: We must come, we must listen, and we must forsake our own ways […]
