"Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—this is God, whose dwelling is holy." --Psalm 68:5 (NLT) To find grace, we must seek Christ’s face. Today, I’d like all of us to think about our earthly fathers. We tend to view our heavenly Father in direct correlation to how we feel about our dads on Earth. [...]
"Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions." --Psalm 119:18 Most of you who are reading this are optically challenged. If you don’t understand what I mean by that, please take this simple test to find out if I am correct. Can you see where you are going? "Of course," you sneer, [...]
"And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord. He said, “If you give me victory over the Ammonites, I will give to the Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.” --Judges 11:30-31 (NLT) Recently, I've become very interested in [...]
"For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places." --Ephesians 6:12 (NLT) If you like a great bargain and you have not tried searching in thrift stores, you are in for [...]
"Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak." --Mark 14:38 (NLT) Have you ever thought about all the safety devices we have these days? There are seatbelts, security cameras and smoke alarms, just to name a few. But to me, [...]
"Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow." --James 1:17 (NLT) "Well," Ron sighed, "another Christmas has come and gone. I need to return those gifts the kids discarded." His head [...]