"All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word." --Isaiah 66:2 (ESV) One night, my wife Stephanie was putting away some dinner leftovers. [...]
"That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him. But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum. Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough. They had rowed three or four miles [...]
“Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.” --Psalm 46:10 (NLT) I used to like water-skiing when I was a kid, and I still remember the freedom and exhillaration I experienced. While I had never ridden on a jetski before, I [...]
"Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing by the fire warming himself, they asked him again, “You’re not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it, saying, “No, I am not.” But one of the household slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I [...]
“Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons." --Matthew 25:41 (NLT) I remember giving my dad a copy of the New Testament, and inside was a bumper sticker which doubled as a bookmark. The [...]
"God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure." --Ephesians 1:5 (NLT) All of us long to be accepted, and we will often go to great lengths to fit in with our [...]