A little boy was asked by a teacher, "what is a saint?" Thinking back to beautiful stained glass windows he had seen in Europe, the young man answered "A saint is a person through whom the light shines through.". Little did he know, he said just the right thing. This...
"Ye also do testify, because from the beginning ye are with me." John 15:27 (YLT)Last Sunday at church, I ran into a very skinny man named Willy. His hair was all gone, cheeks sunken, eyes rolling in deep dark sockets, breathing in short labored puffs. In other words,...
The next several Monday Illustrators will be featuring true testimonies of God's miracles for today. Today's testimony comes from Answers2Prayer volunteer, Candy Araneta... When our sole desire is to obey Him and reflect His character in everything we are, He assumes...
"Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed." (Ps. 57:1 NIV)I believe in prayer. I believe in the peace and contentment of talking to Him. I did not realize the...
It was six years ago when I had the intense urge to call an elderly couple who lived in San Diego. Their names were Ellie and Rob. Ellie was this very loving, prayer warrior from Life Church in San Diego, and her husband, Rob, had been a church usher for years....
"I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you. May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; Keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not let my heart...
I am excited to share this with you. I have stood on this verse long before I even got sick. Many a time, there were things I needed/wanted but thought they were too trivial to even bother God with. God thought otherwise, and gave them to me "each time." Even had...