"This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day." (Luke 24:46 NIV)Our tour group was assembled on tiers of benches in the Garden of Gethsemane in Israel. We had completed a worship service with communion. As we tarried in our...
An ancient memory pictures an event that occurred when I was four. I was busily engaged in playing with grain stored in the spare bedroom of a farm home where my family lived. My small hands were spreading the grain over the floor. What fun! Then, my father called up...
1 Corinthians 12:4-5 - There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. (NIV)God has blessed each of us with unique gifts. Some of us have great gifts, such as in teaching, healing sickness, or in giving...
Luke 11:9-10 – So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. (NIV)It was summer. Four of our...
"His sheep follow him because they know his voice." (John 10:4b NIV)Those words may cause us to wonder how we recognize the voice of God. How do we know when He speaks?God speaks to us clearly through the words of the Bible. He also can speak to us through the action...