"Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don't be impressed with charisma; look for character. Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader...
"Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak. Heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony." Psalm 6:2 NLT Being considered a weakling wasn't enjoyable. I was a plump child when I was born. Over nine pounds as a matter of fact. But I soon lost my baby fat and slimmed...
Do you believe that God is disappointed in you?After all, you have sinned--we all have! Maybe you yelled at your spouse or said something you regret to your kids. Maybe you have truly acted like a jerk.I suggest that we all feel this way from time to time, and I would...
Shame on me. Rather than enjoying my friends' company during lunch at our favorite restaurant, traces of envy and self-pity attacked me."Oh, he's adorable. He looks just like his Dad," one of them said. The other pulled out her cell phone, "Look at him, cake icing all...
Did you know that a dinosaur is living on White Island in New Zealand? It's not the kind we see in a Jurassic Park kind of movie. Rather, it was purchased at a toy store. But it's a dinosaur, all the same!White Island, an active volcano off the eastern coast of the...
Isaiah 49:15-16 "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me." NIVBrent was laying on the...
It was December when we visited the beautiful country of New Zealand. Christmastime, to be exact. I knew that New Zealanders had reverse seasons from those who live in the northern hemisphere, and this was precisely why New Zealand was my number one choice of where to...