"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:6 KJV) My grandmother wrote this verse on the cover page of the first Bible that she gave to my father. My father did the same in the first Bible that he gave to me, and I did also in the...
"See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil." (Ephesians 5:15-16 NKJV)"He told them, 'You don't get to know the time. Timing is the Father's business. What you'll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the...
My father-in-law, a retired Assemblies of God minister, was on his deathbed. It was September of 2001, and he had been enduring the dying process for weeks. A minister friend of his stopped at his bedside one last time and was surprised to find Brother Grant fully...
"The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace . . . Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God." (Rom 8:6, 8 NIV)Living in the Middle Ages wasn't easy. (Are we any better with our hectic self-appointed...
Summer 2011/2012 in the Southern hemisphere was greeted by heavy flooding in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Some areas received 390mm of rain, more than what they received in any given month, in just 48 hours. The rain persisted as if it had no end. It flooded State...
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." (John 15:1-2 NIV)My wife and I celebrated our last anniversary in a...
Matthew 17:5 - He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him." (ESV)In 2011, life gave me a little squeeze, to find out what is really inside,...