"Don't use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them." Ephesians 4:29 NLTWhen a grandchild gives instruction, I listen.Our youngest grandchild celebrated his second birthday...
"We are confident that you are meant for better things, things that come with salvation." Hebrews 6:9 NLTOur friendship is ten years old. I met him when things in my life had taken a turn south. He was my middle brother's pastor and had been a pastor to my parents. In...
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37, NIV2)No matter where we live, we will encounter poverty. There will always be people in need as well as individuals who are hurting. All of these people are...
There is an old joke that I hear every Spring here in the mountains of my home. A police officer sees a car swerving erratically on the road ahead. After pulling the car over he walks up to question the driver. The man looks out his car window and says: "I know what...
"Do you not know, brothers and sisters-for I am speaking to those who know the law-that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies,...
Yesterday, God answered a question that I had asked in a moment of discouragement over 42 years ago — and I was blessed beyond words!A friend and I had taken Bibles with us into Russia, even though it involved considerable danger, because doing so was strictly...
A single word from God holds power. His declarations are like no other. Every word He speaks creates a new reality. If He declares you are free, you are, in fact, free. Healed; you are healed. Forgiven, you are forgiven. Adopted; you are adopted.He speaks over us...