“It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” (Deuteronomy 31:8 NLT)We’ve all been there: The urgent circumstances are completely out of our control. We are definitely “in the frying pan”...
On Tuesday, I told the story of how God moved my mountain -- literally! -- as my husband and I attempted to move 7 cu meters of gardening soil from our driveway to our new garden beds, one shovelful at a time, and all before the rains came.The garden beds are finished...
There it was. That little black line on the map leading to a remote hot spring in Grenada. And where there’s a black line on the map, there must be a road. When the entrance to the road was where it was indicated on the map, we took courage. We pointed the nose of our...
My father passed away suddenly when I was fifteen, and well I remember the stunned disbelief of family and friends at the loss of a vibrant, gifted husband and dad. In my memory, the funeral was surreal and muted; the still, pale figure in the coffin could not be the...
1 Corinthians 9:24 - Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. (NASB)Philippians 3:14 - I press on toward the goal for the prize for the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (NASB)As you...
Do we have the authority to heal?It is clear that Jesus gave authority to His followers to heal: "And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of...
"Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." (Luke 12:15)Alan Johnston was a British reporter working for the BBC. He was the BBC correspondence in Gaza, within the...