How do we know what we ought to do? Where do our direction and strength come from?"Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth." (Psalm 121:1b-2 NIV)A friend once wrote me about how God helps her to know what she ought to...
On Monday, in Lessons From the Classroom, Part 18, I told the story how God guided me to the position of interim French Consultant for my school board, and as September of that school year approached, I became excited for my new job.You see, I had been contemplating...
Psalm 37:4-5 - Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He will do it. (NASB)Philippians 4:19 - You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his generosity...
That's God telling me to write this story for over a week now.Then He finally got my attention when my friend, Stacey Bronner mentioned blue potatoes in a post she wrote about nutrition.Purple Sweet potatoes.Blue potatoes.A yellow watermelon.Purple carrots.How about...
I sat at my desk staring at the letter for a long time. It was written by a friend of mine who was going through some difficult times. It listed problem after problem and seemed full of despair. It ended with these words: "I would like to have faith, but I have always...
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me." (John 15:4 NIV)I often meet people who wonder how they can obtain the fruit that Jesus encouraged us to...
"And Samuel replied, 'Yes, your servant is listening.'" 1 Samuel 3:10 NLTWhen the horn blew, we knew it was time to come home.As a child, I never knew the type of technology our current generation enjoys. My friends and I played the normal games-hide n seek, cowboys...