"Put on the full armor of God,so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.” (Ephesians 6:11 NIV)Notice that there are three people in this conversation: God, the devil and yourself.If you stand with the devil, you will not use the armor of God. You...
"and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace." (Ephesians 6:15 NIV) The next piece of armor that we have at our disposal is footwear. Foot wear is incredibly important. It protects the part of our body that we need in order to run,...
Romans 12:21 - Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (NIV)Just a few months after my arrival at my first posting on a native reservation out on the prairies of Canada in 1987, I was informed that I was to lead the three nights' wake service of a...
"One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple." (Ps 27:4 NIV)How I would have liked to be there in Bethlehem when Jesus was born....
Near the beginning of June, my husband had surgery on his carotid artery. It was at that time that he suffered a mini-stroke. I knew that there was something wrong because it was a long time before he came out of the recovery room. The surgeon finally found me in the...
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God." (Matt 5:9 NIV)She was only ten when she wrote a letter to the newly appointed Soviet President Yuri Andropov in December 1982, asking in no uncertain terms if he was going to lead a nuclear war...
I was driving back home, burdened and praying for a hurting colleague. Unaware that the traffic light had turned red, I drove right through it. Unfortunately, I was also unaware of the police car that watched me do it. In fact, I barely noticed when he made a 180...