Do you know why we experience so much defeat in life?It's because we love to be in control!Jesus knew about our tendency and He warned us about it: "I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it...
How easy it is to get discouraged! And once we find ourselves ensnared in these ugly tentacles, all of our hope evaporates into thin air.But to those who persevere, the impossible becomes a foreign word.In the 1850s, Sylvester Marsh and a friend climbed the...
I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13As I get older, I'm confronted by an ever-growing list of things I will never do.Because of glasses, age, and a lot of things, I will never be an Air Force pilot. Because of middle-aged spread, I will...
Likely you have already met many people who are trying to rely on their good works to reach heaven. "I'm sure a lot better than Hitler or Stalin," they boldly declare, assured that they must be doing something right in life after all.Whenever one of these "righteous"...
One day in August 2008, my oldest son told me blankly "Papa, I would like to go on the mission trip to Kenya."I looked at him with a confused face and uttered "Excuse-me?""This has been on my heart for a long time and the church is planning a trip where I can make a...
Romans 12:20 Don't judge and you will not be judgedThe Toyota truck pulled directly in front of us as we drove down the freeway. As I looked at the pile of waste in the bed of the truck, I thought, "What a pile of junk that is!" There were bent and broken bicycles...
"'If you can'? Said Jesus. 'Everything is possible for him who believes.'" - Mark 9:23On December 14, 2005, fire broke out in Tracinda Foxe's kitchen in New York City. The thirty-year old mother began to panic as flames raced through her third story apartment. She...
