"...you are all children of the Most High." (Psalms 82:6b NLT) I stopped to take a peek at my 55 year old face before shaving this morning. The wrinkles around my eyes and on my forehead were deeper than ever. My face’s baby fat had fled long ago. My thin skin was...
"O LORD, You have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways." (Psalm 139:1-3 ESV)There are differing opinions concerning the...
"The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him." (Romans 8:16-17 ESV)Romans 8 is one of...
"I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Jesus (Luke 15:10, NIV)Xvxn though this typxwritxr is an old modxl, it works vxry wxll, xxcxpt for onx kxy. You'd think that with all thx othhxr kxys working, onx kxy...
"You're blessed when you're content with just who you are-no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought." (Matt 5:5, MSG)So many among us are not satisfied by what we have or who we are; and as life goes on, we...
The story is told of a young orphan girl who when she was 8, was adopted by a very wealthy man.Upon her adoption she was immediately be moved into a modest house with 2 servants who would take care of her basic needs, but the strange thing was she was told that she...
As January, 2011 approached I would tremble wondering where the fees for my students would come from. I had reminded God about it but I seemed not to get anywhere with God on this.As I was waiting I was telling God something like this; “Father, I must admit that I...