Matthew 15:31 – The crowd was amazed! Those who hadn't been able to speak were talking, the crippled were made well, the lame were walking, and the blind could see again! And they praised the God of Israel. (NLT)I was told by medical personnel not to be surprised...
"... I have chosen you and not cast you off"; fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:9b-10Around 1932 a minister was traveling across the...
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matt 11:28)I learned an important lesson last week.Two years ago, I got aboard God's train. My path had led me down into the valley of cancer, and I knew there was no way in the world I...
Titus 2: 2-5 "Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what...
Depression can grab a hold on anyone at anytime; bringing with it a whole range of emotions. The depressed individual can feel sadness, anger, loneliness, and a foreboding sense of gloom. These feelings can last a few days, weeks, months, or even years if not properly...
What should you do when you are attacked? Verbally or otherwise? Putdowns and ridicule may be far from our minds, but more often than not we have no choice but to face these.Israel, too, experienced such attacks. Take the Amalekites, for example: "The Amalekites came...
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18Little children, let...